All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 63
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Architects’ confidence gets boost from vaccine rollout
Success of initiative sees optimism tick up, Future Trends survey reveals
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McAlpine lands £73m hospital upgrade job
Firm to build one new mental health centre and upgrade two more
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Grenfell cladding firm was warned a decade before fire that panels could kill 70 people
Manager told Arconic of expert’s prediction that ACM panels would burn like a ‘truck of 19,000 litre oil’
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CLC to take over construction portfolio from scrapped industrial strategy
Covid sees government ditch 2017 plan in favour of Build Back Better proposal
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Green light for 650-home Maidenhead town centre revamp
JTP scheme will see 1960s shopping centre flattened
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Industry heavyweights to look at feasibility of Irish Sea crossing
Two former ICE presidents to carry out study into £15bn link
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‘Fundamental errors’ made installing Grenfell cavity barriers, inquiry hears
Manufacturer says work was of ‘poorest standard’ it had ever seen
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Arrested developer agrees deal to get £70m Manchester tower stalled by fraud probe up and running
Careys walked off job last year following police investigation into Elliot Lawless
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Grenfell cavity barriers only formally approved nine days after fire, inquiry hears
Installed barriers had not been tested prior to use on tower’s refurbishment
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CLC to publish data every three months on how well industry is doing to reduce carbon emissions
Figures will be made available for government and public alike
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Industry experts in growing backlash against Budget’s lack of green policies
UKGBC boss says chancellor was ‘silent’ on construction’s carbon emissions
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CLC to push for national retrofit strategy after Budget silence
Chancellor’s failure to promote green homes initiatives prompts group to demand action ahead of UN climate change conference
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Building control officer ‘pressured' into providing certificate for combustible Grenfell insulation, inquiry hears
LABC certificate became key part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for product used in Grenfell Tower’s cladding system
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RICS gives members until April to let it know what reforms they want to see
Review prompted by fury over group’s handling of critical financial report
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BRE manager admits missing rigged Celotex fire test was ‘very basic error,’ Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE staff failed to notice two fire-resisting boards added to test rig to ensure a pass
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Timber firms facing mounting logistics issues despite record demand, trade body warns
Post-Brexit trade restrictions adding to covid import woes, survey finds
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Celotex ‘did not try to conceal’ rigged test of Grenfell insulation from BRE, inquiry hears
Cladding installer says testing body was checking test rig the ‘whole time’
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Sunak to deliver 2021 Budget: Building preview
Tax rises expected as chancellor tries to claw back cost of covid