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Campaigners lose second bid to block £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel
Ruling describes most parts of challenge as ‘unarguable’ in latest court hearing into long-running saga
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Profit and revenue tumble at Scottish housebuilder Springfield
Firm only building homes ‘when they are reserved’
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Developer working on plans for seven-towers scheme opposite O2 Arena
Howells behind masterplan for residential job which will be submitted for planning this spring
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Ruling means court-ordered alternative dispute resolution extends beyond construction contracts
The appeal court has ruled that parties in any kind of dispute – not just construction – can be court ordered to use alternative dispute resolutions (ADR), explains Tony Bingham
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SMEs dominate £3.2bn social housing maintenance framework
Handful of big names on list include Lovell and Wates
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Inflation falling but could still add more than £1.5bn to government’s spending bill, Currie & Brown warns
Consultant says cost spikes in UK heading south
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Alex Ely: ‘Architecture is so central to our culture - it’s a pity it doesn’t seem to gain the traction it deserves’
The founder of the Stirling Prize-winning Mae Architects shares his influences and inspirations with Ben Flatman and concludes that his profession still has much to offer
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Cost blowouts and inflation send McLaughlin & Harvey more than £8m into red
Firm adds long-running dispute with Revenue Scotland over landfill money now settled
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Further cladding costs help keep Lendlease in red
Firm says bill for repairs will now hit it for extra AUS$22m
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Corstorphine & Wright submits plans for Rob Burrow motor neurone disease centre
Charity-funded scheme to create space for patients and families to support each other
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Green light for first phase of CO-RE’s Holborn Bars redevelopment
Scheme to partially demolish and rebuild 1990s extension to grade II*-listed complex
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DLUHC says it is working on ‘managed transition’ to new building control regime amid crisis fears
But government does not confirm backing for six-month postponement of deadline amid mounting concern about a collapse in building control services
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McAlpine rings changes as chief executive Paul Hamer replaced by former Lendlease boss
Neil Martin starts new role on Monday
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Race against time before April: Are we heading for a building control inspection crisis?
LABC fears a shutdown of building control services in April due to a lack of certified inspectors. How worried should we be? asks Daniel Gayne
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Building control chief warns of chaos to council services if competence rules are enforced from April
LABC boss tells government new rules requiring inspectors to be registered and certified should be postponed for six months
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WSP working on plans for Manhattan towers next door to UN building
Four tower scheme will include one of North America’s largest rooftop pools
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Battersea Power Station and Elizabeth line stations among dozens of projects on RIBA London Awards shortlist
AHMM, Coffey Architects and vPPR each bag a hat-trick of entries
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Construction industry gossip: Peaks and troughs
Passing cows are the latest hold-up on HS2 but mayor Andy Street does his best to dig the project out of the hole it’s in
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Manchester approves Hawkins Brown’s £90m library plans
Library specialist Schmidt Hammer Larsen also working on plans for 13-storey “front door” of university’s city centre campus
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From the archives: Planning the postwar New Towns, 1945-46
The Builder reports on the development of a vast new wave of housing to replace the homes destroyed by wartime bombing