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Essex council says £1.4bn regen plan not dead despite terminating agreement
Thurrock Council says it has not abandoned its £1.4bn Purfleet-on-Thames regeneration plan despite terminating a development agreement for the project.
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Former L&G modular boss takes up newly created role at Wates
Rosie Toogood starts at contractor next week
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Scheme to turn London brewery into £1.5bn mixed-use job approved for third time after second staircase changes
Controversial Richmond plan hoping for GLA sign-off after council gives approval despite lack of affordable housing
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Landsec wins amended consent for Bankside scheme on site of Roman ruins
Allies and Morrison-designed mixed-use job was first given OK three years ago
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Building the Future Commission: This is how we make our buildings safer
After a year of consultation and consideration, last week the Building the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Carl Brown considers the implications of the Building Safety Act
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Developer unveils plan for tallest US tower
581m tall skyscraper would be built in Oklahoma City
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ISG lined up for £300m Buckinghamshire prison job
Deal being let under government’s £1bn new prisons programme
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Building enters partnership with international environment NGO to focus on energy efficiency in the built environment
Work with Climate Group will include thought leadership and insight content, research and events
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Adjudication: how did it all get so complicated?
Tony Bingham looks at an ordinary adjudication of mind-bending complexity and wonders how this haas become the new norm
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5 minutes with … Matt Thomas at SLR
The firm’s built environment senior sector leader for Europe on the importance of sustainable transport networks and his admiration for planning barristers. His favourite building is almost 1,000 years old
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TfL scouting for development partner for 1,500-home Newham scheme
Mayor looking to build out five hectare riverside site formerly used for Crossrail tunnelling
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How and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm’s balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong
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Overseas firms lined up for Old Oak Common and Interchange HS2 station jobs
Scheme are for M&E work and automated people mover
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BRE recommends shake up of EPC ratings to encourage retrofit work
Advisor wants shelf life of certificates halved and metrics reformed to more accurately reflect the performance of buildings
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Building the Future Commission: Planning to solve the housing crisis
Last week the Building the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Joey Gardiner considers how we might change a dysfunctional system and hit the target of building 300,000 new homes a year
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Kier and McLaughlin & Harvey score work on £4bn Scape utilities framework
Scape deals start next month
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Wates wins £21m London homes retrofit contract
Greenwich scheme is largest to date under government funding method
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Modulous goes into liquidation after search for buyer hits buffers
Last-ditch plan to sell offsite firm’s software fails to materialise, chief executive tells redundant staff
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Heritage concerns hit £2bn Lendlease job in Birmingham with one year delay
Proposals delayed following intervention from Historic England over decision to build over medieval site in city centre
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Housebuilders hit out at continuing delay to crucial second staircases guidance
Building Safety Regulator says no ‘definitive timescale’ for publication of regulations as firms warn of schemes being stalled further