Energy secretary Grant Shapps has challenged JCB owner Lord Bamford to get his hydrogen-powered diggers on site within the year.

Labour costs are set to overtake the cost of materials as the biggest challenge facing the construction industry during the year ahead, according to new analysis from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS).

Work has commenced on the £74 million industrial warehouse scheme - Project Holst - located in Coventry’s renowned Prospero Ansty Park.

At Firebird, the firm takes pride in providing excellent customer service.  Recently, it had the pleasure of engaging with Karl Henry, who expressed an interest in upgrading his outdated heating system. 

Tradition meets Innovation: Graphenstone, the most advanced ecological and natural paint on the market, unique in harnessing graphene technology in collaboration with the World’s oldest public museum to capture the colours of art and culture through the ages in an exclusive Ashmolean Paint Collection   

McAleer & Rushe has started work on the £138m Southbank Place Building 5 development – the final phase of the Southbank Place development and Shell Tower Masterplan on London’s South Bank.

New from Rinnai is a comprehensive range of heat pumps plus all ancillary products such as hybrid hot water tanks are now available for direct delivery to site in one complete system consignment.

Rough textures and a blocky interior define Residential Barn in a Hamlet Zone, a home that Swiss studio BE Architektur has completed in a small agricultural town near Zurich.

Developer Logicor is set to begin its largest scheme in the UK with Benniman Construction Group lined-up as main contractor.

Ground-engineering specialist Van Elle has reported an almost 50 per cent rise in profit in its latest financial results, as it posted a record turnover for the second year in a row.