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NewsFirms primed for £1.5bn government consultancy framework
Market engagement sessions to start next month
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NewsWillmott Dixon chalks up £33m Bristol office scheme
City centre office will include energy-generating lifts
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NewsWinners on £260m Highways England framework revealed
Consultancy deal will run alongside agency’s five year investment programme
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FeaturesTen weeks that shook the housing market
We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housing
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CommentThe Talent Retention Scheme will help construction lead the economic recovery
It is vital firms use the initiative to avoid seeing skills disappear for good, writes Mark Reynolds
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FeaturesCost model: CLT frame buildings
The rapidly expanding use of CLT saw its trajectory arrested in the UK by new regulations in the wake of Grenfell, but if safe solutions can be found then the material offers considerable cost and climate advantages over more traditional frame solutions. Alinea breaks down the costs
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CommentCase in focus: MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd vs Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick Ltd
Ted Lowery considers whether the introduction of a delay report reset the clock for a dispute
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NewsNew Crossrail opening date and price tag to be firmed up next month
Job has already missed three openings while cost looks set to top £19bn
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FeaturesBuild UK and CITB create construction STEM ambassador scheme
Programme has been designed to attract talent into construction
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon was asked for ‘quick and dirty’ costing ahead of tower’s refurbishment
Client’s agent emailed firm to find out what price of work might be
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NewsCovid blamed as Taylor Wimpey sees last year’s £300m interim profit turn into £40m loss
Housebuilder saw completions fall 58% because of pandemic
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NewsAviation architect says impact of coronavirus on sector will mean job cuts
Pascall Watson has seen several airport schemes including work at Stansted stopped
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NewsBreedon the latest firm to see numbers decimated by lockdown
Materials company crashes into red but says trading getting back to normal
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NewsRobert Bird lands engineering role on £1bn Olympia redevelopment
Laing O’Rourke main contractor on west London scheme
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NewsCovid set to see product manufacturers pour more money into e-commerce
Firms’ investment in factories expected to drop, CPA survey says
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FeaturesCould try harder: construction squares up to the new Building Safety Bill
Source: Shutterstock Confidence in the industry’s ability to refurbish buildings, including recladding blocks or installing insulation, has been severely dented by the Grenfell disaster. One route to improving quality control is less construction on site and more factory-based manufacturing techniques The consensus seems to be that the ...
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CommentThe Building Safety Bill – the urgency of now
The new legislation will change the industry for the better, and not a moment too soon
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FeaturesCoronavirus update for construction: 28 July
Build UK’s update the industry amid the covid-19 outbreak
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NewsCost of Crossrail now set to top £19bn
TfL admits scheme will need more than extra £650m of funding forecast last November
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NewsCamden council relaunches search for firm to repair Chalcots Estate
Wates had been lined up for the job