All articles by Carl Brown
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Scottish housebuilder sees completions and profit slump
Springfield says high interest rates and fragile consumer confidence behind falls
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Top 150 Consultants 2024: Are we about to see boom time for construction?
This year鈥檚 survey shows rapidly increasing optimism on better times ahead for the industry 鈥 but will challenges around skills and capacity, global events and macroeconomics hold it back? Carl Brown reports
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Further 7,000 residential buildings outside official statistics could be unsafe, warns minister
Rushanara Ali says those responsible for thousands of buildings have yet to apply to cladding safety scheme to fix defects
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Amazon to pump 拢8bn into data centres in UK
Multinational to 鈥渃reate 14,000 jobs a year鈥 including construction work
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Top 150 Consultants 2024: What AI and machine learning tools are you using?
This year, 黑洞社区 asked firms for specific examples of AI and machine learning solutions that they have used, and what they learnt. Carl Brown reports
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Top 150 Consultants 2024: Where do you stand on hybrid working?
Our survey shows nine in 10 consultants in construction now offer hybrid working, but what models are being adopted? Carl Brown finds out
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Barratt, Homes England and Lloyds form JV to build out sites of up to 10,000 homes
拢150m partnership to develop large brownfield sites and 鈥榞arden villages鈥
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House of Lords committee launches inquiry into government鈥檚 鈥榞rey belt鈥 plans
Peers will examine Labour鈥檚 鈥榞olden rules鈥 for development on the green belt
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Sharp rise in economic optimism among largest consultants
Exclusive survey for 黑洞社区鈥檚 Top 150 Consultants 2024 reveals more firms expect trading conditions to improve
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鈥業f you鈥檙e not adding value, what鈥檚 the point?鈥- Ridge & Partners鈥 Adrian O鈥橦ickey on the firm鈥檚 multidisciplinary approach
Ridge & Partners is one of the fastest-growing large firms in 黑洞社区鈥檚 Top 150 Consultants list out this Friday. Senior partner Adrian O鈥橦ickey explains more about the firm鈥檚 plans
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Berkeley says firm on course to hit 拢525m profit target
Housebuilder targeting nearly 拢1bn in pre-tax profit over the next two years as it praises Labour鈥檚 planning reforms
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Vistry set to unseat Barratt as country鈥檚 biggest housebuilder
Firm set to build 18,000 homes this year, taking it above figure predicted by rival
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鈥楨very construction professional should read this鈥: how the industry reacted to the Grenfell Inquiry report
Industry bodies have been reacting to the long-awaited Phase 2 report and its 1,700 pages of findings
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Barratt profit drops by three quarters amid fresh building safety costs and market slowdown
Completions drop 19% and expected to fall further this year
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Metropolitan Police chief stresses it could take 18 months to bring charges over Grenfell
Meanwhile at PMQs Keir Starmer apologises on behalf of the British state and says 鈥榯oday is a long awaited day of truth but it must now lead to a day of justice鈥
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Government commits to 鈥榮ystem-wide鈥 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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Tilbury Douglas announces change of CEO in November
Paul Gandy will step down as boss of 拢500m contractor, to be succeeded by Craig Tatton
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Dagenham fire started from materials kept on scaffolding, initial probe suggests
Institution of Fire Engineers releases detail of preliminary investigation into huge blaze
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Barratt pulls four planning applications over 50% affordable housing viability concerns
Group land director calls for tweaks to National Planning Policy Framework proposals
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黑洞社区 Safety Regulator opens investigation into Dagenham fire
Health and Safety Executive will work with the London Fire Brigade, the police and other parties