Author Archives: paulthompson

Three decades on from its opening, a theatre in the heart of the city is undergoing a major overhaul that reflects the area’s newfound confidence.

A Welsh valley town, seemingly an unlikely spot for a specialist care hospital, was in fact the perfect opportunity for Laing O’Rourke to enact its offsite mantra.

A housing scheme with new-build and Grade II-listed elements is set to revive a site left derelict for decades.

The contractor is giving voice to a council-backed redevelopment of the South Wales Valley town, in the shape of £40m multi-use scheme.

In south-east Wales ISG is throwing off its armbands and diving straight in to the challenge provided by a community swimming pool.

In the prestigious west London neighbourhood Cadogan Estates is turning a 1930s icon of the famous King’s Road into a cutting-edge development.

In south London Galliford Try is approaching its eighth year on a residential development by the Thames that now faces the trickiest phase of work yet.

A huge upgrade of the port’s cargo facilities has called for hundreds of piles and masses of dredging in one of the busiest docks in the world.

Speller Metcalfe has been entrusted with expanding and relocating facilities for one of England’s oldest institutions.

The contractor has navigated Roman ruins and shifted its approach to cope with soaring temperatures as it overhauls a long-neglected part of the city.