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FeaturesCan campaigners save Liverpool Street station from the bulldozers? Here’s how they did it last time
As the battle over Sellar’s plans to overhaul Liverpool Street hots up, Daniel Gayne delves into the archive to find out about the original 1970s campaign to save the Victorian station
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NewsMore housebuilders and developers sign Gove’s cladding contract
Deadline for firms to put pen to paper on fire safety pledge was at start of week
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NewsFormer Homes England chief defends public sector going to Mipim
Councils and other groups have to court private investment, says Nick Walkley
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NewsGreen light for plans to transform historic warehouse into BBC Birmingham base
Local practice also asked to rework high-rise tower in city
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FeaturesWhat the government’s commercial non-domestic EPC B pledge means for real estate
Ministers want all commercial non-domestic buildings to meet EPC B by 2030. But what work might be required and how much could it cost?
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NewsLowry architect Michael Wilford dies, aged 84
Wilford was best known for his three-decade working relationship with James Stirling
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The construction of the Forth Bridge, 1873 - 1890
The Builder makes an ascent up the “vast bones” of the half built bridge, the scale of which astonished the engineering world at the time
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NewsBerkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”
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NewsSpring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress
Round-up of industry reaction to announcements including £20bn for carbon capture and storage and £600m for regneeration and levelling up schemes
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CommentHunt’s Budget shifted emphasis from recovery to re-set
Many of the chancellor’s announcements will only bear fruit in the longer term. Whether that is in time to save the Tories at the next general election remains to be seen, writes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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FeaturesPassive fire protection: do we need a new construction discipline?
Tier one contractors have come together to warn they may not be able to give assurances that passive fire protection in designs comply with new regulations. Do we need a new approach?
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NewsInfrastructure and energy sectors to drive UK construction boom, new report says
Big three of US, China and India will account for more than half of global building output by 2037
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NewsPlans for York University student centre unveiled
Upside-down trapezoidal block to be built entirely from natural materials, design team say
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NewsBricklayers added to list of trades with shortages overseas labour will now be allowed to plug
Migrant worker rules loosened as part of package to fill skills gap
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NewsHunt to spend £20bn on carbon capture schemes across UK
Chancellor also announces launch of first competition to design small modular reactors
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CommentMissed chances and little to excite in Hunt’s first Budget
Today’s statement revealed a chancellor with few short-term solutions for whom survival to the next general election will be an achievement in itself
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NewsChancellor announces £760m for regeneration projects
West Midlands and Greater Manchester Combined authorities get control over affordable housing funding
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NewsOsborne selling offsite business to Bowmer & Kirkland as firm rejigs top roles
Interim boss Dave Smith staying on as permanent CEO with would-be replacement going this summer
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NewsRydon and Galliard blasted as housebuilders scramble to sign cladding contracts
Housing secretary has pledged to stop firms doing business unless they sign up to scheme to fix historic defects