All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 51
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NewsGovernment spending less than half the money it says is needed to keep schools safe
Just 24 contracts awarded under programme to rebuild or refurbish 500 schools announced three years ago, NAO report finds
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NewsNew Britishvolt owner’s offices raided by police on suspicion of tax fraud
Troubled £3.8bn project hits fresh snag following takeover by Australian firm Scale Facilitation in February
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NewsWillmott Dixon on board for £30m Darlington station job
Firm lands scheme to transform historic station’s entrance
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NewsGovernment orders all departments to investigate lightweight concrete risks
Surveys into decaying RAAC expanded to cover government’s entire £158bn estate
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The First World War breaks out, 1914
The Builder’s coverage in the weeks following Britain’s declaration of war against Germany and Austria-Hungary
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FeaturesRebooting the New Hospital Programme: Is this the solution to the NHS backlog?
The government has unveiled a £20bn programme to save England’s NHS estate. Here’s how it will work
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NewsIndustry retrofit initiative appoints co-directors
Two architects appointed to lead National Retrofit Hub
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NewsGreen light for plan to build 40m ferris wheel in Camden Lock Market
Piercy & Co scheme is part of wider redevelopment which market authorities say will “trigger a Camden renaissance”
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NewsManchester’s proposed underground HS2 station would benefit whole country, MPs told
Delegates from city petition select committee to scrap surface station in favour of more expensive underground scheme
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NewsPlans submitted to retrofit 1970s Camden office deemed ‘unlettable’
Scheme to upgrade block’s energy rating from lowest possible to highest
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NewsGalliford Try to receive £26m payout after settling dispute with infrastructure fund
Shareholders to receive share of proceeds after settlement reached in ”complex and challenging” dispute
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NewsIndustry needs ‘Nightingale approach’ to achieve £20bn hospitals plan, programme chief says
Minister in charge of programme to build 40 new hospitals by 2030 says goal can only be achieved by “challenging current methods”
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NewsParis bans tall buildings amid row over Herzog & de Meuron tower
City council votes to set 37m height limit in traditionally low rise city following backlash against 180m-tall Le Triangle
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NewsInfrastructure college to close with less than 2% of its student capacity
National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure was set up in 2017 to provide skills for HS2
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NewsAlign to replace EKFB on parts of HS2 in management shake-up
Decision aims to ensure delayed line sticks to its opening schedule
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NewsManchester council approves bumper crop of major schemes
City centre applications given the nod include four towers up to 45-storeys in height
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NewsCardiff council unveils plans to refurbish city’s Central Market
Grade II*-listed market buildings to be restored to original 1891 designs
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NewsMaccreanor Lavington lodges plans for Acton resi towers
Scheme includes 33-storey student accomodation tower
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Building in Bombay, 1879-1892
Building reports from the port city now known as Mumbai as two of the British Raj’s largest ever colonial buildings are completed