All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 34
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NewsUnesco tells government to change £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel plans
Road scheme was approved for the second time in July
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NewsSummer slump sees main contract awards fall by 37%
Most sectors saw fewer starts than a year ago, gloomy Glenigan report finds
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NewsRICS publishes second edition of whole life carbon assessments standard
Updated version expanded to encompass all built assets across the world
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NewsRevised Fletcher Priest plan for £250m Manchester spa resort approved
Therme Manchester to include more than 25 pools, 30 multi-sensory saunas, a snow room and a “garden of wellbeing”
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NewsGreen light for two Canada Water office schemes
Southwark council approved 24- and 11-storey blocks designed by BIG and HWKN
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NewsEast Sussex contractor files administration notice
Westridge Construction had a turnover of £64m in the year to 2022
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NewsCouncils sitting on £3bn of developer contributions, report suggests
Home Builders Federation research finds local authorities have ann average of £8m in their bank accounts from housebuilders
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NewsSurge in covid loan defaults suggests more insolvencies are coming, accountant warns
Number of construction firms which have defaulted on bounceback loans has jumped by 40% in a year, according to Price Bailey
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NewsConstruction output slumps during rainy July
Slowdown driven by fall in repair and maintenance work
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NewsLiverpool to appoint team to masterplan city’s historic waterfront
Council looking for placemaking specialists to guide development over the next 15 years
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NewsKPF’s 35-storey Shoreditch tower approved
Office scheme to transform Old Street Roundabout’s Inmarsat Building
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NewsParts of East Anglia University closed over failing concrete fears
Grade II*-listed student accomodation blocks the second by architect Denys Lasdun to be hit by RAAC crisis
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NewsPlans for £750m Marlow Film Studios progress amid local backlash
Local MP among hundreds of objectors to plan to build one of the UK’s largest film studio complexes
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NewsTrocadero hotel roof extension started without planning permission
Westminster Council retrospectively approves scheme but describes unauthorised works as “highly regrettable”
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NewsCovid bidding strategies persisting as contractors look to offset inflation risk, RLB finds
RLB tender price forecast said establishment of ‘non-standard’ approaches could favour larger firms
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NewsSpurs submits plans to boost height of hotel tower next to stadium
Partially built scheme has been dormant for four years
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NewsRAAC schools had been due for renewal under scrapped Labour plan
Plans to renew 13 schools hit by RAAC crisis were shelved in 2010
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NewsSunak finally eases planning rules to allow more onshore wind
Communities which support wind farms could be given up to 50% off their energy bills
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NewsCLC to set up expert panel to advise on RAAC crisis
Group will be drawn from industry experts and professional bodies across the construction sector
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NewsBirmingham council declares itself effectively bankrupt
Europe’s largest local authority freezes all new spending after being hit by a £760m bill to settle equal pay claims