More news – Page 865
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Countryside trading tonic
Firm upbeat about prospects and confirms it has won work on Wolverhampton housing
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Comment
NEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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Country's only listed post-war police station to be redeveloped
City of London planners OK Wood Street proposal
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Three in 10 women in construction say industry is sexist
38% of male construction workers believe their skills are better suited to the sector than women, says RICS survey
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Housing upbeat but commercial suffering, Alinea says
The consultant is maintaining its tender price growth forecasts
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MP calls for leasehold firms to get the 'Philip Green treatment'
Companies should be called to justify lease provisions, says Peter Bottomley
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Features
Talkin’ bout a revolution
Take some well-tested modern manufacturing techniques, add them to a radical streamlined procurement route that makes the supplier king and you have the beginnings of what could be a revolution in how we build. Ike Ijeh reports on the latest advances in off-site manufacture
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Market review: Picking up
Despite mixed messages it looks likely that growth in the UK economy will pick up in the second quarter. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review
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Populous Lord’s plan hits David Morley for six, MCC decides
Rival scheme involved building two 10-storey apartment blocks on Wellington Road
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Construction goes into reverse, ONS figures reveal
UK GDP growth held in check by 0.9% dip in construction growth
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Balfour Beatty fined over London asbestos exposure
Contractor one of three firms ordered to pay more than £1m following 2012 incident
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Comment
At what cost?
It’s important to look at what is lost when competing design proposals are judged simply on how much money they will take to build out
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Fire safety work could cost Unite £3m
Cladding samples from six student developments submitted to the BRE for testing failed, firm says
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£200m King's College London scheme gets planning green light
Hopkins-designed project will contain a piece of London’s Roman wall
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Hammerson posts increase in profit
Firm confirms talks with contractors for £1.4bn revamp of Brent Cross shopping centre set to begin next year
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Arcadis says UK firms losing billions because of housing crisis
New research from the consultant reports that every new home built could contribute £53,000 to the country’s businesses
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Ministry of Justice poised to launch £3bn construction framework
Four-year deal could see ‘significant additional spend’ from other government departments and wider public sector
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Chelsea's Stamford Bridge scheme in the clear after judicial review attempt gets red card
Application to challenge council decision thrown out by High Court judge
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Don't go too far with leasehold reform, experts warn
Government sanctions needed to be carefully targeted
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Construction robot gets BBA accreditation
Technology would be used during insulating procedures in hard-to-access underfloor spaces