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Government turns to AI to cut planning workloads

Government turns to AI to cut planning workloads

There are high hopes for new AI tool that is to be made available to local authority planning departments.Read Full Article: The Construction Index from All Construction News | Construction Index https://ift.tt/o8MJm3b
Pre-pack deal rescues online building materials firm

Pre-pack deal rescues online building materials firm

Building materials distributor Lords has acquired its online-only rival CMO in a pre-pack administration deal for £1.8m The £71m-turnover CMO business was founded in 2008 as Construction Materials Online but was forced to delist from the AIM market in March as it...
Contract deal to make construction more collaborative

Contract deal to make construction more collaborative

Thomas Telford Ltd, the commercial arm of the Institution of Civil Engineers and publisher of the NEC Contract suite, has announced its acquisition of the Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1) and the Term Alliance Contract (TAC-1). The strategic move also sees King’s...
Laing O’Rourke wins £920m animal health super-lab job

Laing O’Rourke wins £920m animal health super-lab job

Laing O’Rourke has secured the £920m main works contract to deliver an animal diseases super-lab at the government’s flagship Weybridge biosecurity campus in Surrey. The job, awarded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, will see O’Rourke take...
Scotland eyes £3bn cladding fix as levy targets house builders

Scotland eyes £3bn cladding fix as levy targets house builders

The cost of fixing unsafe cladding on homes across Scotland could hit £3.1bn, according to new government estimates. Ministers have published the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill, which proposes a tax on certain new residential developments to raise £30m a year...