CIOB’s Caroline Gumble visited the restoration works at Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury, where a new wing is being added which is set to make it the largest gallery in the county.

A group of 50 engineers, architectural surveyors, acoustics and lighting specialists and ecologists have investigated crumbing stone, cracked ceilings and warping windows at the Houses of Parliament.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s work to complete conservation work on the Elizabeth Tower in London’s Palace of Westminster, is to complete in the second quarter of 2022.

The Parliament restoration programme has launched a nationwide hunt for specialist surveyors to develop the most detailed record of the Palace of Westminster ever created, as part of an £80m, four-year framework.