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NewsStarmer pledges to speed up infrastructure schemes by scrapping key legal challenges
Nuclear power plants, trainlines and wind farms would be built quicker under new rules, government says
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News£500m ITV Studios redevelopment finally set to start next month after deadline for legal challenge elapses
South Bank scheme has been mired in series of planning and legal wrangles
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News£15m-turnover insulation specialist heads into administration
Sto Ltd was subject of winding up petition from German parent last month
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NewsRapleys brings in new projects head to beef up London building arm
Consultant says Chris Cook will take lead on schemes in capital
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NewsSustainability rules for City schemes to come into force within weeks
Square Mile signs off guidance to encourage developers to hit key environmental benchmarks
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CommentChange of focus, elevation of skills and use of tech: how building control must modernise post-Grenfell
Building control is being overhauled following Grenfell. Denise Chevin looks at what changes need to be made
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NewsWatkin Jones slashes losses to £300k after turbulent 18 months
Developer buoyed by increased profit from student housing schemes
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Features5 minutes with … Peter Crowther at the British Council for Offices
The BCO president on his passion for recycling buildings, the importance of inspiring the next generation and what happened to his most-prized possession while he was on holiday
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NewsForterra still discussing brick price hikes in wake of National Insurance tax rises
Firm says revenue last year expected to be in line with 2023 figure
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NewsTrusts pause schemes worth £3.5bn after Streeting’s New Hospital Programme delay
Sites unveiled for two hospital rebuilds in northern England only last month
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FeaturesA new quango, a new levy and 32 new hubs: Six months in, what has Labour done to fix the skills crisis?
Labour shortages pose a huge challenge to the government’s plans for housing and infrastructure. While it is still relatively early days for Keir Starmer and his team, the construction industry is not yet sure whether his party has the answers, writes Daniel Gayne
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NewsReeves’ number two to be lead minister for new infrastructure body
Project delivery functions to be transferred from Cabinet Office to the Treasury
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NewsMake Architects’ Paddington student accommodation scheme refused for the second time
Proposals would have included replacement Travis Perkins branch
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NewsMaintenance backlog on government buildings hits £49bn with true figure likely to be higher
NAO report says Whitehall needs to get grip on what work needs doing
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NewsHenry administrator begins legal proceedings over £10m director payment
FRP says litigation involves director of both Henry Construction Projects and parent company
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NewsTopHat reveals another loss from factory operations as modular housebuilder calls time on business
Business said it has begun ‘orderly wind down’ after pulling plug two months ago
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NewsNine Elms towers handed symbolic refusal by council as scheme heads to appeal
Developer Watkin Jones requests public inquiry into 762-bed development close to Battersea Power Station
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NewsStreeting sets out revised timetable for New Hospital Programme with some projects delayed beyond 2037
Health secretary contrasts “honest, realistic, deliverable timetable” to Boris Johnson’s original pledge
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NewsKier reduces debt further raising hopes of return to net cash position next year
Debt down to less than £50m after being close to £550m at one stage
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CommentDevolution white paper delivers changes that support needs of local policymakers
Much detailed thinking is still required but there is plenty to applaud in the government’s proposals to give greater powers to local authorities, says Oliver Steele of Mott MacDonald