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1 week ago | building.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Pilbrow & Partners has taken over from Allies & Morrison on rethink of long-delayed Vauxhall Square developmentThe new development team behind the Vauxhall Square site in south London have revealed plans to boost the scheme’s towers to 70 storeys after appointing a new design team.

2 weeks ago | building.co.uk | Tom Lowe

King’s Cross architect to lead consultant team including Civic Engineers on ’one of biggest growth opportunities in country’Allies & Morrison has been picked to develop a 10,000-home masterplan for land around Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium. The practice behind the King’s Cross regeneration project will lead a consultant team including SLA landscape, Civic Engineers and JLL for the mixed-use development of the Trafford Wharfside site.

2 weeks ago | building.co.uk | Dave Rogers

£400m Houndsditch building being developed by Brockton EverlastMace and Multiplex have been have been told a decision on who has won a City tower will not now be made until the summer. The pair had been expected to find out this week who had won the Dovetail Building for developer Brockton Everlast which is estimated to be worth up to £400m. But the two had been told to draw up a cost plan for the job whilst still in competition with the extension expected to last 12 weeks.

2 weeks ago | building.co.uk | Carl Brown

New data sensor product has been piloted for several housing associationsA new data tool to measure energy performance of homes has been launched after a series of pilots with social landlords.

2 weeks ago | building.co.uk | Dave Rogers

Tributes pour in for boss whose other roles included stints at McLaren, Balfour Beatty and OsborneTributes have poured in for former Wates chief operating officer Dave Smith who has died aged 65. Smith spent 32 years at Wates before stepping down as chief operating officer at the end of 2016. He then spent 18 months at McLaren before heading off to join Balfour Beatty as its managing director for its construction business in the south of England but went after a year in October 2019.