All Ӱ articles in 14 March 2025 – Page 2
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Features
Manchester United wants to build a new stadium. Who would want to do the job?
In these risk-free times, does a £2bn stadium and the glare of the media and ‘one billion fans’ really appeal to contractors? Dave Rogers reports
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Infrastructure update: How prepared is the water industry for its biggest ever investment programme?
Geraint Jones and Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis examine the priorities and the sector’s state of readiness
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Berkeley’s modular building machinery put up for auction valued at £30m
Housebuilder is reportedly withdrawing from the volumetric business
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Judicial review on £200m Wimbledon expansion plan set for July
High Court has accepted all three grounds raised by local campaign group for legal challenge
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Norman Foster and Manchester United – a perfect match?
The club is betting on the local lad to create a world-class stadium – but will ambition and reality align, asks Ben Flatman
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Laing O’Rourke shuts business at centre of One Hyde Park dispute
Contractor says it could have resolved problems “years ago” instead of ending up in court
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Potential £50m cost of cladding claims helped send insulation specialist under, administrator says
More than 20 parties had been in contact with Sto Ltd about helping foot bill for repairs
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Profit slips at Balfour Beatty as firm faces £83m building safety bill
Firm also books £52m charge on US road job
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Price hikes on way, brickmaker Forterra warns
Firm says costs have gone up in wake of last autumn’s Budget
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LGA hits back at plans to curtail role of planning committees in approving development
Legislation introduced yesterday would put more decisions in hands of planning officers
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Features
Industrial remix: how Hawkins Brown retuned Wakefield’s Tileyard North for the creative economy
Source: Hawkins\Brown Tileyard North seen from the north Once derelict and forgotten, Wakefield’s Rutland Mills has been transformed into a thriving hub for the music industry
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Bids for £1bn Blackfriars towers job back this week
Scheme being developed by Hines one of largest in capital to get going this year
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Industry welcomes planning shake-up but tells government to ensure councils are adequately resourced
Role of council planning committees to be curtailed under legislation introduced by government today
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Kier increases dividend as interim profit heads north
Average month-end debt down to less than £40m after being close to £550m at one stage
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Persimmon increases profit despite £25m write-off for investment in failed modular developer TopHat
Housebuilder increases homes completion target for coming year
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Manchester United reveals plans for 100,000-seat Old Trafford replacement
Foster & Partners confirmed as lead architect on £2bn stadium described by co-owner Jim Ratcliffe as the “greatest in the world”
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Industry needs infrastructure minister at Cabinet level, Costain boss says
Lobbying for role has begun with ‘government listening’, Alex Vaughan adds
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill sets out radical shake-up of committee system
Legislation would see government dictate which types of applications can be determined by councillors
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Comment
How landmark building safety court rulings could clarify the law on liability
Landmark rulings on defects, remediation and building safety could clarify the law around liability and remedy