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Construction weekly highlights—6 October 2022

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Published on: 06 October 2022

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This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes further industry commentary, from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), on the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s, ‘Growth Plan 2022’, the announcement of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) consultation on valuations for secured lending purposes on flats that are situated within residential blocks of five or more storeys or above 11 metres in height, information/guidance published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) on the Building etc (Amendment) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2022 and Approved Document R, the opening of the Elizabeth Line Bond Street station, and an analysis on the direction and likely effects of the Procurement Bill.

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