Demolition of the Highways tower blocks and maisonettes in Killingbeck has begun this week, marking the first step towards the development of new social housing on the site. Following positive engagement work with the few remaining tenants on site, the… Continue Reading →

Work on two housing developments in Darlington has resulted in £38.2 million being invested into the local economy through the responsible procurement of local suppliers and sub-contractors. The Homes by Esh developments, Elder Brook Park and West Park Garden Village,… Continue Reading →

As 17 businesses from across the South West meet Parliament restoration team. Parliament restoration experts met Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire as well as 17 businesses from across the South West, in series of visits to speak to suppliers and… Continue Reading →

A time-served carpenter with a broad building background has come to rely on the performance and all-round quality of SterlingOSB Zero, a popular panel board which is manufactured in the UK by West Fraser. He finds a variety of uses… Continue Reading →

A £3.3m refurbishment and extension project undertaken by Salford-based MC Construction at a school in Cheshire has won a national award. The scheme at Park Lane Special School in Macclesfield scooped the best private sector project accolade at the 2023… Continue Reading →

Innovative, inspirational and progressive, UK Construction Week (UKCW) Birmingham returns for its ninth year this autumn, with a ‘call to action’ for the sector to set its own agenda rather than wait for the government to respond. The UK’s largest… Continue Reading →

Nottingham City Council has agreed to proposals to make energy efficiency improvements to a further 370 social homes in Nottingham at its Executive Board meeting today. More than £2.9m of grant funding from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave… Continue Reading →

Orbit is one of the UK’s foremost housing groups creating thriving communities within a growing portfolio of over 46,500 affordable and social rent homes largely throughout the Midlands, East and South of England. For over 50 years we’ve been a… Continue Reading →