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Costing Steelwork 19: Market update
Costing Steelwork is a series from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork. This quarter provides a market update and updates the five cost models previously featured in Costing Steelwork
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RICS updates EWS1 form to reflect ‘proportionate’ approach to fire safety checks
But forms already completed still valid until new assessments carried out on blocks
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Government officials ‘did not heed’ coroner advice after fatal Lakanal House fire
The former head of the communities and local government department tells Grenfell Tower inquiry that officials were “dismissive” of recommendations made after another fatal tower block fire in 2009.
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HS2 spends an extra £500m as minister admits ‘concern’ at growing costs
Main civils work and Euston station job behind hike on project
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How Gleeds boss in Ukraine escaped from Kyiv
Scotsman in charge of firm’s office in the capital is back in Manchester with his wife having travelled for 80 hours to border with Slovakia
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RIBA outlines plans to match Ukrainian refugee architects to UK firms
Institute says offers of work must come with six months of free accommodation
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Architects’ confidence back at pre-pandemic levels but Ukraine worries cloud optimism
Caution over RIBA data collected before Ukraine invasion
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Plans for £220m Cambridge children’s hospital get thumbs-up
Council says it is set to give proposals approval
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Battersea rejigs top role with power station developer’s COO set to leave
Boss goes later this month after four years on scheme
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Net zero at risk as global energy concerns from Ukraine war send green goals back down the agenda
Agreements reached at COP26 were always going to be vulnerable to the unexpected, but the case for energy efficiency and alternative supply sources is now even more urgent
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Chinese developer sells Vauxhall Square site to Hong Kong rival
Far East Consortium takes scheme off R&F’s hands for knockdown price
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In Pictures: Crystal Palace FC’s refurbished academy training ground
Work completed by KSS Architects
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Kier on track for next stage of Oxford railway station revamp
Company to deliver design and enabling works on new railway bridge and fifth platform
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Officials ‘didn’t understand the risk’ of fire safety decisions, Grenfell inquiry hears
Officials ’lost sight’ of important issues during deregulation drive, fire safety policy lead admits
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Berkeley snaps up remaining stake in firm building homes on former gasworks
Housebuilder pays more than £400m for National Grid’s share in JV
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HS2 firm part-owned by sanctioned Russian suspends dividend payments to oligarch
Strabag says it tried to buy up stake held by Oleg Deripaska who has been linked to Vladimir Putin
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McLaren brings in former McAlpine London boss to head up construction business
Paul Heather joined £650m turnover firm this week
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Ukraine: a tragedy and crisis beyond belief with an impact felt all over the world
Everybody is worried about events in Ukraine, from a humanitarian viewpoint to the detail of firms navigating the impact on their cost base
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Controversial Sphere music venue recommended for approval
Decision on Stratford scheme due next week
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Government official ‘parroted’ industry protests on accreditation scheme for fire risk assessors
Grenfell Inquiry hears that official did “nothing” to scrutinise claims by businesses that scheme would be too costly