All Coronavirus articles – Page 27
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NewsCLC backs conflict avoidance pledge
New initiative will help tackle issues arising from coronavirus lockdown
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CommentCould covid-19 be the catalyst for a shift to modular construction?
Is this the method’s moment, wonders the chief executive of specialist modular contractors Reds10
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NewsWork on more than 10% of HS2 sites shut because of social distancing problems
Minister says 25 of 200 jobs on first phase closed because firms cannot meet public health protocols
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NewsKingspan says it will barely break even this month as sales slump by one third
Materials firm says current situation unlikely to change for next few weeks
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NewsBellway the next housebuilder to begin reopening sites
Firm will begin remobilising from Monday
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FeaturesCoronavirus update for construction: 30 April
Build UK’s update the industry amid the covid-19 outbreak
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CommentTackling the cladding challenge
Terry Stocks, from Faithful+ Gould, outlines what it will take to deliver the government’s £1.6bn programme to replace unsafe cladding on high rise buildings
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NewsCLC tells government to speed up handing out loans
Companies at risk if process held up by red tape, survey finds
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NewsInterserve trials new social distancing warning technology on Birmingham hospital job
Alarm sounds if people are closer than 2m
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NewsBCO says there will be less hot desking and more bike space once office workers return
Report predicts raft of changes will need to be made to meet social distancing protocols
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NewsMore and more sites restarting but worries grow over abuse of workers in Scotland
Trade group north of border drawing up checklist to educate hostile public
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NewsLaing O’Rourke opens nearly 400 beds at Welsh hospital a year early for covid patients
Gleeds project manager on scheme
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NewsEmployers' groups want furlough scheme extended again
Hundreds of construction firms have used initiative which is set to end on 30 June
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NewsBarratt silent on site restart
UK’s biggest housebuilder says it will remobilise when ‘safe and appropriate’
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NewsPersimmon turns down government coronavirus help
Housebuilder alone among volume firms in not furloughing staff or taking state-backed loans
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FeaturesCoronavirus update for construction: 29 April
Build UK’s update the industry amid the covid-19 outbreak
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CommentThe long and winding road to recovery
Construction firms want to understand the government’s lockdown exit strategy before they make meaningful plans for the future
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NewsLondon MP wants firms to publish plans on how to get workers to site without using public transport
James Murray writes to minister asking him to enforce staggered start times
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CommentLegal tips on drafting contracts in a pandemic
Covid-19 has already transformed operating procedures on site, but how we draw up and sign contracts must also adapt
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FeaturesFull results: Latest reader survey reveals impact of continuing lockdown
Research indicates growing optimism among people working in construction, although most firms do not have recovery plans in place