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Government needs to triple social housing pot to £6bn, says London firms' chair

2018-10-19T06:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

Optivo boss Paul Hackett says pledged £2bn is not enough

Energy from waste jobs cause Bouygues profits to slide

2018-10-19T12:30:00+01:00By Will Ing

French firm becomes latest to suffer EfW woes

Health department removed Carillion hospital jobs from watchdog's remit

2018-10-19T11:32:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

An NAO report reveals the Midland Metropolitan and Royal Liverpool Hospitals were removed from the Major Projects Authority's portfolio in 2015

McCarthy & Stone welcomes ground rent cap proposal

2018-10-19T11:43:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

Group says proposed exemption will help it develop better facilities for retired people

Government 'needs better data' over infrastructure investment, says NAO

2018-10-19T06:00:00+01:00By Will Ing

Report published today suggests Infrastructure Projects Authority should better measure benefits of projects

Berkeley-backed construction academy opens for business

2018-10-19T06:01:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

The West London Construction Academy will offer courses including bricklaying, plastering, drylining and carpentry

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Events

Join us for the first ever Building Quiz

2018-10-19T10:45:00+01:00

The quiz will kick off following Building & BD Live on 28 November

Comment

Why do young women need senior women?

2018-10-19T14:00:00+01:00By Jo Williams

We know how vital ongoing support is for ensuring her generation sticks with the industry. So, how do we keep these young, talented women interested?

Focus

Paul Hackett: Leading the charge for housing change

2018-10-19T06:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

As chair of London housing association group G15, Paul Hackett has plenty he wants to change about housebuilding in the social sector.

Focus

Online poll: Automated innovation
2018-10-18T13:12:00+01:00
This week’s poll: Will autonomous vehicles change the face of the city?
What impact will driverless cars have on our future buildings?
2018-10-17T06:00:00+01:00By Ike Ijeh
How will electric-powered private-hire driverless cars change the way in which we design buildings and utilise land?
Will driverless cars change our urban environment as we know it?
2018-10-16T06:00:00+01:00By Ike Ijeh
Do electric-powered private-hire driverless cars represent the biggest opportunity to redesign our urban environment since the invention of the motor car itself?

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News in pictures

Image of the week: Bordering on lunacy

Sketch of the week: The Power House in Woking

Leeds mixed-use scheme gets green light

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Damien Hirst London HQ begins in earnest

Image of the week: The fallen

Sketch of the week: Crown Inn, Stockport

Image of the week: Bordering on lunacy
Sketch of the week: The Power House in Woking
Leeds mixed-use scheme gets green light
Damien Hirst London HQ begins in earnest
Image of the week: The fallen
Sketch of the week: Crown Inn, Stockport

Housing Today's 2019 launch: Tell us what you want

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Building without borders: support our campaign

Long reads

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Combustible materials ban: what would it mean?

Top 150 Consultants 2018 - league table

Modular construction: Along the right lines?

Deal or no deal : construction’s post-Brexit future hangs in the balance

Combustible materials ban: what would it mean?
Top 150 Consultants 2018 - league table
Modular construction: Along the right lines?
Deal or no deal : construction’s post-Brexit future hangs in the balance

Communities

Housebuilders' salaries are healthy - but is the market as rosy as it looks?

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Chloë McCulloch

Despite soaring salaries in the housebuilding sector, there’s an air of nervousness that the government will burst the bubble by scrapping its Help to Buy scheme

Are we creating enough in-depth learning spaces?

2018-10-18T07:51:00+01:00By Helen Groves

Helen Groves says that while universities have great areas where students can work together and interact, they lack spaces to allow quiet immersion in study

Legal: How to offset the risks of offsite

2018-10-18T06:00:00+01:00By Maeve Gantley

Continuing our series on new technology, Maeve Gantley explains how offsite manufacturing brings specific risks that need to be covered by the contract