Coronavirus and construction
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NewsLatest Melbourne lockdown set to cost construction £240m a day
Lendlease and Multiplex are among firms working on projects in the Australian city
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NewsPandemic blamed as Zaha Hadid calls time on historic Bowling Green Lane home
Practice leaves Victorian classrooms after nearly 40 years for nearby Goswell Road
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NewsBalfour using modular to build huge covid-19 testing lab
Others working on scheme include Mace and architect HOK
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NewsNumber of people in construction still on furlough drops below 150,000, HMRC says
Employers claimed £135m in payments in May, provisional figures show
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NewsHeathrow third runway may not be needed, ex-Airports Commission chair admits
Pandemic has already slowed Birmingham and Stansted expansion plans
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NewsConstruction firms claim over £1.1bn of furlough cash in six months
Number of construction workers on job retention scheme has fallen 73% from peak
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NewsData centres and healthcare help T Clarke hit order book record
Firm wants £500m revenue in three years’ time
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NewsKey Crossrail staff facing daily coronavirus tests
Scheme’s boss Mark Wild says pandemic the biggest threat to meeting opening schedule
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NewsBam set to introduce flexible working on sites in post-pandemic shake-up
Initiative follows trials carried out with specialist workplace consultant
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NewsExtended site working hours to remain until end of September
Measures introduced last May allow jobs to stay open until 9pm
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NewsAround 230,000 people in construction still on furlough, HMRC says
Early data suggests number fell last month from January figure of 245,000
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NewsT Clarke eyes £500m turnover target as covid hits profit
Firm says move buoyed by record order book
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NewsExisting offices could become ‘rapidly obsolete’ after pandemic, Landsec chief warns
Mark Allan made comments at Mipim debate on future of real estate
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NewsUS sites staying open help Keller bump up profit
Firm confirms it has paid back furlough money ahead of dividend payment
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NewsConstruction workers should not have vaccine priority, trade groups say
Chiefs reckon other groups more at risk
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NewsAnother London council calls for construction workers to get covid-19 tests
Islington council wants people working outside the home to undergo regular rapid coronavirus checks
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NewsLaing O’Rourke hit by covid outbreak at £1bn Edinburgh St James scheme
There have been 11 positive cases