All Building articles in 15 September 2023 – Page 6
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NewsBuckingham break-up begins as Kier snaps up £150m rail business
Firm pays close to £10m for business which employs 180 staff
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NewsCalls for social landlords to start ‘urgent’ RAAC inspection programme
Consultants say use of dangerous lightweight concrete panels was widespread in social housing in the ‘50s-’70s
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NewsOsborne sells property maintenance business
Firm set to concentrate on building and development
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NewsRAAC repairs to come from existing DfE funds
Sunak cut repair budget against department advice, DfE chief claims
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NewsISG lands prized fit-out job with £150m Google King’s Cross win
Firm also battling to land Bloomberg deal
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News‘Batten down the hatches’ against economic headwinds, says Arcadis report
Consultant reports unexpectedly sharp decline in public sector work
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NewsAngela Rayner appointed shadow housing secretary
Labour deputy PM to take on levelling up, housing and communities brief from Lisa Nandy as part of reshuffle
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NewsArup recruits DfT director to head up major programmes division
Role will cover UK and overseas
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CommentRetrofit is not the enemy, it’s a golden opportunity – so long as our industry can deliver
M&S’s decision to appeal against Michael Gove’s verdict over the future of their flagship store reminds us (again) how important it is that we rise to the sustainability challenge, writes Richard McWilliams
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Michelle Zompi, head of RLB Digital
The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but it can be hard to know how to break in. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their career twists and turns
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NewsThe RAAC schools crisis: what we know so far
More than 100 schools containing cheap concrete told to immediately close after collapse of beam previously thought to be safe
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CommentScandal over RAAC school closures points to a deeper malaise
Yesterday’s shocking news about the state of buildings made using lightweight concrete should prompt politicians to reboot the entire school rebuilding programme
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NewsIlke collapsed into administration with debts of £319m
Staggering debts of modular housebuilder include £68m to Homes England and £227m to equity investors
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NewsIndustry calls for new energy and net zero secretary to push housing retrofit
Claire Coutinho replaces Grant Shapps at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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News4,800-home Manchester plan step closer after approvals
Hong Kong-based Far East Consortium and Manchester city council get green light for homes as part of wider 15,000-home Victoria North regeneration project
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Features5 minutes with … Gemma Pont at CPMG Architects
The associate architect on making the right choices, working collaboratively, the importance of cheese and the first book she ever read
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NewsM&S launches legal challenge against Gove’s Oxford Street rejection
Retailer slams government’s ‘misguided agenda’ against spurned redevelopment plans
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NewsGovernment tells schools to close all buildings containing problem concrete
Report in June found lightweight reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete could be present in more than 500 schools
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NewsVistry shareholders revolt over executive pay
Housebuilder wins narrow approval for package that will see CEO Greg Fitzgerald pocket up to £5.6m per year