BDC Magazine Featured News & Articles

26/05/2022

Panattoni, the largest industrial real estate developer in Europe, has submitted a planning application for one of the largest speculative...

Silva Provide New Affordable Homes in Hartland Village

26/05/2022

Silva Homes, Hart District Council and St Edward celebrated the handover of 36 brand new affordable homes in Hartland Village, Hampshire,...

NET-ZERO LOGISTICS SCHEME IN LEIGHTON BUZZARD ATTRACTS FIRST OCCUPIERS

Commercial real estate investor and developer, Firethorn Trust, has now completed work at Ascent Logistics Park, with three units let...

Construction commences on new 113,000 sq ft speculative industrial development in Walsall

Ground has been broken on the development being marketed as Parallel 113 with the Grade A specification warehouse logistics unit...

Aver to fund 330,000 sq ft Logistics scheme at Novus Point

Aver, a joint venture between NFU Mutual and Ergo Real Estate, has agreed to fund the development of 330,000 sq...

£1bn logistics site West Midlands Interchange appoints Winvic

18/05/2022

One of Europe’s largest new logistics development sites, West Midlands Interchange (WMI), the 734 acre Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI)...

Silva Provide New Affordable Homes in Hartland Village

26/05/2022

Dandara Living lay last concrete at brand-new build-to-rent Birmingham apartments

18/05/2022

1,000 Homes for the Future Will Benefit South West Residents

17/05/2022

Homes take shape at Salford’s new Neighbourhood development

13/05/2022

Work begins on £8.4 million affordable housing scheme in Essex

06/05/2022

Keepmoat Homes to Bring Energy Efficient Homes to Glasgow

05/05/2022

Hawkins\Brown team wins competition for design team for £1bn Begbroke Innovation District

08/04/2022

Landsec submits plans for the O2 Masterplan site to Camden council

22/03/2022

TRANSFORMATIONAL ARENA AND MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT FOR STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY CENTRE TO BE PROCURED THROUGH PAGABO

17/03/2022

Akela secures latest contract as part of a £28 million masterplan to deliver 500 new homes in Penicuik

16/02/2022

CONSORTIUM BREAKS GROUND ON 4,500 HOME THORPEBURY DEVELOPMENT

26/01/2022

689-HOME DEVELOPMENT NAMED AS FIRST THROUGH NEW PAGABO FRAMEWORK

21/01/2022

Shortlist of five announced for design team competition for £1bn Innovation District to north of Oxford

12/01/2022

Planning Secured for Residential Development in Cambridge

15/12/2021

DESIGN & PLANNING

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Salboy’s £300m Viadux scheme in central Manchester targets industry-leading green credentials

Salboy, the nationwide property development and funding company, has introduced a planning amendment for the commercial phase of its £300m...

Once in a lifetime regeneration scheme unveiled at Canada Water

25/05/2022

Delivering up to 3,000 new net zero homes, office space for an estimated 20,000 workers and up to one million...

Network Space strengthens industrial development pipeline with acquisition of former Manchester College site

23/05/2022

Network Space Developments has acquired a 2.8-acre site on Welcomb Street, Openshaw, from the LTE Group for an undisclosed sum....

Planning approval for 93 luxury apartments on The Bishops Avenue by Hampstead Heath

12/05/2022

APPROVAL FOR SUSTAINABLE APARTMENTS BY HAMPSTEAD HEATH Planning permission has been granted for a luxury residential development of 93 sustainable...

THE BARKER’S POOL BUILDING IN SHEFFIELD LAUNCHED TO MARKET

12/05/2022

CBRE Seeking Proposals For Unique Development Opportunity One of Sheffield City Centre’s most prominent development opportunities has been launched to...

Peter Baker and Dame Judith Hackitt headline CIOB’s first Safer Buildings UK event

27/05/2022

More than 1,000 buildings unsafe half a decade after Grenfell: what does this mean for vulnerable residents?

19/05/2022

LANDLORDS, PROPERTY AGENTS & ESTATE SERVICES

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Peter Baker and Dame Judith Hackitt headline CIOB’s first Safer Buildings UK event

The Chartered Institute of Building’s first ever Safer Buildings UK event was held yesterday . More than 200 professionals from...

PREDICTIONS & MARKET INFLUENCES FOR Q3/ Q4 2022

23/05/2022

Andrea Fawell, Sales & Marketing Director of award-winning property developers Kebbell, reveals what is likely to affect house buyers and...

