Construction Archive

Refurbish don’t demolish: the fight for the future of Thamesmead

Residents of Thamesmead, one of London’s largest and most iconic housing

Calais: border profiteers update June 2019

Calais’ mayor has being trying to rebrand the town as a

Mace: Building Misery, from UK Mega-Prisons to Forced Labour in the Middle East

In April 2017, Mace was awarded contracts to build six new

Vinci, Company Profile

[responsivevoice_button] Corporate Watch profiles controversial French construction giant, Vinci. Key points

Cancun’s mangrove swamp destroyed for building complex

[responsivevoice_button] An update on Almudena Serpis’ previous article on the importance

Ecocide of mangrove swamps bringing catastrophes ashore

[responsivevoice_button] Mangroves are among the most powerful natural defences against global

Transport for London seeks new powers with developers

[responsivevoice_button] Transport for London (TfL) is currently seeking to team up

Boris Johnson at MIPIM: the world’s largest property fair

[responsivevoice_button] Think of any community in the UK (or even worldwide)

From Olympic spectacle to social crisis: review of Future Suspended

[responsivevoice_button] Review: Crisis-Scape’s new film invites us in to the shadows

JCB equipment used in Jordan Valley home demolition

 [responsivevoice_button] Corporate Watch has been provided with photos of JCB equipment

Roads to nowhere in Bexhill and Hastings

[responsivevoice_button] As protestors are resisting one of the first road projects

The construction companies: Hochtief-Vinci

[responsivevoice_button] Adrian Hopkins from The Combe Haven Defenders tells Corporate Watch

Where now for international resistance to the corporate Olympics?

[responsivevoice_button] The International Counter Olympics Network (ICON) was established the day

King’s Cross Central: ‘a crude exercise in social engineering’

[responsivevoice_button] King’s Cross Central, one of Europe’s biggest inner city regeneration

Preparing London for the Corporate Games: the Docklands Planning Model

[responsivevoice_button] Ian Blunt explains how legislation and ‘democratic’ processes were adapted