All Construction business: strategy, risk and regulations articles – Page 32
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NewsGovernment defeats rebel MPs over Fire Safety Bill
Backbench attempt to protect leaseholders from costs of fire safety work voted down
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NewsPut rocket boosters under community land trusts, says former PM advisor
Grenfell and pandemic may have brought us to a ‘Beveridge moment’, says Tory MP
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FeaturesThe future standards initiatives imply action – but fail to provide key detail
Despite a huge response to its consultations the government has yet to give industry the guidance it needs for a national response to the climate crisis, Seb Laan Lomas and Joe Giddings write
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NewsTory MPs to rebel over fire safety bill
Conservative backbench amendment aims to make sure leaseholders do not pay cladding repair costs
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NewsRandom testing of construction products proposed by certification group
Post-Grenfell reforms outlined in BBA safety standards consultation would see inspectors checking products already on market
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NewsShocking Grenfell evidence sees Kingspan announce root and branch reform
Initiatives include head of compliance, confidential hotline, staff clear-out and review of division by law firm
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NewsDiller Scofidio & Renfro’s £288m Centre for Music scrapped
The entrance foyer at Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s proposed Centre for Music
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NewsChief inspector of buildings named to head up new safety regulator
HSE veteran Peter Baker to lead ‘biggest change in building safety for a generation’
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OpinionNational Gallery contest is an amazing opportunity – which should be shared
If the director is serious about ‘healing the nation’ he needs to address that with a more diverse procurement process, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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FeaturesGovernment’s Green Homes Grant fiasco is either bumbling incompetence or callous disregard
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a critical national programme further out of reach, writes Thomas Lane
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OpinionIn the face of planning deregulation, the new design codes might be our last line of defence
Will they prove strong enough to save our high streets, asks Julia Park
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NewsGovernment to claw back unspent retrofit funding
Just 5% of a £1.5bn Green Homes Fund has been spent with two months to go
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NewsLockdown and Brexit send architects’ confidence tumbling
Biggest slump in optimism among practices across northern England
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NewsJenrick warned of unintended consequences of cladding safety measures
Former RIBA president accuses government of offering ‘second-rate loans’ to people in dangerous buildings
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Arconic ‘ordered staff not to share details of combustible cladding’
Alarmed manager told sales staff who asked to share technical documents: ‘OH MY LORD!!! Where did you get that from???’
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NewsFinding a buyer for Brick By Brick ’only chance of avoiding managed wind-down’
Croydon-owned housing company will only build out schemes already on site unless a sale can be agreed
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OpinionEnvironmental impact returns to the premier league
New building regulations impose tough conditions on the construction sector, but it is essential that we rise to the challenge, Andrew Mellor says
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