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No good poaching from each other to fill skills gaps, Mace boss warns
Mark Reynolds says firms need to invest in industry newcomers rather than raiding rivals for staff
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Ministers accused of ‘Soviet-style’ planning to replace gas boilers
Boiler manufacturers could be forced to make heat pumps and penalised if they fail to sell enough
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Post-Brexit factory inspections for products firms streamlined after agreement between certifiers
Manufacturers previously had to pay twice for factory inspections from UK and EU inspectors
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Hinkley Point to hire 1,700 people in covid bounce back
Move comes as project looks to make up time after social distancing rules hit productivity
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New contractor chosen to look after Grenfell Tower site
Deconstruct UK takes over from Wates next month
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In pictures: Heatherwick opens park built on pier in New York City’s Hudson River
Park supported by over 100 concrete columns off Manhattan’s west side
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Government looking at extending deadline for post-Brexit certification rules as worries mount over timetable
Current CE mark system due to be replaced at beginning of next year
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Carbon neutrality and the law
For the government’s stringent emissions targets to be met will require not only further legislation but also changes in contract clauses and regulatory practices
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Housebuilder remains construction’s richest man despite £600m hit
John Bloor’s fortune put at £1.3bn in latest annual ranking
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Scottish university teams up with Parliament restoration team to draw up safer working methods
Initiative will use technology to rehearse building techniques in safety
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Gleeson’s profit to beat expectations
Housebuilder issue second upgrade to forecasts since the start of the year on ‘strong demand’
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Don’t waste this chance to transform economy, CBI tells construction
Decarbonisation and adopting AI could change businesses for the better, new report argues
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Councils picked to pilot local design codes
Test programme is part of government’s push to force developers to build beautifully
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Morris & Co gets OK for Shoreditch warehouse
East London scheme due to start on site next summer
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CLC wants industry’s views on tracking net zero progress
Findings will inform criteria for judging firms’ carbon cutting efforts
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Legal abroad: Doing business in Singapore
Continuing our series on operating under foreign jurisdictions, Paul Teo and Natalie Wong examine the opportunities in a Singapore that is set to thrive post-covid
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Let’s make it easy to specify green products
Specifiers want to do the right thing but a lack of clear information is a barrier to change, says NBS’ Lee Jones