All articles by Building news desk – Page 3
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FeaturesZero hour: Building's predictions for 2018
With growth predictions for 2018 as dire as 0%, there are reasons to feel trepidation. But at the start of this year, there are signs of positivity
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FeaturesBuilding's review of the year 2017
It wasn’t exactly the year that knocked the stuffing out of construction, but nor was it the grand feast many had hoped for. The Building news desk reviews the year in construction
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NewsInland Homes sells JV interest
Housebuilder expected to secure ‘significant construction contracts’ to build out the consented development
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NewsGovernment offices' fit-out contracts announced
170 tax offices will be ‘reoriented into 13 new regional centres’
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NewsBrunel Street Works' 975 homes plan given council approval
Proposals “will re-stitch the site into its historical context”
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NewsFrasers Property wins planning permission for Thameside block
Part of the Riverside Quarter in Wandsworth, the £130m building will house 172 apartments
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NewsWillmott Dixon lands Old Admiralty upgrade
Firm will overhaul interior of the building for the Department of Education
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NewsRotherham town centre set for 'transformation'
Plans include a new leisure quarter, outdoor spaces and riverside residential accommodation
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NewsGrowing number of councils reveal flammable cladding issues
Minister says at least eight local authorities have found flammable cladding on their towers
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NewsPeter Hendy nominated for LLDC chair role
Sadiq Khan says former TfL commissioner will bring ‘unrivalled knwledge and experience’ to the job
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NewsPolice to consider manslaughter charges over Grenfell fire
Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack said potential criminal offences being looked at
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NewsPM offers to let EU citizens stay in UK
Proposal, if agreed by Brussels, will come as a relief to industries reliant on EU workers
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NewsGrenfell Tower contractors worked on Camden's Chalcots Estate
Contractor Rydon and cladding subcontractor Harley Facades
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NewsCamden to remove cladding from Chalcots Estate tower blocks
Material will be removed from five blocks after independent tests
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NewsBarratt promotes Jessica White to finance boss
White, previously the firm’s group financial controller, replaces Neil Cooper, who left in January this year.
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NewsCombustible cladding 'found on three tower blocks'
Material on 600 towers is currently being tested, says DCLG, following Grenfell fire
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NewsNotting Hill Housing gets Havering JV nod
Firm will work with council on 700 new homes’ development
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NewsKensington & Chelsea CEO resigns after Grenfell disaster
Local government secretary said to have “required” Nicholas Holgate to go
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NewsCrewe crane collapse kills two
Two die and one man is airlilfted to hospital in incident at Seddon building site
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NewsCIOB launches commission to assess construction quality
Issues around the Edinburgh wall collapse and Grenfell Tower need to be addressed, says past-president