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Serious Fraud Office makes four arrests in £140m property fraud investigation
Construction Law
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has raided three residences and made four arrests in Merseyside and Greater Manchester as it announced it is investigating Signature Group, a collapsed business that attracted over a thousand UK and international investors in the redevelopment of iconic landmarks. See the panel to the right.
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Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.
Connecting Service Contractors’ Back Offices and In-Field Technicians — In an Instant
Viewpoint Construction Technology
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Vista Field Service gives service techs faster, easier tools to work with in the field while closing the data loop with the back office.
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The UK set to welcome its largest 100% electric, net-zero office
The Constructor
OCTOBER 16, 2021
The city of London is set to welcome the country’s largest all-electric, net-zero office in Victoria. The project named 105 Victoria Street.
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London City planners to fast-track office retrofits
Construction Enquirer
JUNE 20, 2023
Planning chiefs at the City of London Corporation are considering a ‘retrofit fast-track’ planning policy to meet demand for Best in Class offices in the Square Mile. The report highlights that the steady return to office work could see demand for up to 20 million sq ft of additional office space up to 2042.
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McAlpine starts Paradise Birmingham green office
Construction Enquirer
MAY 23, 2023
Developer MEPC has given Sir Robert McAlpine the green light to start phase 2 office building at the £1.2bn Paradise Birmingham scheme. The 10-storey office project, Three Chamberlain Square, forms a key part of phase two which also includes a 17-storey hotel at the south western corner of the development. ”
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London office revamps rise to all-time high
Construction Enquirer
MAY 22, 2023
London has seen a record volume of office refurbishment starts in the six months to March. According to Deloitte’s Summer 2023 London Office Crane Survey the race to avoid stranded assets has seen 37 office refurbishments start covering 3.2m Volume is now at 4.4m The City has dropped to just under 600,000 sq.
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Balfour Beatty profits dip on weak US office, tech sectors
Construction Dive
AUGUST 18, 2023
Construction industry news, trends and jobs for building professionals who want mobile-friendly content.
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Texas & Louisiana Industry News: April 2024
ENR Construction
APRIL 9, 2024
In early March, contractor KDC topped off the 850,000-sq-ft state-of-the-art campus in Iving, Texas, for financial giant Wells Fargo—the firm’s first net-positive energy office complex in the U.S.
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Landsec lodges plans for £500m City office scheme
Construction Enquirer
JUNE 12, 2023
Developer Landsec has submitted plans to redevelop 55 Old Broad Street in London’s Square Mile with an office-led mixed-use scheme. In its place, the developer aims to build a 23-storey office building, plus a 5-storey building on the L-shaped footprint of the site.
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Helical to start £100m London office refurb job
Construction Enquirer
MAY 23, 2023
London developer Helical confirmed this morning that it is pressing ahead with a major office revamp job near Blackfriars Station in the capital. Mace is understood to be lined up to build the 100 New Bridge Street project, which will now get underway in November with Keltbray carrying out demolition.
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North London 9-floor mass-timber frame office approved
Construction Enquirer
JULY 4, 2023
Developer Related Argent has gained consent for a pioneering 9-storey mass-timber office building at the Brent Cross Town redevelopment in north London. The big timber office project site will sit next to the newly-opened Claremont Park, and alongside two major new public squares that will act as a gateway to the rest of the neighbourhood.
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Montrose Relocating Principal Executive Offices To Arkansas
Business Facilities
AUGUST 11, 2021
Read: Montrose Relocating Principal Executive Offices To Arkansas at BusinessFacilities.com. Montrose Environmental Group will add 90 jobs as it expands its existing facility in North Little Rock to house its growing Arkansas team.
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York developer Grantside to tender Sheffield office and resi jobs
Construction Enquirer
APRIL 26, 2023
The second project a six-storey office development received planning at the end of last year. Norfolk Street office project This mixed-use office development, which is set to become a new landmark location in the heart of Sheffield’s commercial district, has also been designed with wellbeing and sustainability at its core.
