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SMEs to be hit by Brexit costs, Aecom warns
Increased red tape will affect smaller firms the most, consultant says
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Birmingham university launches new fire engineering course
Announcement comes after the CIOB launched its own qualification
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Overbury lands starring role in historic Coventry cinema refurb
Morgan Sindall’s fit-out arm to upgrade art deco building for Coventry university
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In pictures: Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station due for May handover
Scheme built by Laing O’Rourke and designed by Hawkins\Brown
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Unsafe buildings pose big problems that need big solutions
An extra £3.5bn and an indeminity scheme for EWS1 forms will help but this crisis requires a strategic approach, says Ross Gissane
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Logistics: How to do a building boom sustainably
A low-carbon approach to construction early on will lower the client’s future operational costs, says Giles Heather
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Construction growth fell 12.5% last year, official figures say
Output for sector in December fell for first time in seven months
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The Green Homes Grant fiasco is such a missed opportunity
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a national programme further out of reach
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RICS says indemnity scheme for fire risk assessments on high-rise blocks will ease current bottlenecks
Government initiative targeted at professionals unable to obtain insurance to sign off forms
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Number of listed firms in sector issuing profit warnings hits record amount
Last year’s figure was up 73% on previous highest
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Oxford housing firm begins £1bn offsite framework search
Council-owned company plans more than 2,000 homes over next decade
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Grenfell inquiry round-up: What we learnt from Kingspan and Arconic
Details of combustible materials were kept under wraps, inquiry hears in first week back after two-month pause
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Grenfell inquiry: Arconic did not withdraw combustible cladding because of ‘cost implications’
Sales manager made admission in secretly recorded phone call in the days after the fire
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Brexit and lockdown send architects’ confidence tumbling
Biggest slump in optimism among practices across northern England
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Predicting the future - the case against gut instinct
Increased pressures on complex projects mean old ways cannot compete with data-driven analytics, says ISG’s Bart Korink
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Retrofit grant scheme money to be clawed back by government
Just 5% of £1.5bn green homes fund spent in four months
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HDR Hurley Palmer Flatt raids Atkins for new director
Consultant looking to beef up EMEA engineering business
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Market forecast: Uncertainty looms
There are signs of an increase in output, but ongoing uncertainty around covid lockdowns and Brexit red tape make the future harder to predict
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Let’s legislate on home warranties
Better Building Regulations won’t help without systems to ensure adherence – that means legal minimum warranty standards