All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 46
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Government 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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Getting 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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Two 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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Testing 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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O2 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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Civil 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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Architects 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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BRE 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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Murphy 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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Aecom snaps up stake in SME rail firm
Two senior Aecom staff also appointed as SLC Rail directors
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Government 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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Government 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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Regional housebuilder set for administration
Mulbury Homes understood to have appointed Kroll as firm buckles under financial troubles
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Gove unveils plan to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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Pocket Living given thumbs up for two Old Kent Road schemes
Plans include 11-storey block designed by Hawkins\Brown
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Housebuilders putting the brakes on jobs keeps lid on wage inflation, payroll firm says
Hudson Contract reports average earnings fell 10% last month compared to December’s number
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Government asked experts to ‘step away’ from investigation into deadly cladding fire
Grenfell Inquiry hears BRE team was asked to stop investigation into Lakanal House fire after less than a month
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In Pictures: HS2 starts production of 1,000 giant bridge segments
Modular sections will form the deck of the UK’s longest rail viaduct
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Government used fire safety group to rubber stamp flawed regulations, Grenfell inquiry hears
BRE group was given ‘contractual requirement’ to not make any policy recommendations in response to fires