A 12-month contract worth c.£40m has been awarded to Kier Highways to continue providing highways maintenance works to Surrey County Council. The contract started in 2011 and, in 2017, Kier secured a four-year extension that will run until April 2021 which is when the 12-month contract...
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called on the government to continue to support construction, following news that buyers reported the biggest fall in activity on record in April. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index fell from 39.3 in March to 8.2 in...
Boris Johnson says construction workers should be ‘actively encouraged’ to go to work In an address to the nation, the prime minister said construction was one of those sectors that should go back to work seven weeks after he brought in the lockdown. He said: “We now...
The UK Government has offered its support to the construction industry, by outlining its expectations from businesses as they manage and enforce B2B contracts during the COVID-19 emergency. There is a real concern that the construction industry will become embroiled in costly and long-running disputes over...
As the Government begins to announce the ease of social distancing restrictions amid the continued COVID-19 outbreak, both landlords and tenants will be considering what steps they need to take to enable their business, or that of their tenants, to return to normal. Vail Williams property...
Savills has held a webinar looking at ‘What Covid-19 means for the UK residential market’, hosted by Justin Marking, Head of Global Residential, Savills with Head of Residential Research, Lucian Cook, discussing the impact of Covid-19 on market activity, prices and transactions along with other...
Willmott Dixon give an example of where using technology and new working practice it was able to keep its £48m Birmingham University school of engineering project on track during the coronavirus epidemic. Nick Proverbs, senior operations manager, said the project had now successfully adapted to ensure...
London developer Angle Property and funding partner Fiera Real Estate have recommissioned Headley Court in Surrey as an NHS temporary hospital to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Formerly a Ministry of Defence property, Headley Court in Surrey has been donated rent-free to the NHS for six...
Willmott Dixon, London & South relocated its head office to Weybridge, Surrey on 20th April. Managing Director, Roger Forsdyke said: “Our new office at Brooklands is located with the first ever purpose built race track, The Heights is just three miles from Cobham and will enable...
Sovereign Centros has been brought on board by CBRE Global Investor to start the reconfiguration and explore development options for The Ashley Centre in Epsom, which will include bringing in new occupiers. The Ashley Centre, which comprises 315,000 sq ft of retail space, 55,000 sq ft...