All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 55
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NewsInsurers call for hybrid structures to make timber buildings easier to insure
Report recommendations include concrete cores and alternating concrete and timber floors to reduce flood and fire risk
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CommentThe Leasehold Reform Bill: a misplaced eye on developers
Limiting a ground rents ban to new-builds seems oddly aimed at housebuilders, who for the most part have modified their practice on this anyway
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NewsBooming Vistry still among industry’s slowest payers, Build UK figures say
Housebuilder expected to show 2021 pre-tax profit more than doubled when it publishes annual numbers next month
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CommentIt’s good to talk about flood and fire risks
A new report on risks posed by timber-framed buildings is a positive first step towards greater collaboration
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NewsFirms must up productivity or face ongoing effects of inflation, T&T warns
Consultant issues warning on material and labour shortages as it revises tender price forecast again
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NewsMayor warns cost inflation hitting 45% on some London housing jobs
Sadiq Khan says there will be ‘significant impact’ on affordable home building without government cash
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NewsWillmott Dixon among three firms awarded spots on £4.2bn major projects framework
Firm continues role with developer Places for People
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CommentThe fury of a homeowner
Tony Bingham is alarmed by an MP’s draconian suggestions for regulating domestic building works – and has a much better idea
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NewsRICS told to be more open, as review into group targets spring publication
Critics say institution has been too secretive and not focussed enough on public role
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NewsGovernment to finally meet CLC over product certification worries
Talks with construction minister Lee Rowley to be held in coming days as concerns grow over UK’s capability to carry out tests
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CommentSmart contracts: automating weather clauses
A project to automate NEC compensation clauses is breaking ground in smart contracts, writes Jim Mason
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NewsCPA says housing and infrastructure work will continue to drive industry recovery
Group expecting output growth to top 4% this year but says supply issues will remain
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NewsBusiness secretary still to meet CLC over mounting products testing crisis
Government yet to respond to group’s warning on new certification rules
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NewsContractors must collaborate on frameworks knowledge, report author says
David Mosey adds it is interests of firms to share information which they would normally keep to themselves
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FeaturesContractors salary survey 2022: A year of salary growth
Explore the key findings from this year’s survey
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NewsMPs to scrutinise Gove’s building safety funding plan
Committee inquiry calls for industry submissions on proposed £4bn housebuilder levy
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NewsMaterials woes not over despite easing pressure, CLC warns
Concerns remain around shipping, bricks and roof tiles
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CommentDesign liability could be wider than you think
A recent case suggests courts plan to give maximum leeway for developers seeking redress from designers
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NewsConstruction saw sharpest rise in weekly pay growth out of all sectors last year
Impact of labour shortages on construction sector laid bare by ONS figures
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NewsOmicron impact reduced by working from home
Companies hope for end of restrictions next week but plan to continue flexible working arrangements