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Ridge raids Gleeds for new cost management partner
Matthew Sumpter to lead firm’s South East private sector pipeline for mixed-use schemes
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Cost model: High-rise residential
Residential towers are on the rise again as the industry addresses sustainability, fire and overheating issues
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Disastrous test failure on ACM cladding was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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Housing and construction firms tell chancellor to boost energy efficiency measures
Firms make call ahead of tomorrow’s spring budget
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Johnson asks industry leaders to ‘accelerate’ nuclear schemes as energy crisis escalates
PM hosted roundtable talks with Balfour Beatty, Mace and EDF yesterday
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Hydrogen: not cheap but much-needed and well worth it in the end
We need brave thinking and bold investment to solve the current energy and climate crises
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Inflation worries mount with some firms saying they have stopped fixing prices
Escalating costs ‘the worst since the 1970s’, bosses warn
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Landsec reveals plan to redevelop site beside old FT headquarters
Developer has appointed BIG to come up with plans to replace 1980s building
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Simpson Haugh gets green light for 51-storey Manchester towers
But viability concerns see city’s 20% affordable housing target ditched yet again
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California dreamin’ brings a skatepark to Folkestone
Inspired by the bowl skating of 1970s America, Folkestone’s multistorey skatepark – a world first – is set to transform the UK’s skating scene forever
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Countryside team lands 900-home scheme at former police training centre
North London scheme being developed with housing association Optivo
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Construction industry gossip: Are you sitting comfortably?
Sit back to hear some strange tales from the world of construction
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The true cost of Gove’s new cladding policy on the housing sector
Michael Gove’s announcement that housebuilders will foot the £4bn cladding repair bill sparked a share price nosedive. Is the City overreacting?
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Ukraine’s refugee crisis – businesses want to help but it’s not proving easy
Business leaders, with their reputation for cutting through problems, have a role in pushing ministers to take a more active role
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Ukraine invasion will see tender prices rise as energy costs rocket, Mace warns
2022 output likely to take hit despite strong first quarter
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Senior official had not questioned ‘inappropriate’ fire ratings for cladding before Grenfell tragedy, inquiry hears
’Class 0’ rating was used for external walls until 2018 despite being based on how fire behaves indoors
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Customers taking longer to pay contractors after pandemic, says Lloyds research
More than a quarter say customers take more than 30 days to settle invoices