All articles by Daniel Gayne – Page 7
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BDP submits masterplan for Swansea eco-homes
Proposals would see 159 timber frame council homes built
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Labour Party conference: Key takeaways and talking points
Amid uncertainty around commitments to net zero and infrastructure investment, the opposition set out its stall for the coming election. Daniel Gayne and Thomas Lowe report
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Burnham says pre-covid rail plan for the north should be built in full
Mayor’s comments come as shadow rail minister questions “implications” of government handling of HS2
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HS2 Euston cut further with reprieved station to feature just six platforms
Original design had proposals for 11 platforms in order to cope with capacity for now abandoned route to Manchester
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Conservative Party conference: UK’s schools must be designed to last 100 years, says RIBA president
The leader of the body, which launched its manifesto this week, was speaking at a fringe event on the RAAC crisis
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Sunak scraps HS2 Birmingham to Manchester leg
Savings to be spent on ‘hundreds’ of smaller projects, while Euston link to go ahead under new management
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Conservative Party conference: axe looms over HS2, ministers side-step awkward questions and business leaders despair
As row over country’s biggest infrastructure project escalates, Daniel Gayne reports on a downbeat mood in Manchester
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AI challenge requires new ‘rules of engagement’, says Fosters research chief
Machine learning need not replace architects, Martha Tsigkari tells Building the Future Commission conference
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Collapse that sparked school closures caused by bearing failure, says DfE official
Number of schools to identify problem concrete rises to 174
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Building Study
Building study: UCL East’s Marshgate by Stanton Williams
With the biggest development in its history, UCL wanted to create a new type of university campus. Daniel Gayne reports on how the team got on
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Labour support for HS2 appears to weaken as Tories eye further cuts
Prime minister’s ‘mind made up’ on Euston and northern phase
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DfE’s ‘primarily visual’ RAAC surveys may have missed hidden flaws
Department officials resist MP’s attempts to get numbers of unsurveyed schools in testy committee hearing
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RIBA calls on government to set up industry task force to coordinate RAAC response
Advice come as government dashes hopes of new funding to fix or replace closed schools
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The RAAC schools crisis: what we know so far
More than 100 schools containing cheap concrete told to immediately close after collapse of beam previously thought to be safe
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National park bosses slam Gove’s ‘bonkers’ plan for rural barns
Government consulting on letting landowners convert barns without planning consent
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BDP’s £60m Manchester life sciences development approved
Developer says building will not be used for animal testing after planning objections
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Howells and TP Bennett given OK for final Olympic village scheme
Build-to-rent developer Get Living gets planning approval for three new buildings
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HS2 currently ‘unachievable’ after difficult year for rail scheme
Scheme among eight major construction projects given ‘red’ rating by government’s infrastructure advisor
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Second staircase threshold to be lowered to 18m, says Gove
Government opting for stricter fire safety requirement after consulting on 30m rule in December