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NewsHS2 designs at Euston may never have been affordable under original budget, MPs told
Railway’s boss admits ‘it’s difficult to know true cost until marketplace has priced it’
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FeaturesCost model: Universities need to answer tough questions about their priorities
Aecom’s Rory Armstrong and Steven Jenkins explain what’s happening in the tertiary education sector and offer a cost model of a typical building
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NewsBosses of Taylor Wimpey and Vistry latest housebuilding figures to criticise government
Jennie Daly and Greg Fitzgerald voice concern over policy
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NewsUK ‘sleepwalking’ towards retrofit crisis, says Ridge report
Firms want VAT removed from refurbishments
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NewsPersimmon joins £70m investment into modular housebuilder TopHat
Insurance firm Aviva also ploughs money into start-up
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NewsTravis Perkins’ first quarter sales down in wake of housing market’s struggles
Builders merchant says full-year performance will be in line with market expectations
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NewsPlans for £150m Oxford vaccine centre get green light
Scheme to house R&D facilities for work into vaccines for respiratory diseases
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CommentConstruction should adopt a coaching style of management to make every person count
Construction still suffers from a culture more likely to turn workers away than encourage new recruits. Dave Stitt says this has to change.
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NewsArchitect wins planning for latest phase of work at river Trent scheme in Nottingham
Developer will build 111 new homes on river’s north bank in Nottingham
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NewsULEZ expansion could hit London’s housing targets, mayor warned
Builders Merchants Federation tells Sadiq Khan to delay low emissions scheme by 12 months to give SMEs more time to prepare
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NewsClarion wants suppliers for £50m asbestos work
10 year deal covers housing association’s properties across England
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News‘Take a back seat and we’ll give you £500k’: authorities detail why directors were banned in wake of demolition bid-rigging probe
The Competition and Markets Authority has made public details of why three directors of demolition firms have been banned for a total of nearly 18 years following its probe into bid-rigging in the sector. The revelations include how one director set up a firm to receive £175,000-worth of so-called “compensation” ...
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NewsLaing O’Rourke lined up for Manchester City’s £300m Etihad stadium expansion
Sisk also set to carry out work at home of reigning Premier League champions
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CommentA carbon border tax is essential to prevent the ‘offshoring’ of emissions
Government consultation is welcome but it is action we need to protect UK jobs and make real progress towards net zero, Diana Casey of the Mineral Products Association writes
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NewsThree firms eye £160m Oxford Science Park deal
Latest phase of life sciences work in city set to be up for grabs
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NewsKPF’s Old Street roundabout tower submitted for planning
City fringe scheme to transform 1990s block into 36-storey office
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FeaturesWhat you need to know about Morrell’s ‘seminal’ review into products testing
A review of construction product testing commissioned by ministers following Grenfell Inquiry evidence has recommended sweeping changes. Here’s a guide to what it all means
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NewsMini-budget showed need to spend within means on HS2, says transport secretary
Mark Harper admits delaying work on scheme won’t actually save money in long run
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CommentConstruction product manufacturers have to act, and act now
Firms should not wait for reforms to the testing regime to come into force - they should already be changing their ways to meet higher expectations of competence and ethics
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NewsMorrell review into product testing proposes sweeping reforms including new regulatory regime
Landmark report recommends bringing all construction materials on market into scope of new regulator