All Building articles in 19 May 2023
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FeaturesLatest trends and prices data dashboard
Your one-stop-shop for all the most recent price changes and trends in the building materials, energy, housing and construction labour markets
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NewsMini-budget showed need to spend within means on HS2, says transport secretary
Mark Harper admits delaying work on scheme won’t actually save money in long run
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NewsProject starts down across the board in first quarter, says Glenigan
Industrial and housing performance particularly dismal, according to analyst
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FeaturesWhat you need to know about Morrell’s ‘seminal’ review into products testing
A review of construction product testing commissioned by ministers following Grenfell Inquiry evidence has recommended sweeping changes. Here’s a guide to what it all means
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NewsThree firms eye £160m Oxford Science Park deal
Latest phase of life sciences work in city set to be up for grabs
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NewsLaing O’Rourke lined up for Manchester City’s £300m Etihad stadium expansion
Sisk also set to carry out work at home of reigning Premier League champions
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News‘Take a back seat and we’ll give you £500k’: authorities detail why directors were banned in wake of demolition bid-rigging probe
The Competition and Markets Authority has made public details of why three directors of demolition firms have been banned for a total of nearly 18 years following its probe into bid-rigging in the sector. The revelations include how one director set up a firm to receive £175,000-worth of so-called “compensation” ...
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CommentA carbon border tax is essential to prevent the ‘offshoring’ of emissions
Government consultation is welcome but it is action we need to protect UK jobs and make real progress towards net zero, Diana Casey of the Mineral Products Association writes
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NewsKPF’s Old Street roundabout tower submitted for planning
City fringe scheme to transform 1990s block into 36-storey office
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NewsClarion wants suppliers for £50m asbestos work
10 year deal covers housing association’s properties across England
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NewsULEZ expansion could hit London’s housing targets, mayor warned
Builders Merchants Federation tells Sadiq Khan to delay low emissions scheme by 12 months to give SMEs more time to prepare
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NewsPlans for £150m Oxford vaccine centre get green light
Scheme to house R&D facilities for work into vaccines for respiratory diseases
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CommentConstruction should adopt a coaching style of management to make every person count
Construction still suffers from a culture more likely to turn workers away than encourage new recruits. Dave Stitt says this has to change.
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NewsArchitect wins planning for latest phase of work at river Trent scheme in Nottingham
Developer will build 111 new homes on river’s north bank in Nottingham
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NewsTravis Perkins’ first quarter sales down in wake of housing market’s struggles
Builders merchant says full-year performance will be in line with market expectations
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NewsPersimmon joins £70m investment into modular housebuilder TopHat
Insurance firm Aviva also ploughs money into start-up
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NewsUK ‘sleepwalking’ towards retrofit crisis, says Ridge report
Firms want VAT removed from refurbishments
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NewsBosses of Taylor Wimpey and Vistry latest housebuilding figures to criticise government
Jennie Daly and Greg Fitzgerald voice concern over policy
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NewsHS2 designs at Euston may never have been affordable under original budget, MPs told
Railway’s boss admits ‘it’s difficult to know true cost until marketplace has priced it’
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Features5 minutes with … Milos Halecka at Middlecap
The company’s innovations director explains the importance of embracing technology and using it effectively – and why he loves London’s industrial buildings