All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 77
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NewsBRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told
Sarah Colwell ignored industry group’s attempts to chase the matter for 16 months
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NewsAecom snaps up stake in SME rail firm
Two senior Aecom staff also appointed as SLC Rail directors
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NewsMurphy wins cabling job for giant offshore wind project
Firm to design and build two 7km cable ducts for Dogger Bank wind farms
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NewsGovernment shown ACM cladding test results which ‘shocked’ experts 16 years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high
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NewsGovernment still not set date for meeting with industry leaders over certification concerns
Ministers told four months ago testing issues could halt construction of 150,000 homes next year
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NewsRegional housebuilder set for administration
Mulbury Homes understood to have appointed Kroll as firm buckles under financial troubles
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NewsBrexit sees Stirling Prize winner open Berlin studio
Office is dRMM’s first base outside London
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NewsGove unveils plan to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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NewsHousebuilders putting the brakes on jobs keeps lid on wage inflation, payroll firm says
Hudson Contract reports average earnings fell 10% last month compared to December’s number
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NewsPocket Living given thumbs up for two Old Kent Road schemes
Plans include 11-storey block designed by Hawkins\Brown
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NewsGovernment asked experts to ‘step away’ from investigation into deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Inquiry hears BRE team was asked to stop investigation into Lakanal House fire after less than a month
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NewsIn Pictures: HS2 starts production of 1,000 giant bridge segments
Modular sections will form the deck of the UK’s longest rail viaduct
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NewsGovernment used fire safety group to rubber stamp flawed regulations, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE group was given ‘contractual requirement’ to not make any policy recommendations in response to fires
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NewsIR35 compliance tools still not up to scratch, NAO tells government
CEST tool still too difficult to use nearly a year after off-payroll tax reforms were rolled out to the private sector
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NewsSenior civil servant failed to update safety guidance despite ‘major fire’ warning
‘Confusing’ building regulations not clarified after blaze issues raised in 2014 meeting
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NewsConstruction activity in major cities surged by more than a third last year
Deloitte crane survey said Leeds saw a record number of new housing schemes start on site
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NewsFledgling Manchester QS nabs two Arcadis directors
Cost consultant Hive Projects set up in 2020
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NewsReview body raised ‘serious concerns’ about BRE five years before Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
‘Damning’ report found lessons had not been learned at testing house despite repeated criticisms from government appointed inspection body
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NewsDevelopers reviewing projects as cost pressures bite, report says
Glenigan review finds project start values have fallen for the fourth month in a row
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NewsDevelopers on notice for £170m scheme next door to Hemel Hempstead station
Network Rail planning decade-long work under Farrells masterplan