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Ibstock warns on rising energy costs
Brickmaker says rising price environment likely to last until the end of the year
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Combustible cladding removal cash to come from affordable housing fund
Affordable housing pushed back by a year to fund £400m cladding removal programme
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Comment
Legal: Careless talk can cost cases
Robert Akenhead highlights the dangers of a private conversation between one party in a case and the judge, arbitrator or adjudicator
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Features
Online poll: Final conclusions
This week’s poll: Do you broadly agree with the conclusions and Dame Judith Hackitt’s report into fire safety and building regulations?
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Decision on Crossrail 2 has to be made by end of the year, says Armitt
National Infrastructure Commission chair bemoans scheme’s slow progress
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Comment
Legal: Have you got it covered?
Subcontractors should beware of disqualifying themselves from being covered by the contractor’s project insurance
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Comment
Case in Focus: Settling in the water
Had the parties to a shipbuilding contract achieved a binding settlement?
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Wates bags £23m Brent housing job
Brent Council has awarded Wates Residential a £23.4m contract to build 149 new homes by December 2021. The Knowles House redevelopment in Harlesden will include the construction of two new buildings, providing 92 homes to be used as temporary accommodation and 57 units for independent living ...
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Galliford Try kicks off Solihull retirement scheme
Contractor’s partnerships business building 261 flats in a 12-storey tower
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Theresa May backs ban on combustible cladding
Prime Minister says consultation is a legal obligation
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Private approved inspectors ‘insulted’ by Hackitt report
Inspectors offended by recommendation in report that they be excluded from high-rise residential
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Comment
Hackitt - no easy answers
Dame Judith Hackitt’s bid to bring discipline to a fragmented industry is laudable, but for many, her report is disappointing
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Features
Projects: The Royal Academy
Expanding Burlington House into Burlington Gardens is all about forging a strong link between these two historic buildings, using existing underground vaults and a new connecting bridge
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Government taken to task for failing to recognise Carillion's financial distress
Watchdog MPs say collapse raises questions about government’s relationship with suppliers
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MPs launch next phase of Carillion inquiry
The co-chairs of the investigation into Carillion’s failure are seeking further evidence
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UK planning system should focus on the here and now
The Raynsford review of planning, which set out to identify how the government can reform the English planning system, has caused a stir
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Sisk lands another deal at Manchester mixed-use scheme
New contract brings the total of Sisk’s work on Circle Square development to almost £240m