How Graham tuned in to timber while transforming a site with a musical history
A mixture of cross-laminated and glulam timber is helping transform a north-west London site with a musical history into a six-storey office
11 Mar 2020 Comments Off on How Graham tuned in to timber while transforming a site with a musical history
A mixture of cross-laminated and glulam timber is helping transform a north-west London site with a musical history into a six-storey office
04 Mar 2020 Comments Off on Bam balances cranes, trains and Carillion’s legacy in Manchester
Charged with finishing the second of two office towers inherited from Carillion in Manchester, the firm is overcoming a host of legacy issues
19 Feb 2020 Comments Off on How to compress a three-year project into one
A client keen to ‘crack on’, unorthodox funding and a hybrid modular offsite system are combining to deliver a hospital build remarkably quickly
12 Feb 2020 Comments Off on Building a skyscraper with minimal working at height: Wates on Anthology Hale
Wates set out to eliminate the need for scaffolding or mast climbers on the 33-storey Anthology Hale in north London – and saved on costs by doing so
05 Feb 2020 Comments Off on Blue roads and yoga: the thinking behind Ballymore’s Brentford Project
Ballymore's west London scheme has been 15 years in the making, but the Irish developer is now pressing ahead and looking to place the development at the heart of the local community.
22 Jan 2020 Comments Off on How Galliford Try is giving Wolverhampton a black and gold revival
In the West Midlands, contractors are helping spruce up the gateway to one of its major cities
15 Jan 2020 Comments Off on Building the world’s largest pillarless ballrooms in the middle of the desert
Nevada contractor Penta races against the clock to complete the world’s two largest pillar-less ballrooms for Caesars Entertainment in time for the NFL draft next April
08 Jan 2020 Comments Off on Discovery of Roman cemetery overhauls Bam’s plot for new school
Building a school on a greenfield site in a rural town would normally be a straightforward process – unless it turned out that someone had been there before you.
18 Dec 2019 Comments Off on Top 10 project reports of the year
From Leicestershire to the Antarctic, Construction News rounds up some of the best builds visited this year, ranked by the most read online
11 Dec 2019 Comments Off on Landing a jet engine in the middle of a Grade II-listed Silk Mill
Boasting a rich history of industrial firsts, it is unsurprising that the former Silk Mill in the centre of Derby is at the forefront of a potential step-change for the construction industry, as well as a striking permanent exhibit – a seven-tonne jet engine