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Willmott Dixon looking to off-site manufacturing to reduce costs
Contractor has signed deals for timber and steel frames
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Scottish PFI schools closed over safety fears
Edinburgh schools shut after remedial works on one revealed construction problems
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Government looks to create 10,000 homes around railway stations
York, Taunton and Swindon councils all working on plans
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London prime resi pipeline still growing
Research from Arcadis shows a 40% increase on the number of “prime” homes being built since 2014
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Scape launches architecture practice Lungfish
Design practice Lungfish will look to expand beyond its current education focus
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Diversity: All there in black and white
Black graduates earn on average 23% less than white graduates - so what’s the industry got to do to improve its record on equality and diversity?
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Balfour bags £82.5m RAF base
Base in Norfolk will be home to UK’s first F-35 Lightning II aircraft
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Wembley double tower scheme set to start
Hub behind plans for 239-home redevelopment of Chesterfield House
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Hansom: Eureka!
In a week of discoveries, war-time plans to rebuild the Forth Bridge are uncovered, a translucent wood for housing is invented, and the top engineer of the natural world revealed
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Quinn confident despite senior staff exodus
Balfour Beatty chief executive says internal recruitment has led to a stronger top team and that firm’s recovery plan is ‘in a good place’ despite losses
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Sketch of the week: Education facility in north London
This week’s sketch is by Alfonso Padro, head of education for HKS Architects
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Image of the week: Time to steel themselves
Workers face an uncertain future in Port Talbot, South Wales
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Atkins launches design tool to incorporate wellbeing into building
Consultant Atkins has launched a design tool for creating “healthier” buildings
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Balfour Beatty: ‘Not short of stellar’
When Leo Quinn took over at a troubled Balfour Beatty, he launched a two-year strategy to revive the fortunes of the UK’s largest builder
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Ben Derbyshire to run for RIBA president
HTA managing partner Ben Derbyshire to stand in race to succeed Jane Duncan
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Barratt lands 1,000-home Nestle scheme
Housebuilder partners with industrial developer Segro on west London scheme
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Outstanding credit for Dublin bank HQ
Dublin’s Central Bank has become the first office building in Ireland to gain a BREEAM “outstanding” rating
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Sweco eyes more acquisitions after Grontmij buy
Swedish engineering firm targets purchases in UK, Germany and Belgium and work on HS2 and HS3