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Distorted growth and major delays temper expectations
The first half of 2018 was split into two contrasting quarters.
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Scandal of unsafe towers: CN investigates re-cladding delays
Residents have been left in fear and confusion by the slow pace of re-cladding private blocks deemed unsafe. Jack Simpson examines the factors behind the delays and what the future holds for these works.
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Construction News digital edition – 21 September 2018
Insiders on the new £850m Tottenham Hotspur stadium suggest the development is ‘set to finish in January’ as pace on the job and workforce reduces; Residents tell CN of their fear and confusion as re-cladding of tower blocks found to have combustible cladding continues to be delayed
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The Environment Agency and subcontractor Cain Bio-Engineering have called on a 22 m long-reach Komatsu PC 340 from hirer HE Services for flood defence work at the River Rother in Rye, East Sussex.The work requires reprofiling of the existing river bank and construction of a 120 m brushwood mattress.To drive the 2,500 wooden posts for the mattress, HE designed a bespoke post clamp. According to the Environment Agency, doing the job from dry land enabled the contractor to shave three ...