All ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ articles in 18 June 2021 – Page 4
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Features
Museum of the Home: making visitors comfortable
After the planning hoo-ha that saw Chipperfield’s original proposals dropped, Wright Wright has delivered a major yet subtle expansion of the former Geffrye Museum – now renamed Museum of the Home – that visitors may not even notice. Richard Gatti reports
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Morris & Co chalks up win in contest to rejig City of London School
Practice pipped Alison Brooks and Maccreanor Lavington to win prestigious job
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Government ‘coming round’ to extending transition period for new post-Brexit certification system
Officials ‘not aware of the complexity’ of switching over to new UKCA marking system
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Lendlease investments boss leaves
Finance chief to take on interim role following Victoria Quinlan’s departure
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Search for head of architecture begins as government advertises £63,000 role
Job includes embedding design quality in housing and placemaking – and overseeing planning deregulation
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Three teams share £1.6bn MoD repair work
Firms including Engie and Vinci land seven year deals
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Survivor says Grenfell Tower should be turned into high-rise memorial garden
Suggestion inspired by Stefano Boeri’s forest towers comes as community marks fourth anniversary of fire
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Less than half the number of qualified heat pump installers than government claims, report finds
UK would need eight times more heat pump installers than currently exist to hit government targets
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An invitation to the largest hospital building programme in a generation
Today contractors can register their interest to help build 40 new hospitals in England, Natalie Forrest sets out the client expectations
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Architects recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Recipients include Steve Tompkins and Peter Barber
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Survey results: How are companies supporting staff health and wellbeing?
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Boardroom examines construction firms’ strategies on staff health and wellbeing in this latest HR survey, and asks Hays property and construction director Gaelle Blake for her views on the topic
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RLB boss says transition period on CE certification rules should be extended by two years
Andy Reynolds adds delaying switch to UK mark would avoid sites running out of products
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In pictures: Arcadis moves into new City office
Chief executive Mark Cowlard says staff can use EightyFen as and when they want
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Clients and contractors told to have ‘grown-up conversations’ about managing materials shortages
Beard director says firms finding it ‘impossible’ to price jobs because of issue
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Willmott Dixon bill for cladding repairs set to top £11m
Firm says issue helped send profit slumping more than 60% last year
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Former banker confirmed as new Homes England chief executive
Housing association boss and former banker to lead ‘reset’ of funding agency
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Social value means measuring more than time and money
Many benefits happen after the construction phase is complete so tracking needs to take place over the whole project lifecycle
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Construction activity falls for first time this year but stays above pre-covid levels
ONS data says output declined 2% April following housing falls
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Confidence in housing work hits record high, RIBA survey finds
Future Trends data says overall optimism at five year peak
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Mace names Shard manager as new international tech chief
Jon McElroy to lead expansion of firm’s data centres division