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LandSec gives full go-ahead to two London office jobs
Construction Enquirer
MAY 16, 2023
The firm confirmed this morning that it had sanctioned full building go-ahead on its Timber Square office build in SE1 and the refurbishment of the 1960s Portland House office block in SW1, which have a combined total development cost of £780m. All combined, this provides us with a 2m sq ft future pipeline, of which 1.1m “
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UK Government turns down office plans for London Bridge tower
Construction Today
OCTOBER 16, 2023
In a report from Construction News, Michael Gove, Communities Secretary, declared neither application for New City Court should be granted. He stated that the high-rise proposals would harm the historic surroundings, according to Construction News’ sister title Architects’ Journal.
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Galliford Try wins £72m London office revamp
Construction Enquirer
JULY 13, 2023
The works consist of the remodelling of the nine-storey, Grade II-listed building, adjacent to London Bridge to a Category A office standard. “Our Building team has a proud record of delivering high-quality, sustainable office spaces within the capital.”
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Watch: Findings from Gensler's latest workplace survey of 2,000 office workers
BD+C
MARCH 2, 2023
Watch: Findings from Gensler's latest workplace survey of 2,000 office workers 0 dbarista Thu, 03/02/2023 - 12:39 Gensler's Janet Pogue McLaurin discusses the findings in the firm's 2022 Workplace Survey, based on responses from more than 2,000 workers in 10 industry sectors. Can you elaborate on what these might be?
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The Ultimate Office Design Build Case Study – Us!
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
In my last blog post, I hinted we had big news to reveal. So it is with great pride that I announce the completion of our most successful Chicago design build office construction job to date – the new headquarters of Englewood Construction! for what we considered the ultimate office tenant renovation project.
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A New Office For Business Facilities
Business Facilities
MARCH 3, 2021
Group C Media, Business Facilities' parent company, has moved to a new office in Red Bank, NJ designed for productivity now, and in the future. Read: A New Office For Business Facilities at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Green light for Canary Wharf office-to-labs job
Construction Enquirer
JULY 12, 2023
Development manager LS Estates has got the green light to repurpose an office building in London’s Canary Wharf for life sciences and technology tenants. Anticipated to be finished by autumn 2025, the £200m scheme exemplifies the changing focus of Canary Wharf toward life sciences.
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HE Simm lands £16m MEP package on Vinci Blackpool office
Construction Enquirer
JUNE 26, 2023
HE Simm Group, has won a £16m contract to deliver the full MEP installation on a new £100m office building in Blackpool. The seven-storey office block will eventually be home to more than 3,500 civil servants. HE Simm will deliver a full MEP installation during a 37-week programme which start on site in November. “It
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RED lands £31m historic Pall Mall office deal
Construction Enquirer
AUGUST 3, 2023
The firm will oversee construction of a new office development spanning 3,271 sq m. The existing buildings will be demolished down to basement level to make way for the new high-quality building, incorporating retail units and office accommodation.
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Homes England should become master developer on large schemes, says Review
Construction Law
APRIL 12, 2024
Government housing and regeneration agency Homes England should be authorised to take more risk and to ‘be bolder’ in playing the role of master developer on more large regeneration and placemaking schemes, says a Cabinet Office Review.
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Empty Office Spaces Offer Adaptive Reuse Solution to Boost Housing Supply
Pro Builder
AUGUST 12, 2022
Empty Office Spaces Offer Adaptive Reuse Solution to Boost Housing Supply. The rise of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic left countless office spaces abandoned, and most employers aren’t planning on returning. Fri, 08/12/2022 - 09:44.
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After Wreaking Havoc on Rural Markets, Remote Workers Are Returning to the Office
Pro Builder
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Many of those who settled in small and midsize communities throughout the pandemic were out-of-state buyers taking advantage of remote work flexibility, but in their hunt for quieter and more desirable markets to call home, they created an ongoing housing crisis, NBC News reports.
