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Bowmer & Kirkland property arm behind £200m GBR HQ
Bowmer & Kirkland’s property arm is behind plans for the new Great British Railways (GBR) headquarters in Derby, with construction expected to start
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Facade and steel frame on ex-Merit Health hospital job ‘needs replacing’
A facade installed by Merit Health on an unfinished hospital needs replacing, according to the local NHS trust. Next Monday (19 October), Robertson – the
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Cladding bill to make it easier for contractors to sue manufacturers
Contractors who have paid to replace unsafe cladding could find it easier to recover their costs from product manufacturers under new legislation. The
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Private finance could unlock road schemes – but who carries the risk?
Ask anyone in our industry what holds back major road schemes and planning will be near the top of the list. The Lower Thames Crossing spent around £1bn
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New towns at risk as building materials production slows, Lords warn
A slowdown in building materials production could jeopardise the government's new-towns programme unless ministers provide greater certainty over its
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Red tape or red flags? Construction faces accounting shake-up
During his first parliamentary speech as prime minister on 1 September this year, Andy Burnham promised to build a "pro-business culture" across the UK.
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A&H Construction breaks through £100m turnover barrier
Turnover at Midlands-based building and maintenance firm A&H Construction and Developments has surpassed £100m for the first time. The group’s
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Autumn Budget 2026: major project work ‘at risk’ if pipelines swell
Major project delivery could be “impossible” if delivery pipelines across multiple sectors surge at once, according to analysis by consultants at RSM. In
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Five Henry Construction schemes too costly to finish, council says
Five unfinished housing developments abandoned after Henry Construction collapsed are too costly and risky to complete, Ealing Council has concluded.
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The future is already built: why adaptive reuse is the key to net zero in construction
Niall Farmer is head of UK at Gamuda Land In 2024, the Labour government set a new target to achieve 1.5 million homes in England by 2029, requiring
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Kier eyes London office market with new specialist unit
Kier is setting up a new unit to target large-scale office refurbishments and selected new-build projects across London and the Thames Valley. The
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Transport department cancels 16 more road schemes
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed the cancellation of 16 uncommitted and unaffordable local authority road schemes. On Tuesday (13
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