All Building articles in 19 March 2021 – Page 7
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News
Building control officer ‘pressured' into providing certificate for combustible Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
LABC certificate became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower’s cladding system
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Comment
The Construction Playbook requires team players
This 80-page document should help unite clients and industry in a common goal, says James Wates
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Opening windows will not protect schools from covid, BESA warns
As primaries and secondaries prepare to go back on Monday, government is told to invest in mechanical ventilation
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Coup for Morris & Co as firm beats Chipperfield to land scheme at BMW’s Munich site
Work to take place at German car maker’s R D centre
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RICS gives members until April to let it know what reforms they want to see
Review prompted by fury over group’s handling of critical financial report
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Features
5 minutes with … Jelena Cousins at Cousins & Cousins
Creative director was inspired by her parents to embark on her career but was appalled to be told by an ex-boss she could not be a good mother and a good architect at the same time
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Bechtel loses £100m claim against HS2 over Old Oak Common station award
US firm said railway should not have given job to Balfour team because of flawed procurement process
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Output bounces back as commercial sector rebounds
CIPS/IHS Markit PMI also says February was ninth consecutive month of growth in new orders, although costs are increasing
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Vistry profit beats expectations
But full year results at housebuilder show pre-tax income down 44%
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BRE manager admits missing rigged Celotex fire test was ‘very basic error,’ Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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Paying back furlough money ‘right thing to do’, says Galliford Try boss as firm resumes dividends
Contractor set to make shareholder payments after returning to profit
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Construction hoping to lure retail staff to plug jobs gaps
BEIS says significant number of roles could be filled by those made redundant from High Street
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Online boom sees Hydrock snap up distribution centre specialist
Firm pays undisclosed sum for Devon consultant
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Timber firms facing mounting logistics issues despite record demand, trade body warns
Post-Brexit trade restrictions adding to covid import woes, survey finds
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Comment
Budget 2021: Striking a delicate balance to deliver recovery and transformation
A mix of policy initiatives and fiscal stimulus is just what construction needs, says Keith Waller
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Budget 2021 summary: What it means for construction
Take a look at some of the key policy announcements for the sector
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Industry welcomes infrastructure bank but tells government to get on and build
MMC taskforce also planned but worries remain over Brexit’s impact
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Taskforce to boost construction using MMC
£10m body to drive adoption of offsite housebuilding revealed in Budget documents
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Celotex ‘did not try to conceal’ rigged test of Grenfell insulation from BRE, inquiry hears
Cladding installer says testing body was checking test rig the ‘whole time’