All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 48
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News‘Members not staff’ should take the big decisions at the RICS, review chair says
Michael Bichard adds balance between two ‘needs to be changed’
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NewsPerkins & Will inks £9.5m deal to design two Leeds hospitals
Practice replaced BDP on £600m scheme last year
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NewsBRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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NewsParliament restoration could take more than 70 years and cost £50bn
Keeping MPs in Palace of Westminster during works would see costs and delivery time skyrocket, report finds
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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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NewsHold nerve on long term projects, infrastructure chief tells government
National Infrastructure Commission chair John Armitt says ripping up plans amid crisis over rising bills will increase costs in future
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NewsPlanning consents surged in January
Glenigan report suggests last month’s plummeting project starts could be a blip
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NewsGovernment published ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards
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NewsGetting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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NewsTwo years in jail for pair found guilty of falsifying CITB health and safety tests
Investigation uncovered large-scale criminal operation helping foreign nationals obtain competence cards
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NewsTesting sector in limbo as government fails to clarify new certification rules
BBA chief ‘very concerned’ by approaching deadline for UK-only testing regime
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NewsO2 Arena roof destroyed as Storm Eunice batters UK
Footage shows significant damage to Richard Rogers’ 1999 dome as 100mph winds ravage southern England
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NewsCivil servant’s reply to fire safety query was typically non-committal, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin had been responding to query on “poorly drafted” clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsArchitects stay positive in face of rising cost pressures
RIBA survey finds 31% of practices expect workloads to increase, despite rising inflation leading some clients to pull jobs
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NewsBRE experts failed to clarify confusing building regs, Grenfell Inquiry told
Sarah Colwell ignored industry group’s attempts to chase the matter for 16 months
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NewsMurphy wins cabling job for giant offshore wind project
Firm to design and build two 7km cable ducts for Dogger Bank wind farms
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NewsAecom snaps up stake in SME rail firm
Two senior Aecom staff also appointed as SLC Rail directors
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NewsGovernment shown ACM cladding test results which ‘shocked’ experts 16 years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Fire test in 2001 had to be extinguished after five minutes after flames reached 65ft high
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NewsGovernment still not set date for meeting with industry leaders over certification concerns
Ministers told four months ago testing issues could halt construction of 150,000 homes next year
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NewsBrexit sees Stirling Prize winner open Berlin studio
Office is dRMM’s first base outside London