All Building articles in 17 January 2025 – Page 2
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NewsPersimmon spent £60m on building safety remediation last year
Housebuilder has now spent £120m on safety works with 30% of remediation jobs still yet to start
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NewsGleeson says trading in line with expectations but boss warns housing recovery remains sluggish
Housebuilder says government needs to provide clarity on spending review plans
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FeaturesMaterial passports: the key to carbon reduction, greater component reuse and more sustainable construction
Logging the details of the products and materials used on projects so they can have a second life after demolition has been discussed but never practised on a large London construction project – until now, Thomas Lane reports
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NewsLondon Fire Brigade to move back into Lambeth headquarters after scrapping £500m Landsec redevelopment plans
Brigade has pulled plug on agreement struck with developer in 2016 and hired architect 5plus to draw up new plans for listed site
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NewsRayner to decide whether to demolish Grenfell Tower next month
Deputy prime minister promises bereaved community will be ‘at heart’ of decision process
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NewsScottish modular housing firm sinks into administration
Close to 50 jobs lost after collapse of Connect Modular
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NewsL&G submits plans for 520-home scheme in Bristol
Zaha Hadid-masterplanned project also includes office and retail
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NewsWatchdog extends probe into seven housebuilders suspected of breaching competition law
CMA says investigation will run until May
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Prospects for growth in 2025 remain subdued
With capacity depleted, cost pressures have resurfaced as demand has strengthened – but with interest rates set to stay high, slowing demand growth may help smooth the transition
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NewsGreenwich tower scheme handed demolition order can stay with design changes, Planning Inspectorate rules
Developer Comer Homes has three years to remove orange cladding and must pay nearly £7m to council
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NewsFit out firm set up by former ISG boss wins inaugural job
Archer founded by head of collapsed firm’s ISG Agility division
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NewsLosses increase at JRL’s modular business despite turnover improving
Accounts for group’s subsidiary businesses now being filed at Companies House
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NewsIn pictures: First look at Sadler’s Wells East ahead of opening next month
O’Donnell + Tuomey’s design seeks to create a new hub for dance in East London
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NewsHS2 submits revised designs for Curzon Street station
Amends to Birmingham terminus include changes to materials used for roof
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NewsElizabeth line has boosted housebuilding and jobs, survey says
Route is single busiest railway service in UK
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FeaturesSurprise and relief: why the Lendlease sale to private equity is seen as a vote of confidence in UK contractors
Uncertainty about historic firm’s future is finally at an end – and the news has been welcomed by clients and rivals alike, writes Dave Rogers
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NewsPartner who helped set up London cost consultant Core Five to step down in March
James Clark leaving after 13 years at £24m turnover business
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NewsBovis name set to return to UK construction once new owner completes Lendlease deal
Historic marque was eventually dropped in 2011 after firm was bought by Australian business a dozen years earlier
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NewsMorgan Sindall brought in for Canary Wharf life sciences job
Scheme designed by Scott Brownrigg