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Chris Dyson Architects submits plans to convert Farringdon office building into hotel
Scheme reflects wider move to diversify uses within the City’s commercial core
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Robertson to build new urgent treatment centre in Newcastle after council approval
Scheme at Royal Victoria Infirmary designed by P+HS Architects
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MHCLG must take ‘clearer central role’ to fix remediation, says Clive Betts
Veteran MP says there was ‘never a sense’ that department had taken responsibility
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Comment
Chancellor’s ironclad fiscal rules are protecting construction – for now
The government is stuck in a spending straitjacket of its own making. However, borrowing for investment will help to sustain future workload for construction, writes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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Road closed by cladding problems at McAlpine hotel drags on into third month
Contractor has been carrying out repair work since January storms loosened panels at Hilton
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Rising costs of fixed price schemes and delayed jobs helped sink Birmingham M&E contractor, administrator says
Trade creditors owed £11.5m after JS Wright & Co collapsed last month
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‘We tried and we tried and we very nearly got there’: Osborne’s finance chief on the company’s collapse – and lessons the industry can learn
A year ago, the contractor went into administration after nearly 60 years in business. Pete Duff tells Dave Rogers what happened and what needs to change
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Network Rail to build 40,000 homes in partnership with government-owned developer
Treasury also announces taskforce to unlock unused public land
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Upgrading UK housing to EPC C rating could cost nearly £120bn, study finds
Retrofit work would cost up to £11,000 for each homes, according to new research
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Consultation starts on proposals for 7,000-home regeneration plan in Manchester and Salford
Scheme proposes makeover for 130ha site next to renamed Strangeways prison
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MPs and Lords launch inquiry into infrastructure project delivery
Newly formed group gives interested parties until 6 May to respond
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Khan calls in Make’s rejected student resi scheme in Paddington
London mayor says 600-bed scheme would make “significant contribution” to capital’s student accommodation targets
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Grimshaw lands work at Athens airport upgrade
Architect part of UK team working on Greece’s largest airport
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Features
Open Doors: aspiring engineers visit HS2’s Old Oak Common Station
Students from a Berkshire college got a close-up view of the largest station development in HS2’s project pipeline as part of Build UK’s recruitment initiative
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Controversial Elephant & Castle towers get green light after knife-edge vote
The proposals have been criticised for their impact on several neighbouring conservation areas and the demolition or part demolition of a number of historic buildings on the site
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Plans sent in to extend Battersea base of Vivienne Westwood
Latest proposals follow application previously approved 10 years ago
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Turnover at Beard hits record again as profit sees double-digit growth
Firm’s income last year nudges £200m mark
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