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Queen’s Speech 2022: delayed procurement bill welcomed by industry
Long-awaited and ‘overdue’ bill will seek to create a more simple and transparent system post-Brexit
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Queen'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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Queen’s Speech 2022: at-a-glance
The important bits for housing and construction in the government’s legislative programme revealed today
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O’Rourke turns to Anglo American again as former chief joins as non-executive
Mark Cutifani becomes third big hitter from mining giant to take up key role at contractor
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Speedier construction through frame standardisation
The Seismic consortium has engineered a standardised frame solution for schools that claims to be 75% faster than traditional construction
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Improve productivity measurement to improve efficiency, says taskforce
Report based on two live UK sites being built by McAlpine and Skanska
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Dozens owed £100k or more following Roadbridge collapse
Unsecured creditors nursing £22.5m hit after civils firm went down in March
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In pictures: LSE reveals shortlisted designs for £120m Lincoln’s Inn Fields hub
Chipperfield, McAslan and Alison Brooks proposals among those on “anonymous” display ahead of final jury decision
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Queen’s Speech today expected to set out planning, energy and procurement overhaul
Industry awaits detail of government legislative priorities, including planning changes and energy bill setting out nuclear power plans
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Plans for roof extension at listed former music venue in Birmingham
Central Methodist Hall was built in 1904
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Summer 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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Gove confirms plans for ‘street votes’ and local design codes in Queen’s speech
Housing secretary trails policies aimed at ‘gentle densification’ ahead of expected levelling up bill announcement tomorrow
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Lendlease set for £400m scheme to turn ITV studios on South Bank into office complex
Controversial South Bank scheme given planning in March
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A young person’s mental health journey from unemployment to an apprenticeship
To kick off Mental Health Awareness week a data analyst apprentice at Balfour Beatty tells his story
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Amount creditors left out of pocket by NMCN implosion doubles to £115m
Unsecured creditors were previously thought to be owed £60.5m
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Market forecast: The costs of uncertainty
Output is levelling off as the Ukraine war and Chinese covid lockdowns hit confidence. Meanwhile, the same factors are adding inflationary pressures
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Keltbray brings in senior staff from collapsed Roadbridge to beef up civils arm
Contractor sank into administration in March
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Comment
We 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