All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 42
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NewsCameron’s estate regeneration plan is ‘unrealistic’ say experts
Housing experts say £140m pledged for plans to regenerate 100 of the UK’s most deprived estates is not enough
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FeaturesA non-starter?
In a week in which the government announced its intention to ‘directly commission’ up to 13,000 homes, you might think it had begun, finally, to get a grip on housebuilding. But its flagship Starter Homes policy is set to shake up the development industry, causing delays - and fears it ...
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NewsHousebuilders wary of direct commissioning plan
Industry gives cautious welcome to plans to sell publicly-owned sites with planning permission to SME builders
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 3
Part 3 of Building’s end-of-year TV guide features Christmas blockbusters – the biggest tales of 2015
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FeaturesBuilding Christmas challenge: A touch of frost
Five construction figures and two Building journalists sculpt landmark buildings. Who kept their cool and who felt a nasty chill?
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NewsLaing O’Rourke’s Anna Stewart ‘expected to return as CEO’
Former group boss who stepped down last week due to ill health could be back in driving seat ‘within months’
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 2
Part 2 of Building’s end-of-year TV guide features a year in quotes and remembers those the industry said goodbye to
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 1
Building’s end-of-year TV guide picks out the people, stories and events that were unmissable over the past 12 months. First off, Christmas specials
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FeaturesParis summit: Feeling the heat
At this week’s UN Climate Change Summit, the UK could no longer boast of having the greenest policies in the room. So after several months of Conservative policy changes, how is the country measuring up to its own targets?
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NewsHansom: The hours of folly
Errors this week include an estate agent praising TV’s latest satire on house prices, the mayor of London shooting himself in the foot, and an awkward discussion at Building Live. Plus, can readers help with a history project?
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FeaturesLife of Pycroft
He’s the boy from Bradford, done good – a ‘tough as nails’ business leader who built the Shard and steered Mace to become one of the UK’s most prestigious multidisciplinary construction firms
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NewsMace restructures as it homes in on £2bn turnover target
Mace boss Stephen Pycroft tells Building Live his firm is ‘well on track’ to meet target by 2020
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NewsBalfour regional offices face closure in consolidation plan
Up to four offices and 50 jobs under threat as firm deepens efficiency drive after three years of profit warnings
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NewsOsborne: £6.9bn more for housing
Spending Review 2015: Tax raid on buy-to-let investors to pay for doubling of the budget for affordable housing
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NewsOsborne doubles public housing budget
Chancellor delivers Spending Review packed with policies for construction
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NewsSpending Review 2015 - as it happened
All the news as it breaks from the chancellor’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement
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NewsPowers of infrastructure commission ‘not yet decided’
Sir John Armitt says National Infrastructure Commission’s relationship with government so far unclear
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FeaturesSpecial application
From the outside things may be looking better for specialist firms but money is still tight, especially with some contractors imposing tough terms and long payment times. Is it time for specialists to cut out the middle-men?
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NewsMargins at UK’s largest specialists remain under 2%
Building’s league tables show increase in turnover, but profit margins remain slim, despite economic recovery