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CommentCase in focus: MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd vs Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick Ltd
Ted Lowery considers whether the introduction of a delay report reset the clock for a dispute
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NewsNew Crossrail opening date and price tag to be firmed up next month
Job has already missed three openings while cost looks set to top £19bn
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FeaturesBuild UK and CITB create construction STEM ambassador scheme
Programme has been designed to attract talent into construction
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon was asked for ‘quick and dirty’ costing ahead of tower’s refurbishment
Client’s agent emailed firm to find out what price of work might be
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NewsCovid blamed as Taylor Wimpey sees last year’s £300m interim profit turn into £40m loss
Housebuilder saw completions fall 58% because of pandemic
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NewsAviation architect says impact of coronavirus on sector will mean job cuts
Pascall Watson has seen several airport schemes including work at Stansted stopped
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NewsBreedon the latest firm to see numbers decimated by lockdown
Materials company crashes into red but says trading getting back to normal
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NewsRobert Bird lands engineering role on £1bn Olympia redevelopment
Laing O’Rourke main contractor on west London scheme
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NewsCovid set to see product manufacturers pour more money into e-commerce
Firms’ investment in factories expected to drop, CPA survey says
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CommentThe Building Safety Bill – the urgency of now
The new legislation will change the industry for the better, and not a moment too soon
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FeaturesCould try harder: construction squares up to the new Building Safety Bill
Source: Shutterstock Confidence in the industry’s ability to refurbish buildings, including recladding blocks or installing insulation, has been severely dented by the Grenfell disaster. One route to improving quality control is less construction on site and more factory-based manufacturing techniques The consensus seems to be that the ...
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FeaturesCoronavirus update for construction: 28 July
Build UK’s update the industry amid the covid-19 outbreak
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NewsCost of Crossrail now set to top £19bn
TfL admits scheme will need more than extra £650m of funding forecast last November
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NewsCamden council relaunches search for firm to repair Chalcots Estate
Wates had been lined up for the job
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Rydon manager says firm was ‘thorough’ in checking work
Main contractor’s final site manager was drafted in after project manager and contracts manager quit
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NewsTravis Perkins begins recovery but firm warns covid will send turnover down 20% in first half
Hardest hit parts of the business have been merchanting and plumbing and heating arms
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NewsCovid forces City of London to extend deadline for architects' framework
Bidders get extra three weeks to send in documents
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NewsArchitects picked to design latest Ebbsfleet scheme
Masterplanning team includes Allies and Morrison
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NewsKnight gets green light for rail bridge linking Germany and Poland
Structure to be built by end of 2022
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FeaturesPermitted development rights: a solution to our dying high streets, or a permit for future slums?
The government’s expansion of permitted development rights from the end of August has united many professional bodies in vehement opposition. Joey Gardiner explains the reasoning behind the move and why it is so controversial, while opponents Ben Clifford, Andrew Forth and Julia Park voice their concerns