All Building articles in 16 October 2026 – Page 4
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Information - BuildingCPD 16 2026: Fire safety and wall membranes: understanding their role in building performance
Sponsored by Glidevale Protect, UK producer of construction membranes, this CPD explores the role of membranes within wall construction, with a particular focus on fire performance and how it interacts with moisture management, airtightness and thermal performance
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2026 shortlists: Major Contractor of the Year (over £500m), sponsored by Fenwick Elliott
In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the Major Contractor of the Year (over £500m) shortlist, sponsored by Fenwick Elliott
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Features40 Under 40 2026: The rising stars set to reshape construction
Building’s annual 40 Under 40 returns to celebrate the young professionals already making their mark on the built environment
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NewsJohn F Hunt sells power business to equipment giant Finning
£50m deal will see around 150 staff move to UK arm of £5bn turnover Canadian business
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NewsStanhope reveals updated designs for Paddington hospital rebuild
Scheme by Allies and Morrison and HOK to include 30-storey hosptial tower and 10-acre life sciences campus
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NewsShoreditch high-rise cluster set to grow with plans for 40-storey tower unveiled
Two-block scheme designed by PRP and earmarked to contain around 400 homes
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NewsLondon boroughs identify sites to build more than 50,000 council homes
Building full pipeline would cost just £500,000 more than capital’s total SAHP allocation
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NewsMargins up at Scottish affordable homes specialist
Improvement comes as McTaggart Construction says jobs hit by delays in starting on site
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CommentThe new NPPF – why planning is becoming harder and less predictable
The value of more permissive policies are limited when the system is in flux. We need a system with clear rules and predictable processes, argues Paul Smith
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NewsWilliam Hare improves margins as profit jumps one third
Steelwork contractor says conditions expected to be ‘more challenging’ in second half of this year and next
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NewsHousing maintenance specialist Cardo snaps up another firm
Company buys Norfolk roofing business Aspect Group Services
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NewsConservatives to unveil radical proposals to scrap Future Homes Standard and environmental quangos
Measures to boost housbuilding to include replacing Section 106 and CIL payments with combined levy
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NewsLiverpool City Region agrees first-of-its-kind regeneration partnership with Homes England
Government’s housing agency aims to sign such deals with every mayoral authority over coming weeks
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NewsHowells submits plans for 1,200-home Northampton town centre regeneration
Redevelopment of former bus station site to include offices and student accommodation
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CommentA retentions ban is too simplistic
Retentions pose a complex problem that requires a careful answer rather than the outright ban government intends, argues Francis Ho
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NewsRising costs and political uncertainty help send construction confidence into tailspin, Currie & Brown warns
Consultant’s latest global Construction Certainty Index paints gloomy picture of sector’s prospects
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NewsKent housebuilder falls to £27m pre-tax loss
Partnerships specialist Chartway says several jobs now loss-making ‘as a result of market pressures’
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NewsRecovery in commercial work helps see output rise as industry waits on Budget
Fall is slowest since January but overall score remains in the red for 21st successive month
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NewsContractors willing to price more jobs but concerns over schemes getting up and running remain, G&T says
Cost consultant says firms eyeing work as market softens but Tier 1s only prepared to tender ‘credible’ higher-value projects
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NewsArcadis to sell most of its architecture business and cut 1,000 staff following WSP’s failed takeover bid
World’s third biggest employer of architects to focus on sectors ‘where structural demand is strongest’