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NewsUKGBC picks Buro Happold sustainability guru as new chief
Smith Mordak to take over this summer
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NewsSpringfield half year profit falls as costs rise
Scottish housebuilder says it has made £3m of savings in wake of market conditions
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CommentWe must design the vibrancy back into our urban places
This should be the ‘comeback’ year for culture in our cities, but we need to reconsider how best to define our cultural spaces, says Sadie Morgan
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NewsDeveloper announced for 31-storey tower in controversial Liverpool scheme
Patagonia Place resi scheme being built by local firm Vermont
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FeaturesMeet the commissioners: Neal Shasore
Neal Shasore discusses the rise of diversity and social value networks, a lack of industry communication and the need for rapid change
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NewsHousing body backs 18m threshold for second staircases in tower blocks
CIH throws weight behind lower height limit rather than 30m plan proposed by Michael Gove
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FeaturesNABERS: the energy ratings system that goes further than Part L
Energy regulations in the UK do not deliver buildings that perform as intended. Could the Australian alternative provide a better solution?
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NewsBirmingham towers set for approval
Planners support 53-storey and 41-storey blocks earmarked for northern edge of city centre
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NewsKPMG settles £1.3bn negligence claim with Carillion liquidator
Official Receiver claimed firm had failed in its duties as auditor
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NewsGreen light for £31m mass timber office in Greater Manchester
Developer claims Sheppard Robson-designed scheme is greenest of its kind in UK
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NewsBCO strengthens sustainability targets for offices in update to design guide
Minimum target for offices upgraded from BREEAM ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’.
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NewsConstruction Industry Dragon Boat Challenge returns for 2023
Entries now open for event run in aid of CRASH
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CommentThis is how we aim to build a better business
B Corp-certified Stride Treglown has published its first positive impact report. Pierre Wassenaar explains the importance of measuring their social and environmental impact
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NewsProfit and revenue boost at Kingspan despite £15m loss due to Russia exit
Pre-tax profit up 8% at Irish materials giant
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NewsArb signs landmark mutual recognition agreement with US regulators
Deal aimed at making it easier for UK and US architects to work in each others’ countries
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News£294m plan to revamp Manchester’s Great Northern Warehouse approved
£294m project will deliver 26,000sq m of office space, shops and three new residential blocks
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NewsKier poaches hospital building lead from ISG
David Hollywood will focus on the New Hospitals Programme and the ProCure23 Framework
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846
Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the “haunt of the drunkard and the debauchee”
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Back in the saddle
This month was alll about new starts, false starts, and hill starts
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CommentRisk and responsibility: unpicking the first post-Grenfell court decisions
Recent High Court decisions suggest contractors will struggle to successfully challenge the costs of an implemented and effective remedial cladding solution