London Construction Magazine is setting a new long-term objective: to become the most useful independent structured source of UK construction intelligence for the next generation of professional AI agents. That does not mean replacing the website, writing for machines instead of people or turning construction journalism into a database. It means recognising that the way professional informati…
More leaseholders could be protected from the cost of fixing historic fire-safety defects under proposals announced as the Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill reaches its second reading in the House of Commons. The measures announced on 27 October would extend financial protection to some owners who currently fall outside the Building Safety Act 2022 regime, including le…
The Building Safety Regulator has opened a 10-week call for evidence on Part K of the Building Regulations and Approved Document K, covering protection from falls, collisions and impacts in and around buildings. The review covers stairs, ladders, ramps, handrails, guarding, windows, doors, glazing and vehicle barriers. BSR said it wants evidence from designers, contractors, engineers, buildin…
More than 400 suppliers have met Rolls-Royce SMR and Great British Energy - Nuclear as the delivery team begins mobilising the supply chain for the UK's first small modular reactors at Gwyndod on Ynys Môn. The two-day 'Delivering Together' event at Coleg Menai's Llangefni Campus brought contractors, manufacturers and other suppliers from North Wales, the wider UK and the inter…
Sir Robert McAlpine has been awarded the £133m main works contract for the Bank of England's refurbishment of its Grade I-listed Threadneedle Street headquarters in the City of London. The Find a Tender award notice , published on 26 October, confirms McAlpine as main contractor for the Bank's Location Strategy Main Works. The contract is scheduled to run through to 19 November 2030. …
The government has named the first 10 lenders in its Warm Homes Loan Scheme, which offers homeowners no- and low-interest loans for solar panels, batteries and heat pumps with nothing to pay upfront. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published the list on 27 October 2026, with loans of up to £35,000 for a ground source heat pump and repayment terms of up to 30 years with som…
The Government has launched its Warm Homes Loan Scheme with ten lenders offering finance for solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and other low-carbon home upgrades across the UK. The first products include no- and low-interest loans, with households able to spread the cost of installations over several years instead of paying the full amount upfront. Individual technology limits range from £7…
International Events · Korea · Carbon KOREA BUILD WEEK, the country's largest construction, architecture and interiors trade show, will run both of its 2027 editions under a single theme: 'Regenerative Architecture'. The first show opens at KINTEX in Goyang, just north-west of Seoul, from 17 to 20 February 2027, with a focus on cutting operational carbon. Organiser MESSE ES…
