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The revised planning framework is not as bad as feared - but don’t thank Gove
The new national planning policy document will still lead to fewer homes being built, even if some of the most egregious proposals around density and green belt have been watered down, says Joey Gardiner
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Persimmon completions rally after strong finish to 2023
Number of homes built last year down a third but firm finished 400 homes more than it predicted
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‘Lock in’ infrastructure spending before and after election, civil engineers group says
CECA issues demands ahead of expected 2024 election
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5 minutes with … Tony Wells at Merit
The firm’s founder and CEO would change ‘pretty much everything’ about the industry and sees a huge opportunity to innovate and transform construction’s archaic ways of working
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Sphere music venue gets pulled as US developer says project became ‘political football’
Stratford scheme was at centre of planning row with US backer MSG Entertainment vowing to take proposal to more ‘forward-thinking cities’
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Bam starts hunt for new building boss after current head decides to leave after nearly 40 years at firm
James Wimpenny joined business in 1985
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Family pay tribute to Laing O’Rourke employee who died on Oxford North site
Father of two Amarpreet Bhatti fell to death last month
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Will biodiversity rules prove a net gain for the housebuilding sector?
From this month, all developments will have to show how they increase biodiversity by 10%. Joey Gardiner examines what the policy means
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More than 200 jobs go as Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne enters administration
£180m-turnover housebuilder fails to find a suitable buyer
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Unite Students expects to recover over half of cladding costs from contractors
Firm to incur additional £69m provision in 2023 results because of remediation work
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Gleeson margins to take hit in wake of legacy costs
Housebuilder’s chief executive Graham Prothero blames “older Gleeson” for additional costs that are squeezing profits
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Modular housing firm set to go into administration
Modulous was set up in 2018 but all staff made redundant late last year after running out of funds
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Why 2024 is the year to embrace circular economic models
Making cyclical construction a sector-wide objective would help meet decarbonisation objectives and strengthen supply chains, providing certainty to deliver infrastructure projects at the scale the UK needs, writes Joanne Conway
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Parts of Sellar’s Paddington Cube delayed by discovery of underground structures
Developer asks council for time extension after missing deadline for completing public realm works
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Australian engineer hires Aecom director for new London operation
Lauren Williams joins ADP Consulting after 17 years with engineering giant
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Provisions send Prater tumbling into red
Firm says it has recovered £9.5m for cost of repair work on ‘large façade contract’
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Green solutions: Civic Engineers’ Stephen O’Malley and Michelle McDowell talk sustainable growth
Stephen O’Malley has big plans for the expansion of the engineering firm he founded 10 years ago – just so long as it stays true to its sustainability-oriented principles. Daniel Gayne reports
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British Museum to launch competition this spring to redesign a third of its galleries
Museum also submits plans for new five-storey energy centre at Bloomsbury site