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NewsNetwork Rail approves £130m Heathrow link amid review
Direct rail link from Reading to Heathrow gets green light amid review into projects in CP5 spending plan
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FeaturesBES: Birmingham or bust
Birmingham council has scrapped its energy efficiency drive. We look at how the £1bn Birmingham Energy Savers scheme and the Green Deal’s fates were inextricably bound, and what the city’s options are now
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NewsLegal challenge to £85m Ordsall Chord thrown out
Top judge throws out legal challenge by engineer Mark Whitby, allowing project to go ahead
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NewsBore to step down as Birmingham City Council leader
Sir Albert Bore will stand down from the role in December
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NewsArchitects condemn 'dangerous' Housing Bill
Relaxation of planning laws ‘will prioritise speed over quality and yet not give business predictability it wants’
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NewsHighways England details £2bn of South-west schemes
Infrastructure client continues investment plan with £2bn spending in South-west
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NewsOne million ft2 Lancashire business park green lit
Praxis Holdings secures planning permission for one million sq ft development in Whitebirk
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone to float to raise £70m
Retirement homes developers expects to raise £70m from initial public offering
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CommentOnline poll: Infrastructure delivery
Will the government’s new commission led by Lord Adonis be successful in depoliticizing UK infrastructure delivery? Vote below
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CommentA city of a million small sites
The UK is glued to top-down ideas of housing regeneration. Sharing work among smaller developers would prove more fruitful
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FeaturesBuilding hacking: Who's in control?
As building management systems become a greater part of our daily lives, their susceptibility to cyber attack is ever increasing. How would your building handle getting hacked?
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CommentContracts: Smooth operators
We’ve improved the efficiency of actual building no end – yet when it comes to negotiating contracts we get bogged down. It’s time to oil the wheels of contracting
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NewsHeathrow begins third runway tendering
Heathrow calls on consultants to express interest in third runway work, despite government not yet making decision on new runway location
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NewsFire engulfs Manchester city centre Co-op scheme
Fire damages building under rennovation by Wates as part of £800m Noma development
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NewsPlanning system grinding to a halt, survey finds
Major schemes in London taking 34 weeks to get to a decision
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CommentIllegal working poses a significant threat to construction
Employers must work with government to clampdown on illegal working
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NewsIllegal immigration clampdown begins in construction
Week-long inspection drive targets ‘rogue employers’
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NewsCameron confirms 2017 cut-off for councils' local plans
Housing and planning bill to be launched this week
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NewsElephant and Castle 'energy hub' gets go-ahead
Lendlease secures planning permission for net zero carbon combined heat and power plant