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Still not enough women in construction, survey finds
As International Women’s Day is marked, sector remains at foot of gender diversity table
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Losses from Interserve’s energy-from-waste disaster top £300m
Latest accounts also show firm’s UK construction business racked up £100m-plus loss in 2019 after running into problems on London contracts
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Welcome back Tilbury Douglas, goodbye support services
Some might see a name change as symbolic but with building at the heart of the government’s covid recovery plan, this one shows construction has come full circle
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Wates brings in Skanska head to fill strategy role
Inna Lim will champion emerging technologies and MMC
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Canary Wharf to get compensation if Crossrail not up and running by end of next year
London mayor confirms clause will be triggered if line not open by start of 2023
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Costain results pushed back a week
Impact of lockdown sees auditor ask for more time to verify numbers
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RICS sets out new fire safety form guidance
Move designed to free up housing market by exempting flat blocks without cladding from need for fire assessment
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Industry experts in growing backlash against Budget’s lack of green policies
UKGBC boss says chancellor was ‘silent’ on construction’s carbon emissions
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Time for some challenging questions
On International Women’s Day we should be asking what more construction employers can do for women’s careers, says Rachel Bell
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What the budget says about green priorities
The big disappointment was the absence of a national retrofit programme, says Alan Fogarty
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CLC to push for national retrofit strategy after Budget silence
Chancellor’s failure to promote green homes initiatives prompts group to demand action ahead of UN climate change conference
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RICS gives members until April to let it know what reforms they want to see
Review prompted by fury over group’s handling of critical financial report
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Bechtel loses £100m claim against HS2 over Old Oak Common station award
US firm said railway should not have given job to Balfour team because of flawed procurement process
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Building control officer ‘pressured' into providing certificate for combustible Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
LABC certificate became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower’s cladding system
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Opening windows will not protect schools from covid, BESA warns
As primaries and secondaries prepare to go back on Monday, government is told to invest in mechanical ventilation
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Coup for Morris & Co as firm beats Chipperfield to land scheme at BMW’s Munich site
Work to take place at German car maker’s R D centre
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Social value needs to consider whole life value
Too often we have a blinkered view that social value is just created during construction, says Atkins Mark Bolger
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Features
5 minutes with … Jelena Cousins at Cousins & Cousins
Creative director was inspired by her parents to embark on her career but was appalled to be told by an ex-boss she could not be a good mother and a good architect at the same time