All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 29
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Partners at Fosters handed £60k payout as workloads boom in Europe and the Middle East
Profit more than doubled with global revenue increasing by almost a quarter
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Nicholas Boys Smith and architect Patty Hopkins recognised in New Year Honours List
Former building safety programme director Neil O’Connor and Royal Academy of Engineering president James Rufus also handed honours
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Foxes stadium expansion takes step forward as scheme passes key planning hurdle
Council sets out what Leicester City FC needs to do before work can start on plans to boost capacity to 40,000
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Developers forced to wait as Manchester council defers decision on 5,000 student rooms
Two schemes delayed until at least next month following opposition from councillors
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Green light for another Oxford life sciences scheme
City’s latest laboratory building given nod by councillors despite questions over suburban setting
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Sunak says construction ‘misunderstood’ government’s messaging on first covid lockdown
Prime minister tells inquiry order to stay at home had been ‘lost’ on contractors
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Wet weather dampens output as new work slumps 1.7% in October
Latest official figures show 0.3% output fall over last three months as sector continues to stagnate
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Two more student housing towers submitted for planning
Birmingham and Manchester schemes to see the construction of nearly 1,800 student rooms
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Plans submitted for 35-storey tower in Leeds
Local practice Enjoy Design unveils proposal for 35-storey tower and refurbishment of 1960s office at Merrion Centre site
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Housebuilders chasing £1bn development framework
Four-year deal for Wolverhampton council to focus on infill sites
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Another major retrofit on the cards as plans unveiled to freshen up 1970s City block
Seifert-designed St Magnus House will be turned into a visitor destination on the Thames Path
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‘Nobody believes them any more’… HOK’s Daniel Hajjar considers what is wrong with UK politics and planning
After 20 years in the Middle East, Daniel Hajjar moved to the UK, where, eight years on, he finds the political ‘flakiness’ of the country has made it an infuriating place to build. Thomas Lowe reports
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City poised to establish new conservation area next to Gherkin
New schemes in Creechurch neighbourhood to face tighter planning rules if councillors vote in favour of proposals next week
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Industry needs to decarbonise twice as fast to meet 2025 emissions target, UKGBC says
Slow progress over the last four years means firms are now falling behind planned trajectory
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Government announces £3.9bn cash injection for Transpennine Route Upgrade
Extra tracks and digital signalling work to get underway following latest tranche of funding
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In pictures: North London home wins RIBA’s House of the Year
Described as a ‘Moroccan-inspired urban oasis’, Tottenham scheme lands this year’s prize
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BSI approves new form of low carbon concrete
Limestone powder can now be added to the material in one of the biggest changes to concrete production “since the 1980s”
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From the archives: Britain celebrates victory in Europe, 1945
The Builder marks the surrender of Nazi Germany as Britain looks to the future
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Sphere music venue gets called in as developer repeats promise to take proposal elsewhere
Stratford scheme at centre of planning row with US backer MSG Entertainment warning investors to be ‘wary’ of developing in London
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Mother to sue RJ McLeod over son’s manhole death
Glasgow contractor facing civil case after 10-year-old Shea Ryan entered site through unsecured fence