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FeaturesIs a Swiss lift shaft-building robot the future of construction?
In central London, a robot called Emma is being used to make the gruelling job of building lift shafts faster, safer and more precise. Tom Lowe visits the site of Skanska鈥檚 105 Victoria Street to see if the device is all it鈥檚 cracked up to be
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NewsNew architects replace Squire & Partners on Custom House hotel plans
Application submitted for 180-bed conversion of grade I-listed site two years after rejection of previous scheme
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NewsAllies & Morrison submit plans for 拢350m London Bridge life sciences complex
Three blocks to provide laboratory and office space next to Guy鈥檚 Hospital
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NewsPermasteelisa lands cladding job on 拢400m 50 Fenchurch Street tower
Firm to provide exteriors to 36-storey City tower being built by Multiplex
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NewsCouncil approves Hans Zimmer鈥檚 redevelopment of BBC Maida Vale studios
Stiff & Trevillion-designed plans approved unanimously by Westminster council yesterday evening
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NewsPlans to redevelop Oxford college approved
Historic England welcomes demolition of 1960s building on Magdalen site to make way for new student bedrooms
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NewsGovernment launches new infrastructure body merging the IPA and NIC
Strategy guide known as the Teal Book containing advice on how to lead big schemes also published聽
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NewsNetwork Rail to build 40,000 homes in partnership with government-owned developer
Treasury also announces taskforce to unlock unused public land
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NewsUpgrading UK housing to EPC C rating could cost nearly 拢120bn, study finds
Retrofit work would cost up to 拢11,000 for each homes, according to new research
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NewsKhan calls in Make鈥檚 rejected student resi scheme in Paddington
London mayor says 600-bed scheme would make 鈥渟ignificant contribution鈥� to capital鈥檚 student accommodation targets
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NewsControversial Elephant & Castle towers get green light after knife-edge vote
The proposals have been criticised for their impact on several neighbouring conservation areas and the demolition or part demolition of a number of historic buildings on the site
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NewsWhitbread submits plans to transform City tower into 420-bed Premier Inn
New London House was designed by EPR Architects and built in the 1970s
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FeaturesWhy most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom ...
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NewsGovernment ups capital infrastructure spending by 拢2bn a year in drive for growth
Chancellor spares construction from spending cuts as OBR halves 2025 growth forecast
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NewsBroadway Malyan redesigns plans for Birmingham tower entirely covered in PV panels
Co-living scheme would be one of UK鈥檚 narrowest residential buildings at just 8.5 metres wide
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NewsNetwork Rail to submit 拢1bn plans for Liverpool Street station redevelopment next month
Replacement scheme for Herzog & de Meuron proposal was first unveiled last November
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NewsMore reliable information needed on infrastructure pipelines to ensure private investor confidence, NAO warns
More consistent information on investment opportunities would drive down costs, report finds
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NewsGovernment approves 拢9bn Lower Thames Crossing
Decision comes 16 years after scheme was first proposed
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NewsMichelmersh says end-user confidence remains fragile
Brickmaker sees revenue and profit fall last year