All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 19
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‘We will deliver a generational shift’… Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up
Keir Starmer wants his government’s response to the tragedy to mark a defining moment in the safety and quality of housing in the UK. Is the industry prepared for it?
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Green light to expand Oxfordshire science park
Scheme at Begbroke will include 1,800 homes, new office space and three schools
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John Lewis Partnership submits plans for 215-home Reading scheme
Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher working on £80m proposals on site of former distribution centre
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Product manufacturers come out fighting after Grenfell Inquiry’s damning verdict
Arconic, Celotex and Kingspan defend their involvement in 2017 disaster after final report brands them “dishonest”
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Grenfell Inquiry final report to be published at 11am today
Survivors and the bereaved to hear inquiry’s long-awaited findings on the causes of the fire that killed 72 people seven years ago
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Labour overturns previous government’s rejection of controversial 350-home Cockfosters scheme
Hawkins Brown and Mae working on TfL’s plans to build four blocks on grade II-listed underground station’s car park
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Government commits to ‘system-wide’ construction products reform as CE marking deadline is extended again
Package of building safety measures include scrapping national fire testing standards and mandating sprinklers in care homes
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Tributes paid as former London deputy mayor Nicky Gavron dies aged 82
Gavron was influential in the early development of the London Plan and setting up the capital’s first low emissions zone
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The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report: what to look out for
The Grenfell Inquiry will present its conclusions next Wednesday more than seven years after the fire. Here’s a summary of the evidence the inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick has had to unpick
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‘We must be honest with ourselves’: Mace boss says industry needs further improvement as firms brace for Grenfell Inquiry report
Construction Leadership Council co-chair Mark Reynolds said significant improvement has been made since deadly 2017 blaze but it “isn’t enough”
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Manchester approves six new towers including 34-storey Bennetts Associates hotel
Simpson & Haugh’s plans for UK’s second tallest building among bumper crop of high rise approvals
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PLP’s Westferry Printworks scheme approved for the third time
Council gives backing to 1,300-home Isle of Dogs development four years after it was engulfed in a political scandal
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From the archives: The National Theatre, 1976
Ȧ interviews legendary modernist architect Denys Lasdun following the opening of his masterpiece on London’s South Bank
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Aviva planning to nearly double the height of its planned City tower
Investor hoping to build up to 32 storeys on 130 Fenchurch street under plans being drawn up by Wilkinson Eyre
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Impact of Stonehenge tunnel cancellation is ‘small and manageable’, says Costain chief
Contractor won £60m job as delivery assurance partner on £2bn scheme
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Six appointed on MoD alliance contract to build army accommodation
Laing O’Rourke, Bowmer & Kirkland and two Kier JVs on six-year deal to build 16,000 bedspaces
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Lendlease still in the ‘early stages’ of selling UK construction arm
Group targeting sale within the next 18 months as it reveals full-year results
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Keltbray sells infrastructure business to private equity
Firm offloads its biggest division to EMK Capital for an undisclosed sum
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Housing association slams ISG claims of £7.7m unpaid bill as ‘spurious’
Home Group says it has acted “in accordance with contract terms” and is confident of winning case in High Court
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Housebuilder sets out plan to build 400 homes on abbatoir site next to Manchester City's stadium
Kellen Homes and Great Places file application to demolish buildings on 18-acre site