All Building articles in 15 March 2024 – Page 8
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News
Bids back within days for first phase of Tata’s £4bn Somerset battery factory
Winner on first phase of scheme due this spring
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Profit and revenue falls at Taylor Wimpey as inflation bites
Completions higher than anticipated but expected to fall this year
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Populo Living’s £1bn Carpenters Estate regeneration plans finally approved
Work to start this spring on redeveloping 1960s estate after decades of delays
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Stanhope director to retire after 25 years at firm
Williams described as ”towering figure” by developer’s chief executive David Camp
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Careys more picky over which jobs to bid as firm says it has drawn line under problem contracts
Several schemes turned into loss-making after being blighted by inflation and onerous terms
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Comment
Planning rules relaxed for wave of mini nuclear reactors
With small modular reactors – which can be built quickly offsite – seen as the future of nuclear, the government wants to simplify the relevant planning process
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Comment
Has MMC gone from an industry salvation to a pseudo solution?
Once touted as the answer to all our productivity woes, MMC increasingly looks like it may have been just another wacky idea with little chance of success in these uncertain times, writes Richard Steer
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Developer submits plans for City block retrofit
Scheme will add two storeys to roof of 21 Lombard Street and replace facade
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Sellar's construction director departs
Developer says move coincides with Paddington Square job winding down
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McAlpine recruits highways specialist from Keltbray to beef up infrastructure team
Contractor pledged to grow infra business under last year’s rejig
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Industry reaction to the CMA’s housebuilding report
What major industry players and analysts think of the competition regulator’s report into the industry
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Brickability forecasts profit at ‘low end’ of expectations
UK market volumes for bricks significantly down in last year
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Comment
Good investment requires a great deal more than money
Responsible, considerate and thoughtful development should be profitable, both financially and in the way it delivers meaningful benefits for the community, says Ghislaine Halpenny of Regal London
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Features
My route into construction … Damilola Ola, assistant site manager at Mount Anvil
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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Features
Key points from the CMA’s housebuilding report
From land banking to a probe into anti-competitive activity, we breakdown the critical points from the UK competition regulator’s report into the housebuilding market
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Connecting people with data brings control to your business
Digital transformation is a journey many contractors have been embarking on and their investments are paying dividends, writes Brandon Oliveri-O’Connor, Procore’s head of region, EMEA
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Sunak’s HS2 funding slammed as Northern Powerhouse Rail still waits for tunnel decision
Chief executive Henri Murison says lack of clarity over crucial tunnel section has stalled northern rail project
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CMA investigates UK’s biggest housebuilders over ‘anti-competitive behaviour’
Competition regulator has found evidence to suggest some of the biggest names in UK housebuilding might be sharing sensitive information