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Wates and T&T plugged in for work at electric car battery plant
Scheme will be built close to Nissan factory at Sunderland
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Sex, gender and freedom of speech in the workplace
Rebecca Bull warns that employers must be mindful of the law on sex versus gender, including on protection of belief
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An end of year challenge to the eternal optimists
Is it gloom all round now people are back to Zoom meetings in pyjama bottoms?
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Construction industry gossip: Views from the top
This month, a sudden flurry of tales from on high
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Government slaps Help to Buy ban on Rydon Homes because of sister firm’s work at Grenfell
Michael Gove puts others on notice they are in his sights as part of crackdown on companies failing to fix ‘building safety crisis’
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Architect Chris Wilkinson dies aged 76
Architect and artist co-founded Wilkinson Eyre, the first practice to win Stirling Prize twice
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John Morgan: ‘Don’t expect me to go any time soon’
Some of the biggest names in construction have called time in recent weeks, but the founder and chief executive of Morgan Sindall is not one of them
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Scottish firm snaps up Stewart Milne’s timber frame arm
£100m turnover business put on the block this autumn
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Building control body allowed use of Kingspan insulation despite describing its certificate as ‘garbage’
National House Building Council warned twice that product was ‘accident waiting to happen’
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Winners named for £1bn sustainable housing framework
Barratt and Hill among firms to land roles on the Oxford deal
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Aecom raids HS2 for new programme management lead
Ambrose McGuire led project team on 80km stretch of HS2 between London and the West Midlands
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Architects stay optimistic but materials worries increase
Latest Future Trends survey says issue has grown since summer
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5 minutes with … James Richards at Edmond Shipway
Director of Edmond Shipway’s Nottingham office is a big fan of self-made entrepreneurs – and Derby County
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The end of the beginning: 2021 in construction law
Rupert Choat highlights standout developments in construction law over the last 12 months as we sought to emerge from the pandemic
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Government mandates 30% cut in carbon for all new buildings
Revised Building Regulations mean reducing carbon emissions by a third from this summer
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LSE announces £120m design contest for final set-piece building
Project will also be university’s first net-zero development
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Jeff Fairburn ‘not in running’ for Taylor Wimpey top job
Controversial former Persimmon boss will not replace Pete Redfern at housebuilder, sources say
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Feilden Fowles: the natural route to architectural success
Architect Feilden Fowles’ projects all reveal the deep connection its founders have with nature and the environment
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NHBC denies allowing use of Kingspan insulation to avoid ‘barrage of claims’ from customers
Grenfell Inquiry counsel accuses building control body of being “captured” by Kingspan and “used by them as their poodles”