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5 minutes with … Diego Padilla Philipps at WSP
Diego would have liked to have been around to help Santiago Calatrava with his Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden, completed in 2005 Associate director at WSP says growing up visiting Peruvian building sites and working in Haiti after the earthquake have shaped his outlook on life ...
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Church of England and its affordable housing ambitions
One of the UK’s biggest landowners is preparing to put its principles into action at scale. Elizabeth Hopkirk reports
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Construction industry gossip: Causing a stink
Bucks fizz Good job Balfour Beatty is paying back that £19m it claimed last year in furlough money from the government, because its chief executive Leo Quinn positively revelled in detailing how much it was handing back to shareholders over the coming year. “It will be ...
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Construction insolvencies outstrip those in hospitality and retail
More than 1,600 building firms have gone bust since pandemic began last March
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Crossrail may need more cash to finish job, consultant warns
Jacobs says risk increasing £825m bailout agreed last December will not be enough
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Certifier not told of changes made to Grenfell ACM cladding, inquiry hears
Arconic did not formally update British Board of Agrement on amends to the core of its ACM panels
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Laing O’Rourke to start work on Calvin Klein’s new UK HQ
White City scheme designed by Morris + Company
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Government launches consultations in non-residential net zero push
BEIS looking for views on performance-based rating framework for large commercial and industrial buildings
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People caught breaching fire safety regulations to face unlimited fines
Failing to record fire risk assessments also to become civil offence under strengthened new laws
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Barony Campus: Scotland’s new super school
It has been described as the most innovative, ambitious and inclusive learning facility in the country - Sheppard Robson tells how the client ditched the frameworks route for a bespoke design
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Enthusiasm for MMC must stop fading as a project develops
UK construction needs to take advantage of its exceptional expertise and move towards more climate-positive methods, Lukas Thiel says
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Government floats public sector work ban for ‘negligent’ contractors
PM also considering tax on building products firms to fund cladding remediation
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Schemes taking longer to get off the ground as nervous funders run the rule over covid risks
Property consultant RLF says worries over pandemic putting brakes on deals being signed off
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BBA based fire rating for Kingspan foam on tests of other products, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former deputy chief executive admitted he was not sure if the decision was permitted under UK fire regulations
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Hammerson submits plans for 300 homes at former Debenhams store in Leicester
Retail landlord says scheme start of ‘structural shift’ in UK high streets
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Government unveils £1bn plan to cut industrial emissions
Industrial decarbonisation strategy reveals details of project spending across the country
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HS2 starts work on UK’s longest rail viaduct
Grimshaw-designed project will see close to 300 piles sunk to depths of 55m
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Firms on notice for £50m Midlands retrofit framework
Dynamic purchasing system is looking for consultants
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Kent business park OK’d after Jenrick decides not to call it in
Housing secretary gives developer U+I green light to start work