With the government set to announce details on a generation of new towns, CN visits the UK’s only 21st-century ‘garden city’ A former police station in north Kent is the best spot to contemplate the most successful new settlement the UK has delivered this century. From their converted office at…
The government has proposed harsh penalties for manufacturers and distributors of unsafe construction products, including prison time and unlimited fines. Under plans set out yesterday (26 February), it would become a criminal offence for companies or online marketplaces to provide inaccurate production information or fail to comply with an enforcement…
Client: Oldham Council Contract type: JCT 2016 Design & Build, procured through Partnerships Framework Contract value: £67m (£23.5m phase one, £36.4m phase two, £7m phase three) Architect: AEW Structural engineer: JPS Piling: Van Elle Facade: Longworth M&E: Dalkia Ceilings and partitioning: RapidFix Start date: November 2022 Expected completion date: May…
Fewer construction firms entered administration in January than in any month in three-and-a-half years, according to the latest data from Creditsafe. Only 10 firms went under in the first month of 2025. The monthly toll has not dropped so low since June 2021, when seven companies went bust. At the…
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has revealed it has allowed construction to start on only two out of 130 higher risk building schemes submitted by developers since the start of the new gateway regime. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by safety consultancy Project Four has revealed that the BSR…
Doubt hangs over cladding remediation work on more than 60 buildings after a fire safety consultancy was suspended as an assessor last week by housing quango Homes England. Last week, Homes England suspended Tri Fire from its panel of firms approved to conduct fire risk appraisals of external walls (FRAEWs)…
A senior executive at Atlas Holdings reveals the reason behind the purchase and the future plans for the contractor A greyscale photo of papermaking machinery hangs on the wall of Atlas Holdings’ UK office in the heart of Mayfair. It illustrates the private equity firm’s beginnings – its 2002 purchase…
Thirty-nine companies have been suspended from installing new insulation in people’s homes, after ministers were alerted to reports of poor-quality work. Construction News can also reveal that energy regulator Ofgem received dozens of complaints from MPs about the quality of work carried out under a flagship scheme. The Department for…
The private equity firm set to buy Lendlease’s UK construction business is looking at expanding its consulting arm, an executive has said. A senior executive of Atlas Holdings, which announced a £35m sale agreement with Lendlease UK’s parent company this month, told Construction News that Lendlease’s consulting business was a…
The sale of Lendlease to a US private equity firm has been called in for government scrutiny on national security grounds. Last week, Lendlease Group announced it had reached an agreement to sell its UK construction operations to US private equity firm Atlas Holdings for £35m. Construction News understands that…
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