All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 97
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon’s second full week in the spotlight
Project manager believed firm had been quite thorough in checking work quality; refurbishment director says lack of design challenge still haunts him
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon site managers assumed window insulation was safe
Main contractor’s senior site officials say they did not know combustible material was being used to fill gaps
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FeaturesTen weeks that shook the housing market
We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housing
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FeaturesCost model: CLT frame buildings
The rapidly expanding use of CLT saw its trajectory arrested in the UK by new regulations in the wake of Grenfell, but if safe solutions can be found then the material offers considerable cost and climate advantages over more traditional frame solutions. Alinea breaks down the costs
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CommentImplementing the CLC Roadmap: a legal view
What legal enablers are required to deliver the Construction Leadership Council’s Roadmap to Recovery?
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon project manager quit over work pressures
Main contractor’s onsite boss left company 14 months into project as schedule began to slip
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CommentProject bank accounts come of age
It has taken 21 years for PBAs to become mainstream, but we are finally there
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NewsSpecialists hail move as HS2 set to use project bank accounts
Scheme trialled initiative on two enabling works packages
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NewsCLC boss wants longer visas for low-skilled workers
Andy Mitchell writes to business secretary Alok Sharma with series of demands
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CommentThe Building Safety Bill: Slow going in the right direction
Draft legislation builds could take over three years to come into force - by which time the industry must have improved competence levels
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NewsCLC launches tool to help firms assess cost impact of covid-19
Tool designed to enable better cost forecasting
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NewsJenrick to detail planning deregulation
Housing secretary’s changes to include permitted development right to demolish and rebuild existing properties
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NewsSafety bill imposes two-year prison term for breaching building regs
Draft legislation confirms new building safety regulator and reduction of building control powers
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CommentDame Judith Hackitt on the draft Building Safety Bill
Some wait to be regulated before they change, well now radical reform is coming to this industry and it better prepare
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NewsAlmost three quarters of cladding projects stalled by covid have restarted
Ongoing work has seen nearly half of buildings identified have ACM system removed or remediated
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NewsMain contractor accused of ‘pocketing’ savings to cover Grenfell pricing mistake
Rydon’s bid alleged to have been £212k too low because of an ‘adding-up error’
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NewsGrenfell main contractor ‘did not check architect’s expertise’
‘We wouldn’t have asked that question,’ contracts manager tells inquiry
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NewsWe relied on others to check subcontractors’ work, admits Grenfell’s main contractor
Senior manager the first Rydon employee to give evidence at inquiry into 2017 fire
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NewsConstruction Innovation Hub launches toolkit to improve decision-making
R D group has been backed with £72m of government money