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NewsHousebuilding slump drives steepest fall in construction output since covid
Survey of purchasing managers shows drop in housing activity fastest for 14 years outside of pandemic
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NewsHS2 Euston pared back further with reprieved station to feature just six platforms
Original design had proposals for 11 platforms in order to cope with capacity for now abandoned route to Manchester
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NewsListed builders shrug off impact of HS2 decision
Share prices of quoted firms fell slightly on news of Sunak’s confirmation that leg to Manchester has been scrapped
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Why margin compression remains a concern
Against a poor economic backdrop, construction output is holding up in every sub-sector except housing. However there are still reasons to be worried.
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NewsGove delays ITV Studios decision a second time
Scheme set to find out whether it has green light or not by first week of December
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Features5 minutes with … Jonathon Bentley at Bentley
The firm’s managing director on the challenges of building his business, the importance of seeing every angle and why he has the ball from the men’s Euro 2021 final.
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NewsIn pictures: NatWest’s 250 Bishopsgate HQ gets makeover
Architect LOM and contractors ISG and Overbury all worked on building which was built in late 1990s
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NewsLast minute lobbying to keep HS2 falls on deaf ears as industry casts doubt on Sunak’s alternative
Plan to ditch leg of railway to Manchester condemned as mistake by construction sector
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NewsPM scraps HS2 West Midlands to Manchester leg
Savings to be spent on ‘hundreds’ of smaller projects, while Euston link to go ahead under new management
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NewsGalliford Try brings in Skanska procurement boss
Andrew Spencer spent 25 years at previous firm
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NewsChartered Institute of Housing forms partnership with Housing Today
Deal gives institute’s membership of chartered housing professionals access to the sector’s fastest growing media brand
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NewsWillmott Dixon picked to replace Buckingham on £135m Swansea arena scheme
Council appoints contractor to finish off multi-storey car park and other work
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Camilla Fletcher, senior acoustic engineer, Max Fordham
The industry includes an impressive variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this new series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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NewsConservative Party conference: UK’s schools must be designed to last 100 years, says RIBA president
The leader of the body, which launched its manifesto this week, was speaking at a fringe event on the RAAC crisis
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NewsPrivate firms including Arup and Siemens leading Andy Street’s coalition to save HS2, mayor says
Mace and Arcadis also backing proposal as West Midlands leader floats idea of phase 2 to Manchester being bankrolled by overseas wealth funds
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NewsConservative Party conference: UK takes ‘ridiculous’ amount of time to get spades in the ground on major infrastructure, says chancellor
Jeremy Hunt hit out at inefficiency’s in major project delivery and re-iterated no formal decision had been made on HS2
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Features‘The industry is broken.’ The soul-searching begins as London M&E specialist succumbs to familiar foes
Yesterday’s collapse of Michael J Lonsdale has prompted more anger and sadness in a sector already used to such events
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NewsConservative Party conference: axe looms over HS2, ministers side-step awkward questions and business leaders despair
As row over country’s biggest infrastructure project escalates, Daniel Gayne reports on a downbeat mood in Manchester
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NewsBirmingham Council urged to protect ‘priceless’ heritage amid bankruptcy crisis
Historic England, Arts Council and National Lottery issue joint call to chief exec and commissioners