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NewsEDF starts search for construction boss to build Sizewell C
Successful candidate will be in charge of 25,000 people
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NewsGovernment names and shames companies yet to start ACM remediation work
Fourteen groups highlighted for not starting cladding repairs
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NewsGreen light for TfL’s largest ever housing scheme
HOK-designed west London development will feature 850 homes
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CommentLet’s keep up this collective spirit
Construction came together to work through previous lockdowns, we must continue to work together to find solutions says Build UK’s Suzannah Nichol
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Features5 minutes with … Sean Clemons at RLF
The executive partner at consultants RLF changed career direction after spending a six-month sabbatical in Brazil. He wishes he could have helped to build the Large Hadron Collider
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Nutty effervescence
A housing minister comes over all Marie Antoinette as he sips a bit of bubbly… meanwhile, working parents are going round the bend
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FeaturesCost model: Repurposing offices to labs
The need for laboratory space is soaring, driven by the booming life sciences sector. For developers and landlords hit by declining demand for offices, this provides an opportunity. Aecom’s Alison Wring assesses the cost considerations of repurposing offices for laboratory use and provides a typical cost breakdown
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NewsMcAlpine finally set to start troubled £70m Leeds housing scheme
Scheme has been delayed by Brexit, the collapse of Carillion and covid-19
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NewsUS firm Gensler remains world’s biggest architect despite shedding staff
Building Design’s influential 2021 World Architecture 100 report published tomorrow
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CommentA case of judicial intervention in public procurement
Sir Robert Akenhead examines a recent ruling that helps identify the limits to the court’s readiness to intervene in public procurement processes
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FeaturesBarts Square: a bold piece of history in the making
Barts Square is a mixed-use development in the City of London that features modern and traditional styles wholly in keeping with surroundings that date back a thousand years. It is almost as if it has always been there
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NewsCountryside completions up 17% after covid delays
Search for a buyer for firm’s housebuilding business is ‘progressing’
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry to restart next month nine weeks after it was last in session
Christmas break and lockdown mean most recent day of hearing was 9 December last month
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NewsWates gets planning green light for Oxford uni’s biggest ever project
Work on £200m scheme to start this summer
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NewsInfrastructure commission asks firms to advise on carbon capture tech
Government wants net zero emissions by 2050
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NewsNorthern housing associations form offsite alliance
Group aims to build 9,000 homes a year by 2023
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Comment2020 wasn’t about survival, it was about long-term vision
The year ahead promises to be a bumpy one but the way we adapted to covid-19 shows we have acquired the tools to carve out a robust future
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NewsVaccine rollout to power construction to 14% growth this year, CPA says
But output not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until next year
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NewsSurvivors launch Grenfell legal claims as council begins action against cladding firm
Cases filed at High Court last month
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NewsCrossrail brings in Bechtel veterans to help get delayed job finished
Railway turns to US engineer to fill key roles on project