The London Development Agency, in partnership with Newham Council, has today announced a shortlist of eight developers who are invited to come up with proposals to develop its Royal Albert Docks site in east London's Royal Docks.

The shortlist includes some of the biggest UK property developers, together with major international investors - evidence of strong market interest in the 35 acre site.

British construction companies are scrambling to win lucrative contracts in Qatar as the gulf state gears up for the 2022 Fifa World Cup with an estimated $275bn worth of spending.
With Doha planning to invest up to $149bn on infrastructure and a further $126bn on housing, bidding for contracts to build schools, hospitals, shopping centres and rail networks has already started.

Launch event and photocall: December 14, 12 noon, CoRE, Chelson Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1PT. CoRE, the new national centre for cutting edge refurbishment skills, is to be launched on December 14.

LONDON (AP) – Britain's spending watchdog warned London Olympic organizers Tuesday that they run a risk of exceeding their $14.6 billion budget for hosting the event and have little room for unforeseen costs.

Catalyst Housing Ltd and its private developer arm, Catalyst by Design, have appointed Ardmore Construction Ltd as the main contractor for Portobello Square – the first phase of the Wornington Green Estate regeneration project. Work will start in January 2012.

First scheme for Ardmore First Base Partnership under the HCA’s Delivery Partner Panel Work is under way to regenerate a derelict site in Tower Hamlets that will deliver new homes and community facilities including a church, hospital, commercial space, children’s play area and public open space. Ardmore First Base Partnership, (a joint venture between Ardmore Construction and urban regeneration and investment company First Base), is the delivery partner for the £26m Mildmay regeneration project in east London.

Leading North East housebuilder Yuill Homes has won a prestigious national housing award for its successful regeneration of a Longbenton housing estate, in partnership with North Tyneside Council.

A £260m project to add a second tunnel crossing under the River Tyne becomes fully operational on Monday. The original Tyne Tunnel opened in 1967, but closed for refurbishment when the four-year construction of a second was completed in February.

The developer behind a cinema, hotel and leisure complex in Llanelli says he is confident it will open next year despite the tough economic climate. Scott Davidson of Henry Davidson Developments Ltd says East Gate in the Carmarthenshire town will be one of the UK's few such schemes to open in 2012.

Anti-scald tap, shower and valve manufacturer Intatec has appointed Danny Bowers as its sales representative for the West Midlands and South Wales.