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NewsCrest Nicholson says 2020 profit to beat expectations
Share price jumps as South-east housebuilder benefits from strong market and delivery of turnaround plan
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NewsMcAleer & Rushe lands £80m Taylor Wimpey brace
London schemes include work on developer’s high-profile Postmark project at Mount Pleasant
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NewsGovernment doubles support for self-employed as lockdown looms
Construction has the most self-employed income support scheme claims
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NewsFosters pays back £500,000 furlough money
Practice says it has also repaid those staff asked to take 20% pay cut
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FeaturesVideo interview: Ramboll managing director Mathew Riley speaks to Building
Ramboll’s UK MD has spoken to Building’s Tom Lowe
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NewsCrossrail funding still up in the air as government agrees to give TfL cash injection
Project needs extra £1bn to complete
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NewsGovernment puts squeeze on contractors’ payment times
New rules on public sector jobs to come into force next April
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NewsFormer RIBA president Jack Pringle goes it alone to set up new practice
Architect spent eight years at Perkins Will
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NewsBrick by Brick hits back after audit slams Croydon’s management of developer
Government launches fast-track probe into council which lent £200m to business
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NewsModular specialist bags job to build covid-19 test centres
Deal includes six facilities across England and Scotland
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NewsNumber of construction firms in financial difficulty up by 10% in six months
Begbies Traynor says covid has put squeeze on more and more businesses
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NewsSites to stay open as second lockdown begins in England next week
New measures will remain in place until 2 December
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NewsConsultant ‘failed Grenfell project team’ on key fire safety queries
Expert witness says Exova gave wrong answers at a time when designers were asking valid questions
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NewsHS2 has more than 300 NDAs in place
Minister in charge of taxpayer-funded scheme defends their use
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What KCTMO and expert witnesses told us this week
Client says bending procurement rules ‘not uncommon’ as fire safety consultant savaged for failings in reports
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NewsGreen light for Natural History Museum revamp
Mace is PM and QS on project designed by Feilden Fowles
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NewsSwan to open second modular housing factory
Housing association targeting 1,000 offsite homes a year
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FeaturesCost model: School buildings
Demand for school buildings is rising in the UK, but with land and funding at a premium, those tasked with making safe, inspiring educational spaces face tough limitations. Aecom’s Sarah Crowley, Peter Robinson and Jeff Simmonds examine the schools building sector and offer a cost breakdown
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NewsFire safety consultant gave ‘entirely inadequate’ advice, Grenfell Inquiry told
Expert says Exova’s suggestion refurbishment would have no adverse impact was ‘very serious evidence of professional negligence’
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CommentGo wild in the cities to help save the planet
A rewilding policy is not just for rural areas. We should be designing urban environments that safeguard our future, argues Ruth Richardson