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Skilled trades cash in on booming housing and repairs market
Other professions seeing pay rise include M E operatives and shopfitters
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Comment
Give us the tools and we will finish the job
As the UK economy goes up a gear, there’s plenty of construction work – but where are the materials to do it with?
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Features
Bodmin Jail: unlocking the potential of a piece of Cornish history
Abandoned in 1927 and left to ruin for almost a century, it took a team of brave (or foolhardy?) developers to decide that Bodmin Jail had the potential to become a hotel and tourist attraction. Bats, pigeons, neighbouring builders and covid-19 ensured that realising their vision was easier said ...
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High-rise developers to face fire safety regulation change from August
Move follows Dame Judith Hackitt’s proposals made in wake of Grenfell blaze
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Construction reacts to Queen’s Speech
Major planning overhaul at centre of government’s agenda for the year
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Decision to hand RICS boss six-figure bonus draws industry ire
Sean Tompkins in line to pick up more than £260,000 under group incentive plan
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You can’t build, build, build if you don’t have the materials
A global shortage of key products means prices are rising and lead times growing, potentially putting the recovery at risk. Tom Lowe reports
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L&G brings in Green Building Council director as new sustainability chief
John Alker was behind David Cameron’s ‘hug a husky’ campaign in 2006
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Industry warned of covid mental health crisis
CITB research finds more than one quarter of workers have experienced suicidal thoughts in past year
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Levitt Bernstein given green light for £22m Passivhaus housing scheme
Newham scheme designed with small windows to reduce overheating
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Councils call for power to tax developers to speed up projects
Local authorities want to levy council tax on homes granted planning but not built out
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Planning bill is centrepiece of Queen’s Speech
Industry welcomes announcement of bill amid reports government is keen to deregulate
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Comment
Focus on design is critical as the optimism grows
Confidence is returning to the industry. We must use the renewed energy to ensure that we build in a responsible and resilient way, says Sadie Morgan
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Coup for Mace as firm wins £570m Birmingham HS2 station
Curzon Street deal means contractor is building both start and finish stations on first section of route
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RICS boss in line to pick up £260,000 bumper bonus
Payout for chief executive Sean Tompkins comes after group axed staff last year and furloughed 30% of its employees
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ACM ‘not involved’ in Ballymore block blaze
Developer claims Grenfell-style combustible cladding played no part in major fire at New Providence Wharf development
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Brexit risks worsening materials shortage crisis, Aecom warns
Consultant says UK-specific issues are adding to global shortages
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Local elections: what the results mean for construction
A look at what the winning mayors have pledged in four key city regions in England
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