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NewsHenry Boot appointed for new manufacturing park
Scheme will go up next door to Nissan’s car making plant
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NewsCITB expects reprieve despite drubbing by housebuilders
Training board confident of surviving industry vote, undeterred by HBF members’ overwhelming disapproval
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NewsSenior Tories slam Help to Buy extension
Proposal to extend home ownership scheme to the tune of £10bn is attacked as ‘economically illiterate’ and likely to lead to higher house prices
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CommentDrones: hovering anxiously
The first in a series on new technology addresses the legal issues of drone use in construction
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Lower Park Row, Bristol
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is a ceramic piece by Martin Douglas, associate director at Pad Design
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FeaturesImage of the week: The swing of it
Visitors get a playground-style workout on London’s South Bank at Tate Modern’s latest interactive installation
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NewsHBF announces skills initiative
Scheme aims to bring subcontractors’ training plans up to speed
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FeaturesThis week in 2002
The Building Awards projects shortlist display the “highest functionality and aesthetics”, but this design brief was something else…
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NewsConflict of interest worries see Balfour sell US business
Balfour getting rid of Heery for $57m after saying division was stopping it bidding jobs across Atlantic
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NewsGovernment to cap social housing rent increases
Hikes will be capped at inflation plus 1% for five years from 2020
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FeaturesBirmingham-Manchester corridor: our trends in the North
As work on HS2 gathers pace, one regional venture aims to capitalise on the potential to build in the Birmingham-Manchester corridor
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NewsLosses at Bouygues widen to nearly £79m
UK arm of French contractor blames ‘challenging market conditions’ for slump further into the red
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NewsKier bags £25m London secondary school contract
Contractor will build new premises in East Dulwich to house 1,680 students
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CommentLegal blog: Traps for the unwary
The latest revision of the New Engineering Contract, NEC4, could cause a few headaches for the employer’s project manager
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CommentModern slavery - the time to act is now
Despite over 80,000 organisations worldwide employing Modern Slavery Act Statements, not everyone seems ready
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NewsLewisham removes cladding from three tower blocks
Material from the buildings in New Cross failed BRE tests over the summer
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NewsDeveloper plans 245 flats next door to Crossrail station
Hub says scheme at Abbey Wood will open next year