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CommentWe need another brick in the wall
Brick and labour shortages are exacerbating the housing crisis, we need to be looking for sustainable solutions
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NewsSweett lands £130m NHS work haul
Consultant and BDP appointed to new build and maintenance programme worth combined £130m
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NewsThames Water inks £4.2bn super sewer contracts
Thames Water confirms winning teams for construction packages for £4.2bn project
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NewsLendlease Europe grows 10% off back of major wins
European construction business outperforms rest of Australian-based infrastructure giant
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NewsOsborne drags Network Rail into spending cuts round
Treasury demands Network Rail cuts, while energy department eyes further solar subsidy cuts
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CommentWill the budget undermine housing delivery?
What impact will the Conservative’s cut to rents paid for affordable housing have on delivery?
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NewsWSP Parsons wins Meadowhall job
Consultant engineer gets role on £50m facelift of famous shopping centre
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NewsBalfour Beatty quits £75m North West rail upgrade
The contractor said it was “unlikely” to deliver the North West rail electrification programme “on time and to budget” after reviewing the scheme
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NewsNew apprenticeship levy puts CITB future in doubt
CITB to consult with employers on whether to continue paying industry levy along with new levy
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NewsTfL to start £30bn Crossrail 2 procurement in spring
Project likely to see company set up to oversee planning and delivery if £250m government funding found
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NewsSupport services CEO leaves Balfour in management restructure
Matthew Duncan has left the business as part of the continuing management shake-up at the contractor
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NewsCostain to review Rhead's international operations
Costain leaves door open for sale of Rhead Group’s overseas operations
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NewsHousing starts fall sharply in second quarter
The number of new homes started dropped 14%, with starts down across all tenures
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Residential
This week’s residential products include timber sliding sash windows for Alain de Botton’s A House in Essex project, and an external wall insulation that better suits the Georgian and Victorian brickwork often found in northern cities
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CommentStealing is good
Bent on pursuing its ideological objectives, the government has dismissed the Lyons and Armitt reports. Instead, it should plunder them and present the best solutions as its own
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CommentAdjudication: All aboard
Once you start adjudication you are tied in to the end of the process, unlike court proceedings where more emphasis is put on settling and cutting the cost spend
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FeaturesInterview: Geeta Nanda
With government policies that cut rents and extend Right to Buy, housing associations are feeling the strain. But Geeta Nanda of Thames Valley Housing has an alternative approach
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CommentHansom: The right words
Plans are afoot to build Tolkien’s fictional city of Minas Tirith, to get children into construction via computer games, to impersonate owls, race yachts and then do a charity run. And after all that you’ll need a shower
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Newburgh Street, Soho
This week’s sketch is by artist and illustrator Nick Richards