Due to the concern about the rapidly changing skyline within the capital, has prompted the London Assembly to pressure Mayor Boris Johnson into rethinking his laissez-faire approach to tall buildings. Assembly members yesterday unanimously agreed a motion calling for tighter…
Category: Construction
Boris Johnson pressured to control skyscraper boom
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GB passes student housing target with £55m contracts haul
GB Building Solutions has taken another three contracts in the student housing market, with a collective value of more than £55m. The projects in London and Newcastle, now under way, take the contract past the targets that it has set…
Labour promises support for small builders in house-building drive
The Labour Party appears to have won some hearts in the construction industry with a plan to build 200,000 new homes a year if voted into government. Councils will be compelled to produce plans for house-building and given powers to…
Brussels clears the Hinkley deal
The European Commission has ruled in favour of the UK government’s plans to subsidise the construction and operation of a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. French energy firm EDF is now cleared to proceed with construction…
Tagged with: Brussels, EDF, European Commission, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, Joaquín Almunia, nuclear power plant, Somerset
BAM lodges plans for £100m Glasgow office development
BAM Properties and Taylor Clark Properties have unveiled plans for a £100m development in Glasgow. A planning application has been lodged with Glasgow City Council for a 300,000 square foot office scheme in Atlantic Square, making it one of the…
Tagged with: BAM, BAM Properties, Glasgow, Michael Smart, Taylor Clark Properties, £100m development
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