All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 104
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Jacobs snaps up Wood’s nuclear business for £250m
Acquisition adds 2,000 staff to US firm’s UK workforce
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Smaller firms lagging behind in payment times survey
Bigger contractors making greater strides over how long they’re taking to settle up
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Cost of finishing Mace’s Astra Zeneca HQ job hits £1bn
Price tag has risen £250m in last year alone
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Alinea the latest firm to warn of rising labour costs
Consultant says low unemployment rate and Brexit will see contractors fork out more
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Budget preview: what can construction expect?
In what will be Rishi Sunak’s first Budget, Tom Lowe considers what construction can look forward to
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Government defends waiting two years to publish retentions consultation responses
Initiative produced 55 replies
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‘They don’t want me here’: Points-based immigration in construction
With migrant workers now wary of a less welcoming environment, many are already heading elsewhere
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Liverpool developer behind jobs stalled by founder’s arrest in talks to hand them to rival
Work has stopped on Liverpool and Manchester towers after founder’s arrest
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New homes must be flood-proof, says government’s chief environment advisor
Warning comes after this month’s Storms Ciara and Dennis caused widespread flooding.
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Elliot Group gives investors four weeks to save third stalled tower
Careys walks away from £70m Manchester project
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Rory Stewart on Sadiq Khan’s housing failures, beautiful buildings and planting trees in London
Rory Stewart faces an uphill battle to win the election – but it is a challenge he is clearly relishing
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All-time largest confidence surge for architects in latest RIBA survey
Workload expectations back in positive territory with 19 point leap
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Rory Stewart accuses Sadiq Khan of ‘utter failure’ over promised homes
Former Conservative minister standing in London mayoral election this May
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Heathrow expansion removed from ministerial responsibilities in DfT reshuffle
PM last week said there was ‘no immediate prospect’ of project starting
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Minister in charge of HS2 named
Andrew Stephenson replaced Paul Maynard in reshuffle at transport ministry
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Heathrow western rail link held up by public funding wrangle
Development consent due to be submitted by this summer
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In pictures: Millwall reveal designs for new stadium
Championship club wants to boost capacity to 34,000
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Construction activity grows despite political chaos
New orders up by 4.4% in final three months of 2019