All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 27
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FeaturesThe power of four: how UK’s biggest builders are working together on £1bn prisons programme
ISG, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates have joined forces to build four new English prisons, pooling their resources and skills to form one big collaborative team. Here’s how it works
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NewsUse unspent apprenticeship levy money to boost heritage retrofit skills, government told
Report by five big industry names including Peabody and Grosvenor calls for more investment in decarbonsing historic buildings
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NewsLaing O’Rourke lined up for major City fringe office block
AHMM-designed plans for 20-storey scheme submitted to Hackney council last month
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FeaturesFrom the archives: First proposals for the Glasgow Subway, 1887
Building flags the risk of trains colliding in the Glasgow Subway’s narrow tunnels
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NewsLuton airport lodges application for major expansion
Plans would nearly double the airport’s passenger capacity to 32 million
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NewsOxford council approves £150m life sciences campus
Scott Brownrigg scheme to consist of three buildings housing 66,000sq m of lab and office space
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NewsArcadis and Hawkins Brown to ‘re-evaluate’ £150m Elephant & Castle upgrade
Transport for London recently admitted it does not have enough money to finish the job under current plans
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NewsKier carrying out safety inspections on Argent building in King’s Cross after cladding falls off
Straps attached to award-winning scheme’s facade as precaution, developer says
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NewsArchitects on recruitment drive despite workload worries
Number of practices looking to bring in more staff on upward trajectory, new RIBA report finds
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864
The Builder reports on the opening of Brunel’s historic bridge, which was finally completed more than a century after plans were first laid.
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NewsGovernment appoints NatWest boss as energy efficiency taskforce co-chair
Alison Rose to lead team alongside energy minister Martin Callanan
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NewsArchitect increases height of Paddington tower scheme previously refused for being too tall
London mayor Sadiq Khan to rule on Squires’ plans for three towers up to 39 storeys for developer Berkeley
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NewsBCO strengthens sustainability targets for offices in update to design guide
Minimum target for offices upgraded from BREEAM ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’.
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NewsArb signs landmark mutual recognition agreement with US regulators
Deal aimed at making it easier for UK and US architects to work in each others’ countries
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846
Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the “haunt of the drunkard and the debauchee”
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NewsUnions demand action from the government on school collapse “emergency”
Report last year revealed some school blocks were found to be at a “critical” state of disrepair
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NewsProject starts have plummeted by 47% since October, report finds
Glenigan says number of schemes starting on site now a third lower than 12 months ago
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NewsMcLaren lodges plans for 45-storey hexagonal tower in Leeds
Mixed-use scheme would be latest addition to growing cluster of tall buildings in the city’s west end
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NewsTurkey earthquake: More than 100 contractors facing arrest over collapsed buildings
Warrants issued following years of government “amnesties” issued to builders who dodge safety regulations
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NewsLondon mayor mandates second staircases in blocks above 30m ‘with immediate effect’
All planning applications must include the fire safety measure before going to the Greater London Authority for stage 2 approval