Contractors News – Page 74
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What JRP, Osborne Berry and building control told us this week
Cladding fitters unable to explain ‘unacceptable’ errors while austerity staffing cuts hampered building control inspections
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NewsBuilding control officer ‘needed more time’ to focus on Grenfell refurb
‘Heartbroken’ council surveyor blasts staffing cuts and ‘confusing’ regulations but accepts his checks fell short
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NewsT Clarke to pay out interim dividend as firm says trading bounces back
But impact of covid means 2020 revenue will be down nearly £100m on last year’s figure
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NewsCouncil austerity measures meant inspection corners were cut, Grenfell Inquiry told
Building control officer had 130 projects to keep track of and felt forced to make ‘judgments’ about whose work needed most focus
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NewsTrust behind new Essex hospital eyes modular specialists to help build it
NHS group also wants to hear from technology, facade and M E firms
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NewsGrenfell subcontractor ‘can’t see how’ cavity barriers were fitted wrongly
Inquiry hears firm sent in invoice for eight men pretending to work during one day
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Window reveal contractor ‘assumed materials were fine’
Former Rydon project manager oversaw gaps being packed with combustible insulation then topped with uPVC surrounds
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NewsVolkerFitzpatrick wins more work at Northants logistics park
Scheme is contractor’s fourth job at Midlands Logistics Park
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NewsOverbury lands Essex university revamp work
Morgan Sindall’s fit-out arm to rejig Anglia Ruskin’s Chelmsford campus
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NewsCladding subcontractor agrees Grenfell work was ‘shocking’ and ‘unacceptable’
Osborne Berry partner cannot explain how cavity barriers were placed back-to-front and wrong way around
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NewsConsultant tells Grenfell Inquiry it was ‘crystal clear’ firm was not providing full clerk of works role
John Rowan Partners boss says ‘too many experts’ would have been required to check compliance with all Building Regulations
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NewsBam set for starring role at £230m Sky studios job
Elstree scheme will include sound stages and production offices
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NewsSeptember week three: What Harley, CEP and Max Fordham told the Grenfell Inquiry
Facades specialist questioned on project management failings and reliance on advice from suppliers
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NewsM&E consultant suggested combustible insulation for Grenfell Tower refurb
Safe mineral wool product ruled out because ‘aspirational’ efficiency target would not have been hit, inquiry hears
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NewsBam set to kick off work next to Manchester City stadium after £350m arena gets green light
Construction due to take three years and finish in 2023