Contractor DBR has completed work to clean and repair the ceiling in St Stephen’s Hall in the Houses of Parliament.

The multiple subcontractors for the bespoke design were smoothly assembled by Bill Taylor into a collaborative team.

Construction firm Hobson & Porter has lifted 12 unique stone putties into position on the historic Guildhall in Hull.

An eight-year process to restore the oldest iron-framed building in the world, known as the ‘grandparent of skyscrapers’, has finally reached its end.

Surveyors will dig 23 boreholes, some reaching up to 70m in depth, to assess ground conditions around the Palace of Westminster.

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.