VOLOCO LLP

03/04/2026

Beard’s strong profit performance reflects a year where disciplined delivery and regional relationships have continued to pay dividends.

In a market often dominated by major-contractor headlines, consistent results from privately-owned firms underline the importance of robust pipelines, risk control and client trust.

🔗https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/03/18/beard-gives-away-4-5m-as-profits-hit-9m-high/

Family builder shares windfall after 16% turnover jump to £230m

03/04/2026

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02/04/2026

District heating. Is this the future for our cities, or is it storing up unintended consequences?

🔗https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/buildings-to-be-forced-to-connect-to-district-heat-network/

The new rules come despite concerns from landlords about high connection costs

01/04/2026

Encouraging to see progress being made on a key component of the Portman Road masterplan. Developments such as this often play an important enabling role in unlocking wider regeneration across the area.

🔗https://constructionanglia.com/news/portman-road-car-park-update/

Fresh plans for a multi-storey car park in Portman Road have been submitted by Ipswich Borough Council, paving the way for potential a Cobbold Stand expansion.

31/03/2026

A significant piece of digital infrastructure, if this scheme progresses, reflecting the scale of investment now being directed into AI-led developments. With proposals including a 50MW on-site energy centre, it will be interesting to see how power generation is approached and integrated into the wider energy network.

🔗https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/03/12/uks-biggest-ai-data-centre-plan-approved/

North Lincolnshire scheme to cost £7.5bn to build

30/03/2026

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30/03/2026

The drive to prioritise grid connections for data-driven infrastructure highlights just how closely construction is tied to the UK’s wider industrial and energy strategy.

🔗https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/03/11/data-centre-sites-to-jump-queue-for-grid-connections/

Consultation starts on what schemes get priority for power

27/03/2026

Nature driving masterplan design in both form and function.

🔗https://www.dezeen.com/2026/03/13/yibin-high-speed-railway-station-gateway-development-pelli-clarke-partners/

Pelli Clarke & Partners has created an urban district informed by bamboo alongside a new high-speed railway station in Yibin, southern China.

26/03/2026

Global geopolitics is impacting material markets quickly. Rising energy costs and supply disruption are a timely reminder that robust procurement strategies and a bit of commercial agility remain essential tools in every contractor’s kit.

🔗https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/hormuz-blockade-to-push-metal-and-cement-prices-up-consultant-warns/

Project owners should brace themselves for higher steel, aluminium, copper and cement prices if the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sparked by US and Israeli strikes on Iran continues, global construction consultant Linesight has warned.

25/03/2026

Schemes like this show how modular approaches can deliver pace and quality and, importantly, do so without compromising architectural intent.

🔗https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/stackable-timber-modular-system-debuts-in-netherlands/

A new five-storey development in Almere, Netherlands built with laminated veneer lumber (LVL) from Finnish company Metsä Group has been touted as a prototype for meeting the high demand for affordable housing in Europe.

24/03/2026

The government has announced the most significant reforms to late payment law in over 25 years. For construction, the proposed ban on the withholding of retention is the one to watch.

🔗https://www.gov.uk/government/news/time-to-pay-up-government-unveils-toughest-crackdown-on-late-payments-in-over-25-years

Small businesses to be backed by new, stronger measures to tackle late payments.