Call to ‘Get Britain Building’ again.
Get Britain Building, the campaign originally set up in 2008, was relaunched in February 2020. The Building Alliance, the Builders Merchants Federation and the Federation of Master Builders are calling on the Government to support SME builders and construction products manufacturers and distributors, to invest in upgrades to existing homes and to introduce a skills improvement initiative.
Constructing West Midlands 2 progresses.
Coventry, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Solihull, Rugby and Warwickshire councils are calling in bids for the Constructing West Midlands 2 construction framework. The framework runs for 48 months initially and eight contractors will be appointed on a £2.1bn programme of works to be carried out over six years.
Regional office construction on the rise.
Office construction across Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Belfast continues to grow according the latest Deloitte Real Estate crane survey. Almost 2 million sq. ft. of office space was delivered in 2019 with a further 4.3 million sq. ft. currently under construction. More than 775,000 sq. ft. was delivered in Birmingham, which equates to a quarter of a million sq. ft. more than at any time since the first Birmingham survey in 2002.