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NewsMPs tell Parliament restoration team to stop dithering as weekly maintenance bill hits £2m
Review into proposals for overhaul due out later this autumn
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NewsMorgan Sindall wins £36m Cambridgeshire education campus
Job will be part of Urban Civic’s 5,000-home Alconbury Weald development
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NewsGrenfell inquiry: What we learnt from September’s evidence
Focus was on Harley Facade’s lack of technical expertise, while Max Fordham, Osborne Berry and CEP Architectural Facades also had questions to answer
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FeaturesCovid and digital transformation
The push for widespread digital adoption had reached something of a plateau, when suddenly the pandemic ruled out the luxury of leisurely change. At a roundtable hosted by Bluebeam, professionals from across the industry discussed the recent changes – and what happens next
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CommentDiverse voices must shape our future
Design leadership must grow and adapt in the wake of Richard Rogers’ retirement, says Sadie Morgan
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FeaturesRichard Rogers: All hail the architectural activist
Richard Rogers has announced his retirement after a career spanning over 50 years in which he became one of the most influential architects in the world. Former colleague Sarah Gaventa considers his legacy
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CommentBetter designed homes can improve young people's life chances
Damien Sharkey explains how HUB's recent design competition set out to help the next generation thrive
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NewsCouncil austerity measures meant inspection corners were cut, Grenfell Inquiry told
Building control officer had 130 projects to keep track of and felt forced to make ‘judgments’ about whose work needed most focus
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NewsHousing quango to be chaired by Argent founder
Peter Freeman given Homes England job after departure of Sir Edward Lister to be Downing Street adviser
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NewsTrust behind new Essex hospital eyes modular specialists to help build it
NHS group also wants to hear from technology, facade and M E firms
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NewsT Clarke to pay out interim dividend as firm says trading bounces back
But impact of covid means 2020 revenue will be down nearly £100m on last year’s figure
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NewsMcAlpine starts up at former Redrow towers job in Croydon
Housebuilder cutting London portfolio back to single scheme at Colindale
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NewsGovernment imposes space standards on permitted development homes
Housing secretary’s U-turn means all permitted development homes will have to meet national space standards
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NewsGovernment launches £3bn retrofit programme
Money will be spent on private houses and public buildings
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The life and times
A shameless plug for a book all about me (Joseph Aloysius Hansom, founder of The Builder) and my links with social reformer Robert Owen
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CommentCase in focus: MG Construction Ltd vs AGD Equipment Ltd
Ted Lowery considers a claim for defective piling equipment
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CommentWrong answers to wrong questions: why the planning proposals are flawed
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park
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NewsGrenfell building control officer ‘quit because of work pressures’
Council surveyor tasked with inspecting work tells inquiry he resigned weeks before 2017 disaster