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Former Wates boss makes shock return to chief exec’s role as Osborne rings changes
Company says Dave Smith takes over from departed Andy Steele with immediate effect
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Tight margins not an excuse for avoiding action on net zero, Skanska boss tells firms
Gregor Craig says ‘quite feasible’ to cut emissions as construction day at COP26 gets underway
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Built environment can meet net zero by 2050 but only with urgent government action, says report
Detailed roadmap launched at COP26 today by coalition of architects and other construction professionals
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Construction mediation – a mandatory step?
Sheena Sood and Michael Salau on recent moves towards making ADR compulsory
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US fund manager plans thousands of homes for Birmingham
Schemes will be built at former Longbridge factory and NEC exhibition venue
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Building at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch
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Mixed-use scheme at House of Fraser flagship gets planning OK
Offices and restaurant planned at London Oxford Street landmark
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Rising labour costs may have peaked, payroll firm says
Data from Hudson Contract follows last week’s PMI report that worst of supply problems could be over
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Building at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch
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Gove promises overhaul of ‘out of date’ housing need formula
Housing secretary updates MPs on planning reforms
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Oxford Uni launches design contest for £1bn northern expansion
Established architects encouraged to team up with small practices
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Native Land submits plans to replace former Debenhams department store in Surrey
Guildford scheme would see shops and flats built by River Wey
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Market forecast: On the up and up
Acute inflation in the sector is pushing up tender prices, and with no end in sight to the pressures, this could continue well beyond 2022
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Arup to withdraw from all energy schemes involving fossil fuels
Firm also pledges to carry out whole lifecycle carbon assessments on all of its building projects across the world
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McNicholas to leave Kier next month, ending more than 30 years at Green Macs
Son of utility specialist’s founder moved across to contractor when larger rival picked it up four years ago
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Rolls-Royce creates new firm to build up to 16 small nuclear reactors
Reactors would cost around £2bn each and be about a tenth of the size of full scale plants
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Persimmon says cost of building homes heading north
Housebuilder says firm will be hit with 5% build rise this year
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Vistry stays on course to hit revised profit target
Housebuilder says private reservation rate in third quarter above the level seen last year
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