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CLC to push for national retrofit strategy after Budget silence
Chancellor’s failure to promote green homes initiatives prompts group to demand action ahead of UN climate change conference
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RICS gives members until April to let it know what reforms they want to see
Review prompted by fury over group’s handling of critical financial report
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Bechtel loses £100m claim against HS2 over Old Oak Common station award
US firm said railway should not have given job to Balfour team because of flawed procurement process
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Building control officer ‘pressured' into providing certificate for combustible Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
LABC certificate became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower’s cladding system
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Opening windows will not protect schools from covid, BESA warns
As primaries and secondaries prepare to go back on Monday, government is told to invest in mechanical ventilation
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Coup for Morris & Co as firm beats Chipperfield to land scheme at BMW’s Munich site
Work to take place at German car maker’s R D centre
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Comment
Social value needs to consider whole life value
Too often we have a blinkered view that social value is just created during construction, says Atkins Mark Bolger
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Features
5 minutes with … Jelena Cousins at Cousins & Cousins
Creative director was inspired by her parents to embark on her career but was appalled to be told by an ex-boss she could not be a good mother and a good architect at the same time
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The Construction Playbook requires team players
This 80-page document should help unite clients and industry in a common goal, says James Wates
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Output bounces back as commercial sector rebounds
CIPS/IHS Markit PMI also says February was ninth consecutive month of growth in new orders, although costs are increasing
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Paying back furlough money ‘right thing to do’, says Galliford Try boss as firm resumes dividends
Contractor set to make shareholder payments after returning to profit
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Construction hoping to lure retail staff to plug jobs gaps
BEIS says significant number of roles could be filled by those made redundant from High Street
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BRE manager admits missing rigged Celotex fire test was ‘very basic error,’ Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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Timber firms facing mounting logistics issues despite record demand, trade body warns
Post-Brexit trade restrictions adding to covid import woes, survey finds
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Vistry profit beats expectations
But full year results at housebuilder show pre-tax income down 44%
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Online boom sees Hydrock snap up distribution centre specialist
Firm pays undisclosed sum for Devon consultant
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Budget 2021 summary: What it means for construction
Take a look at some of the key policy announcements for the sector
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Industry welcomes infrastructure bank but tells government to get on and build
MMC taskforce also planned but worries remain over Brexit’s impact
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Celotex ‘did not try to conceal’ rigged test of Grenfell insulation from BRE, inquiry hears
Cladding installer says testing body was checking test rig the ‘whole time’