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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 oneâ€
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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
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East London council shoots down plans for 1,600-home neighbourhood regeneration
Rejection of scheme in Poplar could be ‘difficult to defend’ if appealed, say planning officials
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Oxford council approves £150m life sciences campus
Scott Brownrigg scheme to consist of three buildings housing 66,000sq m of lab and office space
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Kier carrying out safety inspections on Argent building in King’s Cross after cladding falls off
Straps attached to award-winning scheme’s facade as precaution, developer says
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Gove steps in and puts controversial Sphere music venue plan on ice
Stratford scheme has attracted hundreds of objectors as client MSG says Populous-designed sister complex in Las Vegas will open this September – at a cost of $2.2bn
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Green light for £31m mass timber office in Greater Manchester
Developer claims Sheppard Robson-designed scheme is greenest of its kind in UK
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BCO strengthens sustainability targets for offices in update to design guide
Minimum target for offices upgraded from BREEAM ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’.
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Risk and responsibility: unpicking the first post-Grenfell court decisions
Recent High Court decisions suggest contractors will struggle to successfully challenge the costs of an implemented and effective remedial cladding solution
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McBains wins work on experimental nuclear fusion facility in Oxfordshire
Scheme for Tokamak Energy set to complete in 2026