Work is underway to install an underdeck scaffold structure on the Tyne Bridge from the Newcastle tower to the Gateshead tower.

Contractor Stepnell has begun enabling works on the £9m refurbishment of the Grade II-listed Town Hall in Hugh Town, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly.

Morgan Sindall Construction has successfully completed the restoration of Grade II-listed West Bromwich Town Hall and Library five weeks ahead of schedule.

Westminster City Council has appointed Willmott Dixon to refurbish the 1930s Grade II-listed Seymour Centre in Marylebone, central London.

Stately home Wentworth Woodhouse is undergoing a £200m restoration and CIOB member company William Birch & Sons is one of the companies involved. Kristina Smith reports.

Specialist conservation contractor DBR will start in January a ‘monumental’ £10.4m roof restoration at the 18th-century Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire.

Road marking contractor WJ Group’s employees volunteered to clean and refurbish the Reginald Mitchell Way Spitfire and Walrus Seaplane displays in Stoke-on-Trent.

Chartered builder RECOM Solutions on how turning a listed city-centre building into residential property offered the opportunity to trial new methods.

The Grade II-listed Victorian-era Crystal Palace Subway in south London has reopened following a lengthy renovation.

A former mental health establishment founded by a Quaker in 1792 will be turned into 120 energy-efficient homes in York.

Matthias Gropp explains the role that advanced monitoring techniques, AI and IoT can play in retrofitting projects of historic assets.

A £369m decade-long scheme to update Buckingham Palace’s essential systems “has been well managed” to date, according to a new NAO report.

Historic England has published new advice on adapting historic buildings for energy efficiency and climate change.

A small London museum dedicated to the first tunnel in the world to be built under a major river will close in September to undergo a £1.85m revamp.

Buckinghamshire Council said it “bitterly regret[s]” the damage that HS2 construction will cause on Grim’s Ditch, an ancient earthwork in Great Missenden, after giving consent to high-speed rail route proposals that will affect the national asset.

A CGI video shows how Spencer Group will create a new dock gate as part of a £1.9m project to help preserve a historic vessel in Hull.

The Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral could be “severely harm[ed]” by the expansion of the Square Mile’s office space and tall buildings, Historic England has warned.

Can a heritage building be smart too? That’s the plan for the new Museum of London in London’s historic Smithfield market. Kristina Smith meets the client and Sir RobertvMcAlpine’s construction team.