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Netflix Expanding In Canada With Toronto Office
Business Facilities
APRIL 29, 2021
Read: Netflix Expanding In Canada With Toronto Office at BusinessFacilities.com. Building on the success of uniquely Canadian shows such as Schitt’s Creek, Netflix will work with Canadian creators to bring stories from Canada to the world.
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Are You Liable for Your Employee’s Sexual Misconduct?
Construction Business Owner
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
It is tempting to turn away from the steady drumbeat of disturbing news regarding sexual harassment. Because this news is so unpleasant, it can be alluring to convince yourself that sexual harassment couldn’t (and doesn’t) take place on your construction sites or in your office.
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£300m secured for Harwell lab and office building plans
Construction Enquirer
JUNE 13, 2023
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus has secured £300m to expand and build out new laboratory, advanced manufacturing, and office space.
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Hootsuite To Create More Than 60 Jobs With New Atlanta Office
Business Facilities
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Canadian software as a service (SaaS) company Hootsuite will launch its new space in Atlanta's Tech Square by early 2022. The post Hootsuite To Create More Than 60 Jobs With New Atlanta Office appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.
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Englewood Commercial Construction News: Two of the Best Words in Business…We’re Hiring
HardHatChat
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
As commercial construction news reports say business continues to pick up, we are happy to see some new faces around the office at Englewood Construction. This is all punctuated by the recent news that Michael Podgorny joined Englewood Construction as our new director of construction.
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News From The Viewpoint Construction Software Conference – Fall 2014
Cassell Construction Estimating
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
The annual event offered a prevue of what is new and improved with the company’s many software programs and services for the upcoming year. In prior years, the company’s office complex in SE Portland and even a local hotel‘s repurposed parking garage had legendarily served as headquarters. News and Events' David Jackson.
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Good News, Field Teams: You Can Now Execute Rich Model Functionality on Mobile
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: successful projects require close collaboration between those in the office and the field. For quite some time now, we here at Autodesk have been striving to ensure field and office teams can collaborate seamlessly and stay productive. . Want to see these capabilities in action?
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52 BREAKING NEWS: Amazon Cancels Plans For NYC Headquarters
Business Facilities
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Amazon has released a statement announcing the company is canceling its plans for a New York City headquarters as part of its HQ2 project. Read: BREAKING NEWS: Amazon Cancels Plans For NYC Headquarters at BusinessFacilities.com.
Houston's office construction is soaring
BD+C
OCTOBER 6, 2014
Houston has 19 million sf of office space under construction, 54% more than a year ago, and its highest level since the booming 1980s, according to local news reports. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Office Building Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Interior Architecture'
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Meet the Insider: Nancy Novak, Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The good news is that with the right tools and technologies, we can succeed in building a more sustainable future—without compromising cost, quality, and productivity. . Here to talk about how to do just that is Nancy Novak , Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters. What’s one “tool” you can’t live without and why?
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FDRsafety names Tim Sirofchuck as Chief Operating Officer
FDR Safety
MAY 22, 2015
FDRsafety names Tim Sirofchuck as Chief Operating Officer. Franklin, TN (May 22, 2015) – Tim Sirofchuck , a veteran safety executive in the construction industry, has been promoted to the post of Chief Operating Officer of FDRsafety, the company announced today. Contact: David Green, 615-517-5653, dgreen@dgreencommunications.com.
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Visa’s New Atlanta Office Hub To Create 1,000 Jobs
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Visa will open a new 123,000-square-foot hub in Midtown Atlanta. The post Visa’s New Atlanta Office Hub To Create 1,000 Jobs appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.
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52 The Good NEWs: 6 Emerging Trends That Are Actually Good for the Construction Industry
Constructonomics
OCTOBER 25, 2015
Here are six emerging trends that look like good news for the construction industry and the broader world. New Materials. It’s easier to track, search, and make sense of, and it makes for a much tidier office. Hopefully, these six trends are evidence that the news about its influence is more good than not.
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