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NewsBerkeley granted approval for Fosters-designed Fulham towers scheme
Plans for 357 homes at former gasworks site signed off after second staircase redesign
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NewsInsulation installers suspended over poor work funded through government energy efficiency schemes
Department asks Ofgem to oversee work to put problems right
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NewsMet Police withdraws objection to Chinese ‘super-embassy’ after reviewing three-year-old evidence
Force had opposed David Chipperfield-designed plan to redevelop former Royal Mint site as late as last month
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Features‘This is a growth story’… How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders
The transport operator’s group property director talks about the ‘new mindset’ at Network Rail – and why the country’s biggest owner of brownfield land is taking an assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites
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NewsMcLaren raids McAlpine again for commercial director role at CM business
Contractor due to announce next set of annual numbers next week
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NewsJRL inks deal on £400m Blackfriars towers job
Scheme at 220 Blackfriars one of several set to built in coming years at central London construction hotspot
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NewsMinisters pledge to double the size of the Oxford-Cambridge economy in boost for life sciences sector
Initiative has potential to add £78bn in GDP to UK economy
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NewsWatkin Jones ‘creating margin’ out of building safety remediation work, firm says
Developer carrying out work in-house rather than contracting it out
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NewsGovernment wants views on proposed infrastructure planning shake-up
NSIP regime to be reformed in upcoming legislation
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CommentHow to fix the broken paradigm of risk transfer and procurement in construction
Design and build contracts have led to a “design and dump” mentaility that is unsafe and unsustainable. Kevin P’ng proposes a radical alternative
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NewsGovernment targets new homes around commuter hubs
Reeves and Rayner pledge default approval for schemes with ‘high housing potential’ such as sites near train stations
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NewsManchester council approval paves way for one of tallest life sciences towers to be built in UK
Controversial proposals to knock down cluster of historic buildings avoid objection from Historic England
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NewsRethink sees Skanska reduce exposure to London commercial work
Heron tower builder says it ‘remains commited’ to market but adds there are others beyond the capital
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NewsConstruction the sector with most firms in ‘critical’ financial distress, report says
Begbies Traynor warns that impending tax rises will increase strain on firms
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CommentIs it time to stop building in the wildfire affected areas of California?
The recent fires in the hills around Los Angeles are the most costly in US history. Does it really make sense to live in these heavily wooded places?
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NewsCompetition watchdog says construction chemicals probe ‘no longer priority’
Decision comes as CMA’s chair reportedly forced to step down
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CommentConstruction law in 2025: what can we expect in the year ahead?
Sheena Sood sets out what to expect in the year ahead for construction law, including a variety of regulatory changes
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NewsBristol student block in city’s Temple Quarter development gains planning approval
Building will be tallest in Temple Quarter regeneration
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NewsDeveloper ‘positive’ about Nine Elms towers handed symbolic refusal last week
Wandsworth turned down planning weeks after Watkin Jones lodged appeal for non-determination