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Celotex product manager tells Grenfell inquiry it ‘didn’t occur’ to her that marketing was wrong

Limitations of the transferred loss principle

Government set to spend £5.2bn on new Help to Buy scheme

Bellway slammed by London MP for failure to resolve cladding dispute

GLA tells London mayor to approve Bishopsgate Goodsyard

Construction gives cautious thumbs-up to chancellor’s plans

Spending Review 2020: Top takeaways for construction

Balfour Beatty names new construction services boss

Zaha Hadid Architects ‘dismayed’ by allegations against Schumacher

Government told to confirm funding for building safety repairs before publishing bill

CITB sells Birmingham outpost as cost-cutting continues

Severfield turns back on furlough cash as firm’s interims defy covid gloom

Hackitt reveals government is working on changes to Building Safety Bill

City told to turn down 33-storey tower because KPF design is ‘not good enough’

Foster & Partners wins competition to design futuristic China transport hub

No return to austerity in post-covid economy, government promises

Covid sees new build London office market collapse, Deloitte survey finds

Thomas & Adamson to move out of historic Edinburgh home

Market forecast: A slow recovery

Costain names new finance chief

The Grenfell Inquiry reveals the urgent need for a culture change in construction

More than two thirds of firms not ready for IR35 tax reform, survey finds

Aecom wings in to nab operational lead from stalled Stansted job

D-day for Brick By Brick pushed to next month

Former Celotex boss signed off ‘dishonest and misleading’ marketing literature for Grenfell insulation, inquiry told

Laing O’Rourke beats Mace for job to turn 1950s printworks into £195m office

Don’t take eye off Brexit ball, RIBA and Arb warn architects

Private contractor Beard puts out debut set of interim results

Chipperfield hired for new Chinese embassy in London

Legal challenge to overturn PD expansion fails

Fosters submits plans for zero-carbon office

Government draws up Brexit checklist for construction

West Midlands framework split across eight contractors

Shard developer drafted in to get Manchester’s delayed £180m arts venue over finish line

Green light for Gensler’s revamp of Seifert block in Covent Garden

City watchdog to censure Carillion for ‘recklessly’ misleading investors

Galliford Try set to return to profit in first half

Insulation on Grenfell refurb was rebranded as safe, inquiry hears

Plans go in for £250m Moorfields Eye Hospital job

Architects report workloads back to 90% of pre-pandemic levels

Quarterly output soars – but slows in September

Planning bill set for significant delay

McCarthy & Stone sales slump as second covid wave hits

Keltbray eyes roads market as new boss completes management rejig

Grenfell Tower: A lesson in how not to manage a project

A look back at Grenfell Inquiry module one: How experts blamed key players for ‘shambles’

On the bright side: A vaccine and Joe Biden in one week

NG Bailey warns covid will hit margins

Persimmon reports strong sales

Developer plans second tower for City thoroughfare

Value of contract awards falls in October

Birmingham skyscraper faces judicial review

Aecom’s finance chief leaving

Four chasing first deal at Grosvenor’s £500m homes scheme in Bermondsey

Mace appoints pandemic expert as director

Wellcome Trust snaps up Urban & Civic

Research key to ensure high-rise office fire safety, BCO warns

Return to full-time office working unlikely, Ramboll chief admits

Construction’s recovery slows in October

Design-and-build helping industry ‘sleepwalk towards serious problems,’ Grenfell Inquiry told

Building safety body appoints chemicals chief as inaugural chair

Turnover jumps to more than £850m at Graham

Omission of work – what’s the cost?

CITB boss calls it quits

Architects and contractors have no idea cladding can be dangerous, Grenfell Inquiry hears

Cartel watchdog hits rolled lead suppliers with £9m fines

Morgan Sindall pays back furlough money and lifts gloom with upbeat trading update

Inquiry told architect ‘should never have specified Grenfell insulation’

Grenfell architect should have appointed fire consultant, former RIBA president tells inquiry

Government doubles support for self-employed as lockdown looms

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Grenfell Inquiry: What KCTMO and expert witnesses told us this week

Consultant ‘failed Grenfell project team’ on key fire safety queries

Fire safety consultant gave ‘entirely inadequate’ advice, Grenfell Inquiry told

Aecom director heading for Atkins to head up operations

Notting Hill settled £20m legal claims over Paragon block in 2019

CLC issues advice on post-Brexit movement of materials and goods

Client boss ‘never connected’ Grenfell cladding and Lakanal House fire

Housing association puts £120m fire safety job up for grabs

CLC issues advice on access to skills to prepare firms for Brexit

Johnson tells UK to get ready for ‘no deal’ exit

Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned from project client KCTMO this week

Client says costs didn’t drive choice not to hire design advisor, Grenfell Inquiry told

Change now if you want to survive the new building safety regulator, Hackitt tells firms

Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned this week

Building safety minister slams ‘despicable practices’ exposed by Grenfell

Construction recovery slows in August

Planning reform U-turn a possibility, housing minister hints

Government plans webinar to advise construction on Brexit

Former PM slams government planning reforms

Inquiry hears boss had ‘every confidence’ in Grenfell building control officer

How competent are you?

