All Building articles in 19 January 2024 – Page 3
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NewsGreen light for 40-storey Sheffield tower
Residential scheme to replace former Primark store in city centre
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NewsAttacks on Red Sea shipping becoming ‘significant issue’ for construction products, CPA warns
Container prices have quadrupled in past month as ships are diverted around coast of Africa
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NewsContractors and suppliers ‘positive’ about Vistry price reductions, boss insists
Hundreds of firms have agreed to cut costs with none walking away, says Stephen Teagle
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NewsCrest Nicholson downgrades profit forecast for third time in a year
The £780m-turnover firm has been hit by £13m in “exceptional” costs linked to a fire amid other issues with ”legacy sites”
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NewsMace brings in new public sector boss for construction arm
Firm carried out rejig of division at end of last year
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CommentThe construction year ahead: what can we expect in 2024?
Sheena Sood previews the year ahead in construction law, with some major legislative, contractual and policy changes looming
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NewsWilkinson Eyre the latest architect to see profit fall as firm submits London spy tunnels revamp
Accounts come as practice submits plans to transform 1940s warren into visitor attraction
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FeaturesWhy are contractors neglecting scope 3 emissions? It’s complicated…
Carbon emitted by materials and transport accounts for up to 98% of contractors’ emissions, but a new report has found an alarming lack of attention given to the issue by some of the UK’s biggest contractors
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NewsPlans lodged for 7,000-home neighbourhood in Edinburgh
Scheme will include new parks and social infrastructure
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NewsVistry completes round of price cuts with suppliers and says it will beat expected profit figure
Housebuilder asked firms for 10% cuts last October to ‘generate production efficiencies’
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NewsStarmer again rules out HS2 leg to Manchester as railway begins year-long deck slide for Buckinghamshire viaduct
Northern leg is ‘not possible’ due to budget overruns says Labour leader
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NewsRising costs blamed as cladding firm Permasteelisa sinks to £11m loss
Company says it is hoping to recover money through negotiations with contractors
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NewsLiz Peace replaces Michael Bichard as RICS senior independent governor
Former British Property Federation boss among four new senior appointees at institution
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NewsBiodiversity net gain rules delayed again
Regulations now expected to come into force next month
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NewsBad weather deepens construction’s output slump
Fall in new work worsened in November as heavy rain and strong winds hit sites
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NewsPlans drawn up for student housing scheme next to Camden’s Roundhouse
Proposals tabled for two blocks up to 12 storeys in height neighbouring grade II*-listed venue
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NewsNew boss for regional firm Clegg
Restructure at Nottingham contractor will see boss of past 20 years step down
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FeaturesFrom the archives: How buildings were affected by the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, 1946
The Builder summarises a government report from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the aftermath of the attacks which ended the Second World War