All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 53
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NewsBRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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NewsBritish Pavilion team for Venice Biennale announced
Curators to create exhibition exploring sustainable materials
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NewsParliament restoration could take 76 years and cost nearly £50bn
Keeping MPs in Palace of Westminster during works would see costs and delivery time skyrocket, report finds
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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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NewsGovernment’s ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance did not consider life safety
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards, Grenfell Inquiry told
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NewsProduct testing sector ‘very concerned’ as ministers fail to clarify new rules
Uncertainty and shortage of testing capacity leaves UK in limbo
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NewsFCBS defends plans to flatten trio of historic Bristol banks
Studio’s environmental researcher says the demolitions are ’the right outcome for the site’
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NewsAHMM’s Holloway prison plans deferred amid backlash
Peabody denies claim that information on scheme’s impact was ’deliberately withheld’
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NewsStorm Eunice damages O2 Arena, Laban Centre and Cressingham Gardens
Footage shows roof of Richard Rogers’ 1999 dome shredded as 122mph winds batter UK
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NewsCivil servant’s non-committal reply to fire safety query was typical, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin was responding to query on ’poorly drafted’ clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsArchitects remain positive despite rising cost pressures
RIBA survey finds 31% of practices expect workloads to increase, though last year’s upwards trend has slowed
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NewsGove announces plan to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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NewsdRMM opens new Berlin studio out of ‘Brexit depression’
Office is the practice’s first base outside of London
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NewsGovernment deregulation and cuts ‘hobbled’ fire safety group, Grenfell Inquiry hears
BRE taskforce was given ‘contractual requirement’ to rubber-stamp flawed regulations
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NewsGort Scott and Hawkins Brown cleared for Southwark micro flats
Pocket Living wins consent for two schemes off Old Kent Road
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NewsSenior civil servant failed to update safety guidance despite warning of a ‘major fire’
‘Confusing’ Building Regulations not clarified after blaze issues raised in 2014 meeting
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News‘Serious concerns’ raised about BRE five years before Grenfell fire, inquiry hears
‘Damning’ report found lessons had not been learnt despite repeated criticisms from government appointed inspection body
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NewsDevelopers rethinking projects as cost pressures bite, report says
Glenigan review finds project start values have fallen for the fourth month in a row
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NewsLFA launches competition to bring Camden’s phoenix to life
North London street to get colourful and biodiverse makeover
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NewsMinisters ‘distracted from net zero goals by lockdown parties row’
Backbench MP set to propose bill on reducing embodied carbon in construction projects