All Building articles in 13 June 2025
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NewsFresh proposals for Manchester towers scheme sent in for planning
New 800-home application replaces earlier consented plan which had significantly more commercial space
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FeaturesWhat will the Treasury’s Green Book review mean for construction?
Boris Johnson’s 2020 review of the Treasury’s appraisal process for government investments led to some improvements in how value in schemes is judged, but a new review commissioned by Labour this year has found that many of the old practices remain embedded. Rachel Reeves has said she wants to go ...
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NewsGovernment ditches public sector decarbonisation scheme
Existing funding to continue until 2028 with subsequent plans to be announced in due course
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NewsLeeds student tower gets green light
Part of 1960s-built Merrion Centre set to be demolished to make way for 37-storey development
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NewsIn pictures: British Land’s laboratory building at Cambridge tech park completes
New scheme drawn up by Scott Brownrigg and built by SDC
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 32: Market update and guidance on specialist contracts
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life
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FeaturesConstruction industry gossip: Through a glass darkly
The latest chatter around the industry
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Building London’s millennium projects, 1999
Building speaks to the project teams working under pressure to finish the Millennium Dome, the London Eye and the Jubillee Line extension in time for New Year’s Eve
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Information - BuildingBuilding Digital Edition: June 2025
Mastering the art: The National Gallery reworks a postmodern icon
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NewsWinner emerges on City tower as races for several other London commercial jobs enter home straight
Scheme at 55 Old Broad Street has been drawn up by Fletcher Priest
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NewsKPF submits plans to refurbish 1990s City office
Rethink of 1990s SOM-designed building comes ahead of Dentons’ move to Eric Parry’s 1 Liverpool Street in 2026
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CommentThe chancellor’s £39bn boost buys time for social housing – now innovative private finance models must help deliver at scale
The Labour government is prioritising funding for grant-heavy, and much-needed, social rented homes while also promising to ramp up delivery to 1.5 million homes a year. Innovation to draw in private finance can help square the circle, says Carl Brown
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NewsCrest Nicholson recoups more than £30m for fire safety work
Housebuilder reveals figure in interim results as firm returns to black
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NewsConstruction output grows as wider economy shrinks, official figures say
New infrastructure work and housing repairs behind jump in April
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NewsChanges to Treasury ‘green book’ rules will help boost housing and transport delivery in the regions, say industry figures
Government announces shift to “place-based” focus when appraising projects
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FeaturesSustainability: How to minimise waste and maximise reuse at a building’s end of life
Construction accounts for around a third of all waste sent to landfill, much of this at a building’s end of life. How can the industry develop a better approach to deconstruction?
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Features5 minutes with … Chris Pollard at Fereday Pollard
The 30-year-old firm’s founder and managing director on improving the design quality of transport and infrastructure projects, the frustrations of the consents process, the importance of perseverence and his love of pizza
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NewsIndustry welcomes boost to infrastructure and housing in spending review
Views on the impact of the chancellor’s capital investment plans from professionals in construction, property and architecture
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NewsHousing and infrastructure emerge as big winners as Reeves divides up £113bn in spending review
Chancellor unveiled plans for investments in rail, affordable homes, energy, schools and skills during today’s speech in House of Commons