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Winners announced on £30m consultancy framework
Total of 116 firms secure spots on four-year framework
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Wates puts aside money for cladding repairs
Company has made £72m provision which includes cost of fixing defects
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Paris Moayedi: the man behind the rise (and fall) of Jarvis, dies aged 84
Contractor was felled by reputational impact of 2002 Potters Bar train crash before going bust eight years later
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Up to 125,000 planned London homes face major delays due to two staircase rule
Analysis by LSH and Connells says fire safety rules for high-rises could ’completely mothball’ nearly 250 schemes
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Birmingham set to unveil 20-year vision for city’s green transformation
Arcadis and Glenn Howells assisted with masterplan
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‘Try it, learn, and try again’: the sandpit projects trialling ways to build faster and better
Balfour Beatty and RLB have been part of a team working on some disruptive ideas to make construction more efficient. Has it caught the attention of government clients?
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City Hall ‘wouldn’t rule out’ lowering second staircase threshold, deputy mayor says
‘We have to be clear that safety comes first,’ London’s deputy mayor for housing says as list of major schemes made unviable by rule grows
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‘Tide beginning to turn’ as new work grows in March despite wet weather
But housing sector slump continues
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Both sides in Tory battle over housing and planning have a point – and both are wrong
Only an enlightened and innovative approach to planning and development can get us out of this political cul-de-sac, says Toby Lloyd
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Wates restructures construction arm and sets up major projects business
New division to target jobs worth £150m with firm lined up for next major phase of Canada Water scheme
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Joint venture stops work on estate rebuild due to second staircase uncertainty
Pairing of Wates and Havering council the latest to run into problems over planned rules
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We need go back to the root causes of construction’s mental health challenge
We focus too much on reactive solutions that can only catch people when they fall, says Seddon’s Nicola Hodkinson
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MoD announces seven winners on £5bn alliance contract
Firms will collaborate with one another on the 10-year capital investment project
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Museum of London in talks with mayor and City to plug new home’s £100m funding gap
Scheme to relocate museum from the Barbican to Smithfield has gone up by 30%
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UK housing demand ‘subdued’ by high borrowing costs, says RICS
Bank of England raise rates for twelfth successive month to 4.5%
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5 minutes with … Sarah Castle at IF_DO
The firm’s co-founder and director on growing up in Manchester, inequality in the industry and the importance of collaboration and taking a break
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Barratt chair admits making inappropriate comment to CBI staff member
John Allan denies further allegations
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Design codes are coming but will they deliver?
Last week Berkeley Homes went to war with Michael Gove over the design quality of a scheme in Kent, but compulsory local design codes are meant to help avoid such conflict. Will they work?
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Plans lodged for nearly 5,000 homes in Manchester city centre
Towers up to 34 storeys in height to form first phase of £4bn Victoria North regneration scheme
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Cost of McAlpine’s Museum of London scheme goes up by £100m
Delays and inflation contribute to 30% price hike, museum confirms