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Coronavirus and construction

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Pandemic blamed as Zaha Hadid calls time on historic Bowling Green Lane home

2021-07-15T05:00:00+01:00By Elizabeth Hopkirk

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Balfour using modular to build huge covid-19 testing lab

2021-07-14T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

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Number of people in construction still on furlough drops below 150,000, HMRC says

2021-07-02T05:00:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

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Heathrow third runway may not be needed, ex-Airports Commission chair admits

2021-06-16T08:59:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

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