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Barratt’s acquisition of Redrow: the numbers and key players
WEBFeb 7, 2024 — The housing sector woke this morning to the news of an extraordinary £2.5bn deal that will massively increase the size of the largest housebuilder in the UK. The combined Barratt Redrow housebuilding group, if approved by regulators and shareholders, would dwarf other players in the UK market. The deal would mean Barratt, already the UK’s ...
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Top 50 Housebuilders 2022: full table | Features | Building
WEB14 December 2022. Full sortable data from Housing Today’s ranking of the top 50 UK housebuilders. See below for Building’s ranking of the Top 50 UK commercial housebuilders by turnover. The tables, compiled by Hewes Associates, are fully sortable, including figures for turnover, completions, operating profit, completions and average sales ...
A quick guide to the Party Wall Act 1996: what it is and ... - Building
WEBApr 23, 2012 — The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (PWA 1996) provides a statutory framework to enable neighbours who share a boundary to carry out building works that involve (for example): Building a new party wall on the boundary or a wall adjacent to the building owner’s side of the boundary. Carrying out works to an existing party fence wall or party ...
‘It’s devastating.’ Boss of collapsed M&E firm ... - Building
WEBOct 15, 2023 — Lonsdale’s rollcall of jobs includes Multiplex’s 22 Bishopsgate tower and Mace’s UBS building at Broadgate while more recently completed schemes include Lendlease’s 8 Bishopsgate tower and the Lucent building at Piccadilly Circus built by …
Bond patterns in brickwork | Features - Building
WEBJan 27, 2005 — Stretcher bond, or stretching bond, is extensively used in modern building, primarily in cavity walling. The bricks are laid end to end in courses with the stretchers showing in the face of the work. Each brick laps over two in the course below. For simplicity, stretcher bond is normally built with bricks overlapping by half their length.
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WEBMore news. The latest news from construction and the built environment covering international regions, sustainability, finance, health and safety, infrastructure, housing, education, and technical and legal issues.
Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2022: full table
WEBDec 13, 2022 — TOP 150 Contractors and Housebuilders. Weston Group. Methodology. This analysis refers to those companies identified by Hewes & Associates as the top 150 that have results available with a year end in 2021 or 2022 and for which contracting, housing and facilities management account for roughly 50% or more of turnover.
Top 50 Housebuilders 2022: in-depth analysis | Features | Building
WEBDec 14, 2022 — According to Housing Today’s analysis, the UK’s 50 biggest firms pulled in £38.6bn in revenue in their most recent accounts, up from £31.8bn last year, generating a healthy £5.6bn of operating profit at an 11.7% margin – up from 7.8% last year (note: these totalled figures are not directly comparable to the numbers we published last ...