All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 31 July 2020 – Page 2
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Digital Edition: 31 July 2020
The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Safety Bill proposes the most sweeping reforms in forty years: Will it stop this?
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This TECHNAL sponsored CPD explains what designers need to consider when specifying architectural glazing packages that involve increasingly demanding acoustic requirements - DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 31 August 2020
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Willmott Dixon chalks up £33m Bristol office scheme
City centre office will include energy-generating lifts
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Homes England to make suppliers meet diversity criteria
Government housing agency says inclusion commitments will be a pre-condition for place on delivery framework
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Case in focus: MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd vs Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick Ltd
Ted Lowery considers whether the introduction of a delay report reset the clock for a dispute
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Ten weeks that shook the housing market
 We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housingÂ
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The Talent Retention Scheme will help construction lead the economic recovery
It is vital firms use the initiative to avoid seeing skills disappear for good, writes Mark Reynolds
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Grenfell Inquiry: Rydon director ‘haunted’ by lack of challenge to cladding design
Emotional boss believed design process had been correctly followed
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Cost model: CLT frame buildings
The rapidly expanding use of CLT saw its trajectory arrested in the UK by new regulations in the wake of Grenfell, but if safe solutions can be found then the material offers considerable cost and climate advantages over more traditional frame solutions. Alinea breaks down the costsÂ
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Previous leaderships struggled with amount of work to build Crossrail, says current boss
Mark Wild adds scheme has 573 tasks to be completed on jobs such as tunnels and shafts
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Winners on £260m Highways England framework revealed
Consultancy deal will run alongside agency’s five year investment programme
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Firms primed for £1.5bn government consultancy framework
Market engagement sessions to start next month
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New Crossrail opening date and price tag to be firmed up next month
Job has already missed three openings while cost looks set to top £19bn
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Covid blamed as Taylor Wimpey sees last year’s £300m interim profit turn into £40m loss
Housebuilder saw completions fall 58% because of pandemic
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Breedon the latest firm to see numbers decimated by lockdown
Materials company crashes into red but says trading getting back to normal
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Covid set to see product manufacturers pour more money into e-commerce
Firms’ investment in factories expected to drop, CPA survey says
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The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Safety Bill – the urgency of now
The new legislation will change the industry for the better, and not a moment too soon
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Could try harder: construction squares up to the new ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Safety Bill
Source: Shutterstock Confidence in the industry’s ability to refurbish buildings, including recladding blocks or installing insulation, has been severely dented by the Grenfell disaster. One route to improving quality control is less construction on site and more factory-based manufacturing techniques The consensus seems to be that the ...
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Aviation architect says impact of coronavirus on sector will mean job cuts
Pascall Watson has seen several airport schemes including work at Stansted stopped