Grenfell Inquiry: What JRP, Osborne Berry and building control told us this week

Building control officer ‘needed more time’ to focus on Grenfell refurb

Grenfell inquiry: What we learnt from September’s evidence

Council austerity measures meant inspection corners were cut, Grenfell Inquiry told

Government launches £3bn retrofit programme

Wrong answers to wrong questions: why the planning proposals are flawed

Grenfell building control officer ‘quit because of work pressures’

Grenfell Inquiry: Window reveal contractor ‘assumed materials were fine’

A chance for permanent transformation

Consultant tells Grenfell Inquiry it was ‘crystal clear’ firm was not providing full clerk of works role

September week three: What Harley, CEP and Max Fordham told the Grenfell Inquiry

M&E consultant suggested combustible insulation for Grenfell Tower refurb

Sunak set to reveal ‘winter economy plan’ to save jobs

Harley project manager misunderstood ‘weak link for fire’ warning, Grenfell Inquiry hears

Jenrick announces plan to break dominance of volume housebuilders

Building Beautiful chair to head up new design quango

Harley denies Grenfell Tower was ‘guinea pig’ for new insulation

Grenfell refurb was first project manager role for son of Harley boss

September week two: What we learned from Harley Facades at the Grenfell Inquiry

Grenfell Inquiry: Harley designer quizzed over missing cavity barriers

Grenfell Inquiry: Harley ‘project designer’ was freelance draughtsman

MPs tell government to stop bickering with building owners and sort out cladding woes

Lords committee flags concerns about new planning system

The government’s ‘algorithm for homes’ may be its next A-level style fiasco

Grenfell Inquiry told that Harley design manager ‘not qualified’ to advise on fire performance

Anger over defeated Fire Safety Bill amendment is misplaced

September week one: What we learned from Rydon and Harley at the Grenfell Inquiry

Around 5,000 small contractors set to benefit from CITB levy changes

Grenfell Inquiry hears Harley boss rip into regulatory regime

Grenfell cladding contractor tells inquiry ‘buck didn’t stop with us’

Schools three times more likely to be a high fire risk, study finds

Campaigners push ahead with permitted development rights legal challenge

Government to rethink planning formula after backbench backlash

Permitted development rights extension facing legal challenge

Construction firms claim £2.9bn of furlough payments

For and against: Two planning experts debate reforms in the white paper

A planning committee member on the planning reforms

Probe into government’s Nightingales’ contracts to report later this year

The devil will be in the detail of Jenrick’s planning reforms

Ten things you need to know about the planning white paper

Doubling down on a failing policy: Why PD rights are so wrong

The Building Safety Bill explained

Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon site managers assumed window insulation was safe

Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon’s second full week in the spotlight

Cost model: CLT frame buildings

Ten weeks that shook the housing market

Construction talent retention scheme launched

Implementing the CLC Roadmap: a legal view

Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon project manager quit over work pressures

Project bank accounts come of age

Specialists hail move as HS2 set to use project bank accounts

CLC boss wants longer visas for low-skilled workers

CLC launches tool to help firms assess cost impact of covid-19

The Building Safety Bill: Slow going in the right direction

Dame Judith Hackitt on the draft Building Safety Bill

Main contractor accused of ‘pocketing’ savings to cover Grenfell pricing mistake

Safety bill imposes two-year prison term for breaching building regs

Jenrick to detail planning deregulation

Almost three quarters of cladding projects stalled by covid have restarted

Grenfell main contractor ‘did not check architect’s expertise’

We relied on others to check subcontractors’ work, admits Grenfell’s main contractor

Construction Innovation Hub launches toolkit to improve decision-making

Construction firms claim £2.6bn of furlough payments

Building firm sued by National Trust after fire at Surrey mansion leaves it with £115m repair bill

More roles added to Home Office's skilled workers list

The dust has settled on the chancellor’s latest rescue package, so is the industry happy?

Architect due to be appointed as plans to build new Whipps Cross hospital gather pace

Housebuilders await Sunak statement on stamp duty holiday

Government meets RICS to tackle market impasse over fire safety form

Cladding posed no ‘particular issues’ in 2012, Grenfell inquiry hears

MPs and Lords asked for views on £4bn Parliament restoration plan

Net zero carbon: a legal viewpoint

Confusion as cost of England's Nightingale hospitals remains under wraps

Post-war planning system set for complete overhaul, says Johnson

Boris Johnson says building industry will help fix nosediving economy

Lessons in how to regulate construction post covid

Documents prove Jenrick sped up Westferry appeal decision

CITB slashes levy to support covid-19 recovery

Built environment policy must change to hit net zero target, government adviser warns

Kerslake demands further probe into Westferry saga

Government concedes public authorities will have to cancel construction contracts

UK consultants parachuted in to support Peru storm recovery

NAO criticises rate of progress to replace ACM cladding on private resi towers

Policy priorities for a green recovery

MPs demand Jenrick release Westferry decision documents

Covid disruption sees Berkeley profit slump by a third

Government unveils £37bn infrastructure pipeline as part of covid-19 response

Work still stopped on 40% of cladding remediation schemes

Construction output plummets by record-breaking 40%, ONS says

Government delays reverse charge VAT plan again

Q&A with Keith Waller: Construction innovation in the age of covid-19

CPD 7 2020: Building Regs Parts L and F: Planned Changes

Get ready for the building safety regulator

Industry needs to stay united to weather covid-19 impact, construction tsar says

Bouygues launches £2m court case against hotel cladding subcontractor

Industry asks chancellor for another delay to reverse charge VAT plan

CLC draws up construction recovery plan lasting two years

Government probe into Carillion hospital jobs suspended because of pandemic

Construction’s covid recovery plan due out next week

Former New York transport boss lands top job at TfL

Government quashes Westferry Printworks permission due to Jenrick’s ‘bias’

Government confirms details of £1bn building safety fund

Radical changes needed to combustibles ban, architects tell government

Work to complete HMRC's regional hubs delayed by covid-19

Scottish sites to start reopening next week

Grenfell Inquiry set to restart physical hearings

Palace revolt: what construction stands to lose if £4bn parliament revamp gets pulled

Construction needs secure pipeline to boost productivity, trade bodies warn

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