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FeaturesHome Truths podcast: In conversation with Darren Rodwell
Episode 4: Bricks and mortar, hearts and minds - Darren Rodwell, Labour’s candidate for Barking and council leader for the east London borough, on how he expects the Labour leadership to reveal more housing policy detail now the election has been called
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NewsLabour pledges to merge NIC and IPA if elected in infrastructure shake-up
Policy the result of party’s review into major project delivery
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NewsUKREIIF round-up: Election news gives ‘shot in the arm’ to industry frustrated over housing slowdown
It felt as if half the built environment sector descended on Leeds this week for Yorkshire’s answer to MIPIM. Daniel Gayne was among those present to talk about housing, regulations and the impending general election
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NewsHousing association Clarion targets 20% biodiversity net gain on new development
Goal is part of housing association’s new nature strategy
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Milind Page, surveyor at Rund
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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NewsGreen light for latest Oxford life sciences block
Scheme to replace seven existing buildings with 105,000sq ft of laboratory space
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NewsGrenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report to be published on 4 September
Second report follows hearings to determine how the Kensington tower block came to be in a condition that allowed fire to spread
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NewsGPE rethinking £200m London Bridge tower plan Gove kicked into touch last year
Developer looking at retrofit and extension of existing building in wake of last autumn’s decision by communities secretary
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NewsSunak’s big election gamble: How the construction sector reacted
Initial thoughts from industry leaders as the prime minister unexpectedly calls a 4 July election
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NewsCyber attacks on construction firms jump, new report finds
Kroll says growth in email compromise mean scams have doubled in first quarter of this year
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NewsGalliford Try says 4% margin is firm’s official target
Contractor says figure achieveable by 2030
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CommentEvidence-based, human-centred augmented intelligence: how to flip the design paradigm upside down
Artificial intelligence is enabling us to design and build the optimal building from the outset, says Diego Padilla-Philipps. This means we can add value, improve performance and reduce the cost
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NewsSellar boss to run London structures specialist Kilnbridge
Owen Dannatt left developer earlier this year
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NewsHousing minister asks for patience on spending plans
Lee Rowley’s comments made hours before prime minister Rishi Sunak announced general election
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NewsSisk on track for 2025/26 finish for Manchester City stadium expansion
Work will take capacity of Premier League champions’ ground up to 62,000
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NewsCriminal trials for Grenfell Tower fire would not start until 2027, authorities say
Met outlines timeline for one of the “largest and most complex investigations ever undertaken”
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NewsContractors mull whether to bid £1bn London towers job as firms worry fixed price will be too risky
Development manager Lipton Rogers believed to be still deciding how to procure 18 Blackfriars project
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NewsBritish Land eyes fresh investor for City tower being built by McAlpine
2 Finsbury Avenue building due to finish in 2027
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NewsArchitect says adding wheelchair access to Clifford’s Tower restoration would have had ‘catastrophic impact’
Scheme in York not awarded top prize in RIBA regional award because of concerns over disability access
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NewsInflation and subcontractors going bust dent B&K profit
B&K says focus has been on strengthening balance sheet to give confidence to clients