All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 37
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News
Retrofitting housing blocks could cost billions of pounds
Each tower could cost £20m to upgrade to required fire safety standards
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Features
In Grenfell’s shadow
After the immediate shock of the Grenfell Tower fire, local authorities and housing associations are trying to work out what it all means for the social housing sector. Joey Gardiner reports
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Features
How Brexit got personal
The focus of Brexit so far has been the possible impact on construction’s growing skills shortage. But how is the UK’s vote to leave affecting the EU nationals themselves and what can employers do to ensure that they stay?
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Features
‘Projects won’t be delivered’
With the industry dependent on EU workers, major restrictions on immigration as part of a ‘hard Brexit’ could be disastrous
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Features
CCS framework: No pain, no gain
The industry has waited a long time for the government’s £2.9bn construction consultancy framework. But doubts remain that all the problems have been ironed out. So will the wait have been worth it for the 32 firms on the scheme?
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Features
Economy watch: Output declines
Output has fallen month on month but levels of investment are continuing to rise
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Comment
Construction’s candidate: David Darkin
The last of Building’s series of interviews with the construction professionals standing in the general election
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Comment
A week in the election
The Conservatives have dropped Crossrail 2 from their manifesto while the Institue for Fiscal Studies has derided both major parties
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Features
Economy watch: Inflation on the rise
A CBI survey of manufacturers shows that output is up - and it’s not just due to sterling’s fall in value
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Comment
Construction’s candidate: Bernard Hyde
The second of Building’s series of interviews with the construction professionals standing in the general election
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News
Experts cast doubts on Tory pledge to build council homes
Manifesto commitment to build a new generation of social housing undermined by lack of funding and targets
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Comment
A week in the election
The three major parties’ manifestos are out but campaigning was suspended in the wake of the Manchester attack
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Features
Conservative manifesto: Council housing’s new best friend?
Offering little new for construction by way of infrastructure commitments, the Tory manifesto nevertheless surprised with its brazen parking of tanks on Labour’s lawn
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Features
Housebuilders' ground rent "scandal"
Government has now said it will crack down on ‘doubling’ leasehold ground rents, earlier in the year Building investigated this controversial industry practice
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News
Countryside admits it sold houses with ‘doubling’ clauses
News comes after Taylor Wimpey’s £130m writedown related to controversial leasehold contracts
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Comment
Construction’s candidate: Stephen Gee
The first of Building’s series of interviews with the construction professionals standing in the general election
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Comment
A week in the election
Labour’s manifesto is leaked, then released, and the Conservatives try to park their tanks on Labour’s lawn
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Features
Economy watch: Layers of uncertainty
As the general election approaches and uncertainty around Brexit continues, economic indicators are starting to get darker
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Features
The great Brexit buy-up?
With sterling devalued but growth prospects strong, UK firms have rarely been more tempting to overseas buyers, as the recent takeover approach for Atkins may show. So could current market conditions signal a buying frenzy?
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Features
Housing: The forgotten crisis
Already it has been dubbed the ‘Brexit election’, so will this single issue overshadow all others, including how to tackle the housing crisis?