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Aecom lands role on £1bn net zero programme
Firm to guide innovations to help homes achieve net zero
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Realising the potential for growth in later living development
Faced with an ageing population and a shortage of homes, the housing minister wants more later living schemes. So what are the barriers?
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Good faith strikes again
A new ruling shows you can’t breach part of a contract then use the contract machinery to turn that breach in your favour, explains Tony Bingham
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Output slips by largest amount since start of pandemic, ONS data reveals
Fall of 1.8% recorded in October
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Building control body joked about ‘burning’ issue of misleading Kingspan certificate, Grenfell inquiry hears
Comment followed new tests showing insulation had continued to burn for 20 minutes after end of test
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RICS rejects government call to change EWS1 advice for smaller blocks
Ministers’ plan to free up housing market by reducing use of controversial fire safety forms faces setback
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In Pictures: Fosters’ Roman antiquities museum
Norman Foster to attend opening this weekend in Narbonne, France
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5 minutes with … Laurie Chetwood at Chetwoods
The firm’s founder and chairman is happiest breaking new ground with innovative and thought-provoking schemes, driving his vintage Aston Martin and eating fish and chips
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Gleeds raids Bouygues for regional PM director
Mike Baynham also spent eight years at Carillion
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Net Zero Jargon Buster: Nabers UK
The performance gap is a huge challenge, and now there is a system to verify office buildings in use - listen to how it works
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Contract awards drop by almost £1bn in November, Glenigan data says
Clients awarded £4.3bn worth of work compared to around £5.3bn the month before
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Major projects to be hit by ‘mammoth’ admin burden from aggregate levy reforms
PwC says proposals to remove tax exemption for gravel pits could become law as soon as March
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Building control body sought sponsorship deal with Kingspan, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Local Authority Building Control also failed to correct ‘misleading’ certificate clearing Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe above 18m despite repeated warnings
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Taylor Wimpey departure ‘nothing to do’ with hedge fund building stake, outgoing chief executive says
Pete Redfern wants to take a break from corporate life and go travelling with young family
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O’Rourke joins group to promote modular housing
Contractor teams up with specialists to launch new trade body
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Kier and Wates among winners on £150m Cambridgeshire construction framework
Four-year deal largely covers education jobs
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Balfour Beatty stays upbeat about 2021 profit
Firm says it is ‘making progress’ on completing problem London resi jobs
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RIBA house of the year winner named
Judges heap praise on extension to restored 18th century farmhouse
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Cost is key but solving the climate crisis comes first
The social and environmental costs of getting project choices wrong have never been greater
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Net Zero Jargon Buster: climate risk and finance
Pressure is growing from investors to design buildings for extreme weather events - do you understand the risks?