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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2015 - Wood if we could
While this week we look at the scourge of plastic waste produced by the construction industry, in 2015 we found out why another key material was surprisingly difficult to recycle
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NewsOffsite housing research projects gets government cash
Award of £6.5m to kickstart research into MMC
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FeaturesPlastic waste in construction - is the sector doing enough?
Oceans of plastic waste are created each year by the construction industry, and the public is calling for action. So what are construction firms doing to reduce their discarded plastic, and what more could be done?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Hawley Mews, Camden
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Jacqui Macqueen, design director at Goldcrest Architects
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NewsGovernment began to worry Crossrail would bust deadline months before it did, MPs reveal
Department for Transport voiced concerns last spring
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FeaturesA tale of two hospitals: how Carillion's unfinished jobs are shaping up
Among the casualties of Carillion’s collapse were two major new hospital schemes, the Midland Metropolitan and the Royal Liverpool. After lying abandoned for months, work is at last restarting on site – but both are now years behind schedule.
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CommentThe Carillion legacy
The impact of Carillion’s fall on its unpaid suppliers has been much rued, but the general public also suffered – from unfinished public hospitals
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NewsFirms wanting to take on Carillion hospital facing extra financial checks
NHS trust behind Midland Met job says it plans to use Cabinet Office data when assessing bids
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CommentDoes not using a lawyer make you a litigant in person?
To what extent may a company without legal representatives be treated as a litigant in person?
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NewsKier to build Science Museum's new collection centre
Wiltshire facility will house 300,000 items, including a flight simulator chair used by NASA
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CommentCladding liability update
A clearer picture is starting to emerge on liability for combustible cladding
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NewsMigration from EU into the UK falls to 10-year low as skills shortage fears ramp up
New ONS data shows number of EU citizens coming to work in the UK has slumped
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NewsBenoy unveils plan to revamp Nottingham Forest's City Ground
Work to increase capacity set to start next May
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NewsGrosvenor takes on 5,000-home Essex development
Grosvenor has increased its pipeline from 2,100 homes to 15,000 homes since the summer of 2017
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NewsPagabo launches new refit and refurbishment framework
ISG, Wates and Overbury among those with places on highest value lot
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NewsWarning over future of London's housebuilding after Brexit
Letter to James Brokenshire from mayor Sadiq Khan, the G15 and the capital’s councils spells out concerns of ‘bad deal’/‘no deal’ scenarios
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NewsWhere Carillion's unfinished hospital jobs are now
When is the Midland Met going to open? When did work on the Royal Liverpool hospital restart? Building tells you what we know about the pair of jobs that felled Carillion
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FeaturesImage of the week: On a roll
A surfer by Brighton West Pier enjoys the unseasonably warm weather as Britain repeatedly smashed February temperature records last week