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NewsBalfour Beatty secures double contract win worth £46m
Agreements awarded for extension of works on the M1-A1 Link Road and multi-storey car park in Amersham
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NewsGovernment must shift homes investment focus, says housing group
Chartered Institute of Housing calls for more money to support social and affordable housing builds
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NewsMorrison begins work on £37m academy and theatre campus in Glasgow
Building in Glasgow will house 1,250 pupils alongside 300 seat replacement venue for Cumbernauld Theatre
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NewsLatest RICS house price survey paints 'mixed' picture
Prices falling in the capital, while sentiment remains ‘modestly negative’ in the South East, the North and East Anglia
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NewsBAM to build new secondary school in Swindon
Third award for the constructor in the education sector in recent months
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CommentProcuring our safety
Procurement issues lie at the root of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, argues our legal columnist: it’s dangerous for architects and engineers to cede control of how their specification is implemented
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NewsInterserve's energy from waste woes worsen as costs deepen
New chief executive says £160m provision to get out of sector is not enough
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CommentQuality management or risk dumping?
Recommendations from a report into achieving quality on building sites more than three decades old are still relevant today. Is the industry failing to learn from the past?
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NewsUK teams win Hyperloop ideas comp
Ten routes across the US, UK, India, Mexico and Canada were chosen out of a 35-strong shortlist
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NewsSpaniard wins world’s richest architecture prize
Rafael Moneo adds Praemium Imperiale to his trophy cabinet
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NewsISG scores hat-trick of education wins worth £12.8m
Constructor awarded deals in the North East, Midlands and Yorkshire
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NewsBalfour Beatty sells 95% share in Blackpool Airport for £4.25m
Blackpool City Council takes over full ownership of the site
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NewsGovernment calls for input into Building Regs review
The review is looking for views on the current regulatory system
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NewsArcadis says industry needs to hit £95k a minute in output
Construction industry needs to boost output significantly to meet national ambitions, warns Arcadis
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FeaturesAn architectural side note
The £57m Birmingham Conservatoire’s quiet restraint has produced an anonymous facade that conceals rather than celebrates the elegant music spaces within
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NewsLondon fire chief calls for sprinklers to be fitted in tower blocks
Dany Cotton will be “so very disappointed” if this isn’t one of the recommendations from the Grenfell Tower inquiry
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NewsFormer EDF boss joins Highways England as non-exec
Alan Cumming, who was in charge of procurement at the energy giant, appointed to government agency
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CommentWhat can we do to improve fire safety post-Grenfell?
New regulations on fire safety won’t stop another Grenfell if we’re still not properly applying the old ones