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FeaturesCountdown to zero: how can the UK meet its 2050 carbon targets?
To have any chance of getting to net zero carbon by 2050, huge efforts will have to be made in reducing emissions from the built environment. Thomas Lane reports on the industry’s response to the challenge
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NewsWorries mount ahead of Brexit as products get clogged up at ports
Builders Merchants Federation says supply chains being stretched because of delays
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NewsA decade after it was supposed to, the City’s tallest tower finally completes
Multiplex wraps up work on 22 Bishopsgate 13 years after first signing up to build scheme then known as Pinnacle
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FeaturesInfrastructure for active travel
The pandemic has led to accelerated investment in the infrastructure required for active travel to engineer daily exercise back into our lives
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NewsFarringdon Crossrail station eyes spring handover
Scheme built by team featuring Kier and Bam Nuttall
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NewsProbe into costs of major transport jobs launched by MPs
Written evidence due back by 15 January
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NewsArchitect designs Antarctic research station over Zoom
Hugh Broughton had to work with team from Australia in middle of night because of covid-19 lockdown
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NewsPM warned on lack of joined-up thinking after latest climate pledge
Boris Johnson wants emissions cut a further 15% by end of decade
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NewsUnsecured creditors claiming £50m, administrator of collapsed Simons says
Firm collapsed last October
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NewsLiverpool mayor arrested as part of fraud probe into building contracts
Joe Anderson arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Another uncomfortable week for Kingspan
Further details emerge of insulation giant’s efforts to convince construction industry Kooltherm K15 was safe for high-rise use
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NewsEnd of year tonic as increase in new orders races to six year high
Latest index for construction buyers shows output also expanded last month when second lockdown kicked in
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NewsFire expert warned NHBC of ‘accident waiting to happen’ three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Arup engineer made comments in October 2014
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NewsFormer Heathrow boss drafted in to hospital building programme
Ministers want 40 schemes built by 2030
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NewsGovernment’s green homes initiative feels MPs’ ire
Ministers told about public’s difficulties accessing initiative
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NewsBerkeley’s interim numbers slip but says £500m full year profit target will be met
Housebuilder says covid impact saw pre-tax profit fall nearly 17%
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NewsWatch: HS2’s demolition of Seifert’s Euston towers reach ground level
Main station contractor Mace Dragados completing final work on 1970s buildings
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FeaturesRethinking Design: offices evolve beyond the 9 to 5
Covid-19 may have emptied our cities during 2020 and changed the way some staff do their jobs for ever, but reports of the death of the office are premature. Continuing our series on rethinking design in the wake of the pandemic, how office design is adapting to create spaces people ...
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NewsZaha Hadid unveils design for China science museum
Scheme will sit at centre of innovation district in southern city of Shenzhen