‘Time Out’ market to anchor Waterloo tunnel revamp Jun 23, 2019 ‘Time Out’ is bringing its food hall concept to London for the first time in currently disused tunnels underneath Waterloo station, our London Property Club event has heard. The company, which began life the publisher of London’s main entertainment listings magazine, operates Time Out Markets in a number of foreign cities, having pioneered the concept […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Network Rail and Kier JV exploring overtrack developments Jun 23, 2019 Kier’s joint venture with Network Rail is “looking seriously” at bringing forward over station developments in London having taken just a weekend to lay the concrete podium for its first such project. Tim Shaw, Head of Solum (the name for the joint venture), outlined the JV’s progress on its revamp of Twickenham station at our […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Conference to set out regeneration and development opportunities and major plans within Brighton and Sussex Jun 23, 2019 On the 2nd July, prominent business leaders within the construction and property industry will come together for the Brighton & Sussex Development Plans Conference – one of the region’s largest business events of the year within the construction sector. [emaillocker id=”71749″] The event, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the region’s leading […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Video gaming helping to innovate the construction industry Jun 21, 2019 Offsite manufacturers are hiring talent and adopting techniques from the video gaming industry to help design innovative new buildings, the firm behind the delivery of Dublin Airport’s €22m new passenger facility has said. Wayne Yeomans, Head of Business Development at The McAvoy Group, which delivered the new building at Dublin Airport using offsite manufacturing said: […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Brexit and land availability top airport challenges Jun 21, 2019 Business uncertainty due to Brexit remains the biggest challenge to airport growth beside the availability of land, the Chair of Newcastle Airport’s parent company Iain Malcolm has said. Mr Malcolm, who is chair of LA7 Airport Holding Company and Leader of South Tyneside Council, told delegates at our Airport Cities Development Conference that the current […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Airport growth to rely on additional revenue streams Jun 21, 2019 Airports will need to rely more heavily on incomes from developments such as Airport Cities as revenues from flight fees and retail declines the Development Director for Dublin Airport Lorcan Tyrell has said. Speaking at our Airport Cities Development Conference in Manchester, Tyrell said that cuts to passenger landing charges from €9.50 to €7.50 were […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
“Taking on construction was my way of rebelling” Jun 12, 2019 Emma Noble, Strategic Development Manager at Perfect Circle, recently shared a fantastic story with us about how she landed a career in the construction industry – and we thought this was definitely something which needed to be shared. Here is her journey from standing in the queue to enrol in Business Studies to her career […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Managing historic environment project risk as part of successful developments Jun 8, 2019 Over 90% of archaeological work undertaken across the UK comes about as a result of developments and the heritage legislation and planning requirements in force at the time. What can developers and their agents do to ensure that archaeology and built heritage doesn’t become a costly and time-consuming project constraint… Heritage Legislation When progressing […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
What defines an airport city? – Placemarque Jun 6, 2019 Placemarque chose to sponsor Built Environment Networking’s Airport Cities Development Conference because it combines our key markets. We create wayfinding for large estates and for communities. An airport city involves (possibly) the most complex of all estates. And community-wise, an airport city is the same as every other city, isn’t it? People have to eat, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Government Framework success for Premier Modular Jun 6, 2019 Premier Modular Limited, a leading offsite manufacturer and speaker at the Offsite Manufacture Exhibition & Conference next week, has been named as suppliers on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Modular Buildings Framework. Premier has vast experience of working across the full range of sectors looking to benefit from this Government led drive to use offsite […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
