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Van Elle and VolkerWessels get close

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New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building. Read more Essential & Analytics Personalised Content I Agree © 2025 The Construction Index [Company No.

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Changes at Barratt North East

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His replacement is Kerry Moore, who is currently senior land manager. Milburn joined Barratt Homes in May 2001 as land manager and has been development director since July 2004. As development director she now becomes responsible for overseeing the acquisition, appraisal and development of land for residential projects.

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Togwell takes over at Kier in November

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New industry guidance for negotiating Building Safety Regulator 8 hours The Construction Leadership Council has published a suite of guidance on building control approval applications for a new high-rise residential building. Read more Essential & Analytics Personalised Content I Agree © 2025 The Construction Index [Company No.

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Sizewell C gets green light with £38bn final investment decision

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The Regulated Asset Base (RAB) funding model that is to be used – like for the Thames Tideway sewer project – allows for a rate of return to be earned by investors during construction by adding levies to households in England, Scotland and Wales and some businesses, thereby moving risk onto consumers rather than investors.

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Gongs for the quangocracy

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Sir Peter Lauener, chair of the CITB Senior functionaries of Homes England, National Highways , the Building Safety Regulator, the Rail Standards Board, the Infrastructure & Projects Authority (IPA) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) feature in the latest list of gongs, along with various private sector nabobs and worthies.

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AER recruits MD for site hut division

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AER Rents was created by O’Flaherty Holdings to develop interests in the plant hire markets in the UK and Ireland, initially acquiring MPH Hire & Sales in 2014, followed by the subsequent acquisitions of DHS Complete Hire, Mainline Group, Welfare 4 Hire, Chippindale Plant and Hudson Lifting. Got a story?

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Passive Solar Greenhouses in Ladakh

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We studied the positives and drawbacks of traditional greenhouses, which are used extensively in Ladakh. Easily hand operated ventilators in these newly designed and developed greenhouses make it easy to regulate the temperature during summer months. There is not even a single electronic gadget that farmers have to use here.