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    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Chinese business & finance
      China’s central bank seeks to mobilise $148bn bailout for real estate projects

      Heavily indebted sector to receive new loans to complete unfinished apartments owed to angry homebuyers

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Grenfell Tower disaster
      Landmark English court ruling finds contractor liable for cost of removing unsafe cladding

      Housing association awarded damages for remedial work on tower blocks in wake of Grenfell fire

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      EU recovery fund
      Labour shortages in southern Europe threaten post-Covid building boom

      Construction activity surges but companies face high wage demands as rollout of EU recovery funds begins

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Edwin Heathcote
      We need ‘loose-fit’ architecture that adapts to the times

      History shows how buildings can be designed for both flexibility and longevity

    • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
      News in-depth
      UK’s local builders disappear in their thousands as costs soar

      Price of key materials and labour shortage make business untenable for many family-run groups

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      UK property company insolvencies soar as interest rates rise

      Among those most at risk are commercial landlords who lost out when shops closed during pandemic

    • Monday, 25 April, 2022
      Balfour Beatty PLC
      Balfour Beatty chief predicts decade of UK ‘infrastructure growth’

      Leo Quinn says transport, defence and energy projects are set to benefit from potential government-funded boom

    • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
      Russia
      ‘You have to do things perfectly . . . but it’s so secret’: how to build an oligarch’s yacht

      Designers from Norway, construction workers from Germany and UK crews balance discretion with flamboyance in the finished product

    • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
      UK business & economy
      UK cladding pledges raise £2bn but leave questions for Gove

      Publicly listed developers agree to fund necessary repairs of risky blocks they have built

    • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
      LexUK housebuilding
      UK housebuilders: reeling shares reflect more than remediation costs Premium content

      Provisions are manageable but are compounded by rising mortgage rates, the cost of living and war in Ukraine

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      British Steel Ltd
      British Steel lifts prices by ‘record 25%’ in face of soaring costs

      Increases will add to pressures on construction projects including HS2 rail line

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      UK economic growth
      UK economy rebounds but Ukraine war clouds outlook

      Threat of rising inflation reinforces case for Bank of England to raise rates next week

    • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
      WeBuild boss welcomes EU Covid funds as historic chance for reform in Italy

      Pietro Salini says upgrading infrastructure in the south is particularly important

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      Barratt Developments PLC
      Housing demand still running high, says developer Barratt

      End of UK government support schemes has not damped sales of new homes

    • Monday, 7 February, 2022
      PwC
      PwC probed over audits of UK construction contractors

      Cases add to growing list of investigations into work by the Big Four accounting firms

    • Monday, 7 February, 2022
      Work & Careers
      Scaling new heights: the women ironworkers of New York

      The Local 40 union offers skilled work and decent pay — but female members are still scarce

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      Cement makers focus on waste collection in quest to cut carbon

      Producers step in to ensure a supply of rubbish and industrial byproducts for processing

    • Sunday, 23 January, 2022
      Pensions industry
      Australia’s Cbus on acquisition hunt to hit ‘megafund’ status

      Former treasurer Wayne Swan takes over as chair as construction superfund sets A$150bn target

    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      Hundreds of UK construction businesses collapse every month

      Companies hit by rising costs and shortage of skilled workers

    • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
      Countryside Properties
      Countryside chief steps down as housebuilder misses out on boom

      Iain McPherson’s departure comes after sharp drop in profits in final three months of last year

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      Helen Thomas
      UK government’s plan won’t fix cladding scandal

      It is right that leaseholders should not pay but the scope of the crisis remains unclear four-and-a-half years after Grenfell

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      UK housebuilding
      Developers resist Gove plans to meet bill for fixing cladding crisis

      Property companies say they are being singled out to face £4bn burden to tackle fire safety on thousands of buildings

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Lex
      Saint-Gobain/GCP: green trends will benefit construction materials Premium content

      The building industry has an outsized environmental footprint which presents a challenge

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      UK builders increase activity as pricing pressures ease

      Construction companies benefit from work on offices and other commercial buildings

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      Laing O'Rourke PLC
      Construction group Laing O’Rourke brings in new chief to lead listing

      Ray O’Rourke, who founded privately owned group, to step aside after 45 years

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