All Building articles in 17 December 2021 – Page 6
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Comment
Good faith strikes again
A new ruling shows you can’t breach part of a contract then use the contract machinery to turn that breach in your favour, explains Tony Bingham
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News
Building control body joked about ‘burning’ issue of misleading Kingspan certificate, Grenfell inquiry hears
Comment followed new tests showing insulation had continued to burn for 20 minutes after end of test
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Output slips by largest amount since start of pandemic, ONS data reveals
Fall of 1.8% recorded in October
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RICS rejects government call to change EWS1 advice for smaller blocks
Ministers’ plan to free up housing market by reducing use of controversial fire safety forms faces setback
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In Pictures: Fosters’ Roman antiquities museum
Norman Foster to attend opening this weekend in Narbonne, France
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Features
5 minutes with … Laurie Chetwood at Chetwoods
The firm’s founder and chairman is happiest breaking new ground with innovative and thought-provoking schemes, driving his vintage Aston Martin and eating fish and chips
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News
Gleeds raids Bouygues for regional PM director
Mike Baynham also spent eight years at Carillion
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Contract awards drop by almost £1bn in November, Glenigan data says
Clients awarded £4.3bn worth of work compared to around £5.3bn the month before
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Building control body sought sponsorship deal with Kingspan, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Local Authority Building Control also failed to correct ‘misleading’ certificate clearing Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe above 18m despite repeated warnings
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O’Rourke joins group to promote modular housing
Contractor teams up with specialists to launch new trade body
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Balfour Beatty stays upbeat about 2021 profit
Firm says it is ‘making progress’ on completing problem London resi jobs
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RIBA house of the year winner named
Judges heap praise on extension to restored 18th century farmhouse
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Taylor Wimpey departure ‘nothing to do’ with hedge fund building stake, outgoing chief executive says
Pete Redfern wants to take a break from corporate life and go travelling with young family
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Major projects to be hit by ‘mammoth’ admin burden from aggregate levy reforms
PwC says proposals to remove tax exemption for gravel pits could become law as soon as March
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Kier and Wates among winners on £150m Cambridgeshire construction framework
Four-year deal largely covers education jobs
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Comment
Cost is key but solving the climate crisis comes first
The social and environmental costs of getting project choices wrong have never been greater
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News
Mace expecting improved 2021 after turnover and profit take hit from covid
Firm hands out dividend after taking furlough cash
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Contractors for £5bn public sector housing framework announced
Deal will cover jobs across South of England
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Berkeley says profit will be up 5% as sales recover to pre-pandemic levels
Housebuilder reports strong growth as it aims to increase development by 50%