Further growth forecast as expanding homebuilder reports £24m rise in revenue post-Covid

20/05/2022

A HOUSEBUILDER is celebrating a major post-Covid recovery after seeing annual revenues grow by more than 200 per cent. After...

More than 1,000 buildings unsafe half a decade after Grenfell: what does this mean for vulnerable residents?

As London’s residents continue to face fire safety risks, industry experts are looking at how the Internet of Things (IoT)...

Products

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NEW BUILD TRAVIS PERKINS COMPLETES AT VESUVIUS, WORKSOP

A 1,933 sq m purpose built builders merchant facility has completed at the Vesuvius development off Sandy Lane, Worksop with...

SAS PRODUCTS FEATURE IN STATIONS FOR LONDON’S NEW ELIZABETH LINE

The opening of the Elizabeth line is the start of a new chapter in transport history. But how do you...

AG INVESTS IN NEW SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

17/05/2022

Paving and Building Products firm, AG, has reinforced its position as a market leader in sustainable construction through its latest...

AO BUSINESS APPOINTS NEW HOUSEBUILDER LEAD

11/05/2022

AO Business has announced a new lead for its housebuilder team. Roger Giles, previously Business Development Manager, has been promoted...

Doosan ‘Transparent Bucket’ Wins Major Award in France

04/05/2022

The industry’s first ‘Transparent Bucket’ system launched by Doosan Infracore Europe, has won another major award in Europe. The latest...

Durakerb installed at UK’s first net-zero restaurant

03/05/2022

Green construction innovators Dura Products has made its mark on history, becoming part of the UK’s first net-zero carbon restaurant...

How much construction businesses lose from injured workers and ways to reduce these costs

24/05/2022

Injuries on construction sites are costing businesses £3.16 billion a year, new data reveals

25/04/2022

Riwal Becomes Latest IPAF Sustaining Member

07/04/2022

THREE UK PORTS TAKE THE LEAD ON AIR QUALITY MONITORING

28/03/2022

IPAF Summit hears falls from the platform will be focus of 2022 safety campaign

16/03/2022

HSE focuses on health and safety in the construction industry in Birmingham

04/03/2022

Leading provider of powered access hire for working at height makes a lofty investment

10/02/2022

Improving forklift safety with RFID technology

04/02/2022

Suspended sentence for owner of a Merseyside roofing firm

03/02/2022

SKANSKA LAUNCH SECTOR LEADING MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE WITH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID ENGLAND

17/01/2022

INDUSTRY SECTORS

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PREMIER MODULAR APPOINTS ITS FIRST CORPORATE STRATEGY DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR GROWTH

Premier Modular, one of the UK’s leading offsite specialists, has appointed Lee Young as Corporate Strategy Director to develop its...

Intelligent Fire Detection from Hochiki replaces Waking Watch Scheme in North London borough high rise apartments

Ekho, the newest hybrid wireless fire detection solution from Hochiki, leading global life safety manufacturer, has been installed in six...

PEEPs omitted from enactment of Fire Safety Act 2021

26/05/2022

The government has announced it will not be implementing the recommendation for Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) from the Grenfell...

Fire safety obligations & the cost of getting it wrong

25/05/2022

Charles Arrand considers the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, with a focus on both the potential business and human...

ASFP releases further guidance documents

25/05/2022

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has expanded its range of guidance with the release of three new and...

London Fire Brigade responds to government fire reform announcements

• The Brigade welcomes the government’s commencement of the Fire Safety Act and warns building owners and managers it will...

HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL

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How much construction businesses lose from injured workers and ways to reduce these costs

There are so many different costs for construction business owners to juggle, from wages to resources. However, one major cost...

Morgan Sindall Construction and SCAPE achieve CHAMPION level compliance to the Carbon Reduction Code

16/05/2022

Morgan Sindall Construction and public sector procurement authority SCAPE have achieved CHAMPION level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the...

Opportunity “to make cities a better place” says Belgian Minister H.E. Pascal Smet at London visit

16/05/2022

H.E. Pascal Smet, Secretary of State for the Brussels-Capital Region, spoke last Friday at a net-positive cities event in London jointly organised by hub.brussels and...

IPAF Co-ordinates Response to HSE MCWP Safety Alert

by Cristina Diaconu

16/05/2022

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) is co-ordinating the industry response to the recent UK Health and Safety Executive (UK...

Johnson Controls Spearheads Sustainability and Innovation at Global Headquarters in Cork, Ireland

12/05/2022

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings today announced that it will open an OpenBlue Innovation...

89% of UK builders experience mental health problems due to work