All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 87
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NewsCladding remediation work inches forward
Five more buildings have put plans in place to remove their ACM
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NewsGovernment extends furlough scheme to April
Chancellor Rishi Sunak also confirmed next Budget will be delivered on 3 March next year
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NewsHS2 puts £156m switches and crossings job up for grabs
News follows PM’s attempt to reassure infrastructure groups on future of railway’s eastern leg to Leeds
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NewsBruntwood defies office market gloom with makeover of Liverpool office block
Developer’s recently launched contracting arm CubicWorks on the team as main contractor
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NewsCLC calls on government to support £525bn national retrofit programme
Scheme would see overhaul of UK’s 28 million homes over the next 20 years to improve energy efficiency
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NewsEverton stadium in extra time as planning decision delayed until next year
Covid-19 and the size of the planning application blamed for setback
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FeaturesReview of 2020: A changing political landscape
Brexit was quickly eclipsed by the meteor of covid, which hit construction hard – until the government decided to build its way out of trouble. Meanwhile, building safety remained at the fore as the Grenfell Inquiry continued
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NewsNewham council green lights modular rooftop housing programme
Council’s housing arm Populo Living to build hundreds of affordable rooftop homes
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NewsGovernment in talks to build £20bn Sizewell C nuclear plant
Discussions with EDF come at same time as publication of energy white paper
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NewsArchitect designs Antarctic research station over Zoom
Hugh Broughton had to work with team from Australia in middle of night because of covid-19 lockdown
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NewsPM warned on lack of joined-up thinking after latest climate pledge
Boris Johnson wants emissions cut a further 15% by end of decade
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NewsLiverpool mayor arrested as part of fraud probe into building contracts
Joe Anderson arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation
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NewsFire expert warned NHBC of ‘accident waiting to happen’ three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Arup engineer made comments in October 2014
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NewsGovernment’s green homes initiative feels MPs’ ire
Ministers told about public’s difficulties accessing initiative
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NewsZaha Hadid unveils design for China science museum
Scheme will sit at centre of innovation district in southern city of Shenzhen
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NewsNon-compliance of combustible insulation ‘lost on’ Kingspan tech boss, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Hearing told of more concerns from worried cladding contractors over Kingspan’s K15 product
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NewsConsultants eyeing framework for £4bn Cambridgeshire metro
Lots to include engineering and design jobs
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NewsKingspan used test results from trial product to reassure worried contractors
The trial insulation product tested was not what was being sold on the market, inquiry hears
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NewsLocal firm crowns year with job to revamp Prince of Wales castle
Caernarfon Castle to get £3.7m makeover including viewing deck and cafe
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NewsWelsh government set to invest £35m in factory-built homes
Funding for 400 factory-built homes is the fourth round of the Innovative Housing Programme