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NewsCouncil starts search for offsite contractor for Norfolk schools work
Expressions of interest needed by 5 August
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NewsHS2 unveils designs for first Chiltern tunnel vent shaft house
Grimshaw-designed facility to be built by Sir Robert McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick and Bouygues
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NewsTender prices heading towards deflation, Arcadis warns
Covid sending numbers into negative territory
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NewsJohn F Hunt bags Westminster demolition job
Firm to start tearing down 1930s estate opposite Chelsea Barracks scheme
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon manager admits team needed more design expertise
Former boss also quizzed on ‘cheap, incompetent subcontractors’ comments and claim one firm was ‘too good’ for the job
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NewsJenrick defends decision to speed up Westferry approval as ‘perfectly fair’
Housing secretary fast-tracked decision to help developer avoid £50m charge
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FeaturesCoronavirus update for construction: 22 July
Build UK’s update the industry amid the covid-19 outbreak
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NewsCLC boss wants longer visas for low-skilled workers
Andy Mitchell writes to business secretary Alok Sharma with series of demands
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NewsCoup for Galliford Try as firm lands £50m deal to refurbish City landmark
Building was former London headquarters of RBS
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NewsProfessions unite to condemn ‘disgraceful’ expansion of PD rights
Detail of government’s controversial deregulation of the planning system published
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NewsCrossrail criticised for ‘lack of urgency’ in covid-19 recovery planning
Jacobs also raises concerns about cost and programme management
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NewsCLC launches tool to help firms assess cost impact of covid-19
Tool designed to enable better cost forecasting
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CommentEssential law: Variations, part three
Continuing our series on the basics of construction law, Katherine Keenan consider some of the issues that can arise when a contractor undertakes variations without a written instruction
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CommentThe Building Safety Bill: Slow going in the right direction
Draft legislation builds could take over three years to come into force - by which time the industry must have improved competence levels
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NewsGrenfell contractor ‘didn’t know’ cladding options had different fire safety ratings
Rydon unaware Reynobond cassettes eventually used on tower had ‘significantly worse’ test results than fixed-panel counterparts
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NewsWates rejigs to focus on public sector and housing work
Raft of new appointments come after firm cut 300 jobs in wake of covid-19 crisis
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CommentDame Judith Hackitt on the draft Building Safety Bill
Some wait to be regulated before they change, well now radical reform is coming to this industry and it better prepare
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NewsCovid and job losses send T Clarke into the red
M E specialist says impact of pandemic helped cut turnover by nearly half in second quarter
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NewsMain contractor accused of ‘pocketing’ savings to cover Grenfell pricing mistake
Rydon’s bid alleged to have been £212k too low because of an ‘adding-up error’