All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 49
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FeaturesIs construction moving fast enough on building safety?
Last month’s Building Safety Act ushered in sweeping reforms, but critics say construction should not wait for legislation to change its culture. Is that charge fair?
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NewsShanghai lockdown affecting product availability, CLC says
Chinese trade hub now in seventh week of restrictions
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CommentStart saving lives with a positive safety culture
Last year 39 people died on UK construction sites. Billy O’Brien explains how to make them safer and get that number down to zero
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NewsGreen rejig continues at Mace as firm raids Aecom for retrofit head
Rachel O’Donnell charged with growing consult’s retrofit business
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NewsQueen's Speech 2022: Energy Bill to extend price cap and encourage innovation across sector
But industry criticises absense of retrofit measures
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NewsImprove productivity measurement to improve efficiency, says taskforce
Report based on two live UK sites being built by McAlpine and Skanska
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CommentWe now have no excuse for failing to build more sustainable buildings
Making the right material choices, getting the landscaping right, improving green specifications… There are so many ways for developers and contractors to achieve high-performance buildings
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NewsSummer announcement on latest cartel inquiry into industry, CMA says
Probe began more than three years ago and is understood to centre on demolition sector
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NewsProject starts plummet, says Glenigan
Gloomy outlook as rising costs delay schemes, while office sector is best performer
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CommentRolling out project bank accounts in JCT contracts
Project bank account provisions are now available for all JCT contract suites – improving cash flow through the industry
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NewsHackitt slams industry for lack of progress on building safety
Building safety review author says construction is taking too long to implement change
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NewsMace appoints new responsible business chief
James Low previously worked on firm’s net zero strategy
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CommentWhy scrapping S106 will result in better placemaking
The government’s plan to introduce a consolidated infrastructure levy allows placemakers to focus on what’s important – creating schemes of both spatial and social quality, says James Cons
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NewsBrent after developer for £100m Wembley resi projects
Schemes designed by Karakusevic Carson Architects
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NewsFixed price in spotlight as inflation prompts more firms into rethink
Firms telling clients inflation means costs cannot be nailed down
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NewsInsolvencies soar as inflation woes compounded by end of covid support
Rising costs see 142% increase in firms going out of business compared with last year – and warnings of more to come
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NewsRising metals costs to hit data centre and life science projects, says Linesight
Consultant says steel and copper will keep on rising
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CommentCase in focus: Avantage (Cheshire) Ltd vs GB Building Solutions Ltd
An unsuccessful application for reverse summary judgment
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NewsDecline in London towers to be reversed by more clarity on regulations, Glenigan says
Building Safety Bill setting out future regulatory requirements received royal assent yesterday provides more industry certainty
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NewsFirms on notice for £1bn Sovereign housing framework
Housing assocation wants to build 2,400 homes per year by 2026/27