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CommentHansom: Drinking in the view
This week involved an enjoyable combination of sights and sipping. A swimming pool will offer uplookers an eyeful, the view from my HQ has an unexpectedly named watering hole and the Ally Pally seeks booze
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CommentSomething in the air
Construction should be getting behind Sadiq Khan’s proposals for tackling air pollution from site machinery
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FeaturesFighting for air: Pollution from on-site machinery
Sadiq Khan is on a crusade to improve London’s air quality and now has construction firmly in his sights. Joey Gardiner reports on the high levels of pollution coming from building sites, the danger they pose to workers, and the pressure being put on the industry to clean up its ...
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NewsPhase one of HS2 granted Royal Assent
The first phase between London and Birmingham will be up and running by 2026
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CommentOnline poll: Air pollution
Is Sadiq Khan right to clamp down on firms using polluting machinery on site? Vote here
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NewsGovernment plans to use PF2 for raft of construction jobs
Pipeline will include programmes of prisons, schools, hospitals, infrastructure and MoD work
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NewsKier chalks up £23m Sheffield school
The new school will accommodate 1,200 pupils once completed
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CommentEmployers must reduce workers' exposure to diesel fumes
Diesel fumes are a hazardous substance that can increase the risk of lung cancer, which like all work-related cancers is preventable
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CommentIt was never a problem before
The rule of ‘estoppel by convention’ is increasingly significant in disputes about payment or payless notices. So, what is it and what do the courts say about it?
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NewsCity Hall bigwig joins HCA board
Ex-deputy London mayor Richard Blakeway lands affordable housing role
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News£225m modular education framework launches
The framework is from procurement organisation Fusion21
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NewsBrexit and stamp duty blamed as value of Capco's Earls Court scheme slides
West London development now worth £300m less than 2015 figure
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NewsConstruction becoming a 'Brexit low priority' case, warns Lord Stunell
Lib Dem peer spells out implications of hard Brexit in marathon Lords debate
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NewsTwo million staff needed by 2022, report says
Arcadis says recruitment need is equivalent to employing one new worker every 77 seconds
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NewsBovis eyes more off-site to tackle building problems
Housebuilder adds that relations with supply chain need improving