All ɫTVs, Design and Specification articles – Page 13
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Market forecast: Heading for a fall?
Construction output has been on the up, but can this continue in the face of economic uncertainty? Housebuilding in particular looks set for a fall
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Manchester City submits plans for £300m Etihad stadium expansion
Construction on boosted North Stand set to start in November
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Bath Rugby set for summer submission for stadium expansion
Wasps also reportedly mulling over plans for new ground
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Fosters’ plans for Oxford cancer research facility set for approval
Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine is being bankrolled by world’s seventh richest person
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From the archives: Britain’s dim view of the Eiffel Tower, 1886-89
Writers in The Builder express complete disdain for the newly built Parisian landmark, describing it as a ”useless attempt to astonish the eye”
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Zaha Hadid starts work on £600m twin towers scheme without TfL land swap deal
Early works at Vauxhall site are now underway to save planning consent, which expires this Sunday
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Why build with concrete when you can build with stone?
Stone is typically stronger than concrete with one third of the carbon impact. Engineer Webb Yates is reinventing an ancient material for the modern age
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Landsec’s 1,800-home O2 scheme approved following second staircase redesign
Scheme was redesigned to add second staircases following Sadiq Khan’s fire safety ruling
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Landsec the latest to be caught out by London’s new second staircase rule
Developer forced to redesign 1,800-home Camden scheme following mayor’s fire safety ruling
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Controversial 32-storey City tower above Leadenhall Market approved
Carbon concerns dismissed by planning committee this morning
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City tower would contradict corporation’s new carbon guidance, heritage group says
Planners set to decide on Woods Bagot’s 32-storey office scheme this morning
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Dodging the seals: Antarctic project survives toughest season yet
The project team working on the £100m modernisation of the British Antarctic Survey’s flagship research station is racing against the clock to finish the cladding on a huge new facility before the winter sets in
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Green light for plans to transform historic warehouse into BBC Birmingham base
Local practice also asked to rework high-rise tower in city
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Costing Steelwork 23: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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Spring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress
Round-up of industry reaction to announcements including £20bn for carbon capture and storage and £600m for regneeration and levelling up schemes
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Berkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”
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Transport secretary confirms two year delay on HS2
Euston stretch and later phases in the North to be hit by phasing change
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The power of four: how UK’s biggest builders are working together on £1bn prisons programme
ISG, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates have joined forces to build four new English prisons, pooling their resources and skills to form one big collaborative team. Here’s how it works
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Green light for 41-storey tower in Salford
Final piece of Greengate cluster will deliver 518 homes
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Laing O’Rourke lined up for major City fringe office block
AHMM-designed plans for 20-storey scheme submitted to Hackney council last month