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Inside in Full: Focus on NY construction: Labor laws, nuclear verdicts challenge insurers

The New York construction insurance market is becoming bifurcated, with plenty of capacity available for easier to write risks while more complex work, for example in steel or concrete, is much harder to insure...

Article / 5 hours ago

Buckingham Group owed £108m at collapse - CN

Buckingham Group imploded owing more than £108m, according to its administrators....

constructionnews.co.uk / Article / 3 days ago

Birmingham approves demolition of brutalist Ringway Centre - Building

Corstorphine & Wright-designed plans to replace 1960s landmark with three towers up to 56 storeys How the consented plans for three new towers in central...

building.co.uk / Article / 3 days ago

Sweden's Northvolt to build $5.2 billion battery factory in Canada - Reuters

Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt said on Thursday it would open a $5.2 billion gigafactory in Quebec, the largest ever investment in the Canadian province and the latest in electric vehicle battery manufacturing capacity in the country.

reuters.com / Article / 4 days ago

French, Chinese firms team up to build €1.5bn Dunkirk battery complex - GCR

Chinese battery maker XTC New Energy Materials has announced plans to work with French nuclear services company Orano on the construction of three factories...

globalconstructionreview.com / Article / 4 days ago

RAAC and the evolution of UK construction: triumphs and tribulations - CN

Stuart Bosley is managing director of quantum and project advisory at DeSimone Consulting Engineering...

constructionnews.co.uk / Article / 4 days ago

Asian construction market back on track as insurer appetite returns

Ahead of Commercial Risk’s first Construction Risk Management Conference Asia, which takes place on 28 September in Singapore...

Article / 5 days ago

Government to delay new environmental building rules - BBC News

Environmentalists say delaying the implementation of new biodiversity rules is "a hammer blow for nature"...

bbc.co.uk / Article / 5 days ago

Analysis: Builders and insurers reach standoff on sustainability

Construction insurers and property developers have reached a standoff over the coverage of sustainable building projects, in a stalemate that is reflecting the challenges of insuring the...

Article / 6 days ago