Alex Funk
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Scheme proposes makeover for 130ha site next to renamed Strangeways prison
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Chartered Institute of Building warns the government’s housing and infrastructure plans could ‘fall flat’ if something is not done on skills
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Building will be tallest in Temple Quarter regeneration
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NewsSouth London council looking for developer on £250m housing scheme
Tenders back in spring with winner due by November
NewsNew RICS president warns skills shortage could ‘derail’ Starmer’s housebuilding plans
Justin Sullivan says demand for skilled workers is “white hot” as industry requires 250,000 extra bodies by 2028
NewsHistoric England rounds up most ‘remarkable’ 2024 heritage listings
A brutalist church, a 1930s house and a mock Tudor pub among highlights of buildings given protection this year
NewsGreen light for 4,500 homes in South Cambridgeshire after four-year stall
Complaint from Enviroment Agency put scheme on back burner in January 2021
NewsLocal groups raise concern over height of towers at Earls Court redevelopment
Tallest building will be 42 storeys
NewsFall in builders merchants’ sales starting to ease, BMF finds
Shallower declines could indicate a gradual return to growth, group adds