All Building articles in 16 August 2024 – Page 8
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West End office recovery and lucrative wind farms help Crown Estate to record profit
Estate more than doubled figure to over £1bn last year
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More details emerge of plan for tallest tower outside of London
Scheme would include UK’s third tallest building at 273m in height
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Kate Barker says housing market is worse today than it was 20 years ago
New Barker housing commission has sent initial recommendations from its housing supply review to housing minister
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£140m turnover fit-out firm files administration notice
Beck Interiors working on Whiteleys scheme in west London
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First office building in York Central development gets green light
Six-storey civil service building will kickstart major brownfield regeneration project in city
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Ex-minister Lord Harrington to chair Regal
Former Watford MP will head board of London property developer
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Features
A boost for housebuilding or an ill-defined gimmick? - Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans explained
Labour hopes its rebrand of ‘ugly’ green belt land will help. But will it work?
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Comment
Swimming in the Seine: What a wonderful, romantic ambition and true Olympic legacy
The Paris Olympics has had to tackle political, environmental, and urban planning challenges, writes Sophie Thompson
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Curzon Street to be built with more platforms than needed, report into curtailed HS2 project reveals
New Birmingham station to stick to original specification despite cut to northern stretch of route last year
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ISG chairman confident sale ‘will complete’ as US red tape rules slow down deal
Contractor set to remain in overseas ownership with management rejig planned by would-be buyer
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Hackitt’s golden thread guidance on digitalisation being ignored by most product manufacturers, CLC report finds
More than 90% of product manufacturers do not see digitalisation as a ‘major concern’
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High Court sets date for judicial review hearing on contested Bloomsbury tower
Local architect to present grounds to overturn decision to approve 19-storey scheme in September
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L&Q sells land business to Urban & Civic
Housing association offloads division as part of move away from non-core operations
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Features
Championing sustainability: How Paris 2024 is reshaping the future of the Olympics
The Paris Olympics is embracing an approach pioneered by London in 2012 and taken to the next level, utilising existing venues and temporary structures as much as possible, Ben Flatman writes
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McAlpine coup as firm wins first phase of work at giant car battery plant in Somerset
Plant will be built at site close to M5 motorway
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ISG’s strategy director heads off to Severfield
Helen Gawor takes up group role at steelwork firm
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Boost for Universal Studios UK plans as local leaders tell Starmer to back project
Six council bosses “collectively endorse” proposals to build Europe’s biggest theme park on former brickworks in Bedfordshire
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Government launches Skills England initiative and brings in former Co-op boss to head it
Government says initiative introduced to reduce reliance on overseas workers amid industry concern about skills capacity
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Extended financial year and falling costs see Hill break £1bn turnover mark
Housebuilder also recorded record profit in 15-month period