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NewsGovernment imposes space standards on permitted development homes
Housing secretary’s U-turn means all permitted development homes will have to meet national space standards
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NewsGovernment launches £3bn retrofit programme
Money will be spent on private houses and public buildings
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: The life and times
A shameless plug for a book all about me (Joseph Aloysius Hansom, founder of The Builder) and my links with social reformer Robert Owen
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CommentCase in focus: MG Construction Ltd vs AGD Equipment Ltd
Ted Lowery considers a claim for defective piling equipment
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CommentWrong answers to wrong questions: why the planning proposals are flawed
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park
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NewsGrenfell building control officer ‘quit because of work pressures’
Council surveyor tasked with inspecting work tells inquiry he resigned weeks before 2017 disaster
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NewsDavid Adjaye wins RIBA Gold Medal
Architect named 2021 recipient of UK’s highest honour for architecture
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NewsCovid forces RIBA to cancel this year’s Stirling Prize
RIBA says judges not able to get out and judge more than 200 shortlisted schemes in person
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NewsGrenfell subcontractor ‘can’t see how’ cavity barriers were fitted wrongly
Inquiry hears firm sent in invoice for eight men pretending to work during one day
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Window reveal contractor ‘assumed materials were fine’
Former Rydon project manager oversaw gaps being packed with combustible insulation then topped with uPVC surrounds
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NewsFeilden Clegg gets green light to turn former Kellogg’s HQ into new homes
Mixed-use scheme will include offices, hotel and school
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CommentIf there’s a second wave, we all get drenched
Construction bosses are considering how to get through one of the toughest winters they have ever faced
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CommentA chance for permanent transformation
If we hold fast we’ll look back on 2020 not just as a year of crisis, says Keith Waller
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FeaturesRiding the second wave: What the next six months could bring
Coronavirus cases are rising, with the prospect of more local restrictions and even a second national lockdown. Fraught Brexit talks are also under way and the economy is in deep trouble. How is the construction industry coping with so much uncertainty?
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NewsImpact of covid ‘on a par’ with financial crash, says T&T chief
‘It’s as tough as I’ve seen it,’ adds Vince Clancy