All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 47
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CommentPolicy by accident
Much of the agenda spelled out by the Queen this week will be welcome but there remain big concerns
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FeaturesSchools: Where are they all going to sit?
25% more new school places will be needed in the next five years than the previous five, yet the government is cutting overall capital funding by 16%
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FeaturesProfessions: Now you see them, now you don’t
Construction’s professions could effectively disappear within a decade, according to the author of a challenging report
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine singles out Fitzroy Place after £89m loss
Central London scheme is running up to six months late with problems on flats and public realm elements
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NewsMorrell: Ten years to save industry professions
Former construction adviser says in Edge commission report that professional bodies must find common voice and leadership or risk being irrelevant
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NewsConstruction needs shared code of ethics to ‘secure confidence’
Report says that industry’s professional institutions need to share ethical code and ‘robust’ enforcement procedure
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CommentTimes are changing
The industry must change to meet the challenge facing construction’s professional institutions
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FeaturesThe next five years
Following a surprise result which leaves the Tories free to rule without coalition partners, what can construction expect from the next parliament?
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NewsIndustry fears construction adviser role will be scrapped
Tory victory welcomed, but concerns surface that industry champion role will be cut as cost saving measure
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CommentConstruction’s election week: 24.04.15
The right to buy and the influence of the SNP dominate the election
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FeaturesRight to buy: Betting the house
Joey Gardiner scrutinises the Tories’ plans to extend right to buy to housing associations
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NewsTwo concrete firms vie for £30m job on Pinnacle site
Byrne Brothers and Gordon Dunne to fight for concrete package on 22 Bishopsgate scheme in the City
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FeaturesA diverse approach
Despite an impending skills shortage, the number of women and workers from ethnic minority backgrounds in construction is woefully low. Joey Gardiner asks three employers what their companies are doing to increase workforce diversity
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NewsIndustry fears Tory right to buy pledge will hit housebuilding
Housing experts among those raising concerns that Tory manifesto pledge ‘won’t stack up’ for sector
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FeaturesBrookfield Multiplex: A decade later
As main contractor on the delayed Wembley stadium and chief player in the legal battle afterwards, Multiplex became a byword for tough contracting. But 10 years on the firm is set to become a £1bn turnover contractor
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NewsBrookfield Multiplex to break £1bn turnover in 2016
Contractor on course to triple UK revenue in just three years, reveals Europe head Ashley Muldoon
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NewsWSP Parsons Brinckerhoff reveals management team
UK boss Mark Naysmith unveils seven `heads of discipline’ as he targets double-digit growth
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FeaturesInterview: Mark Naysmith
Since becoming UK chief of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff following last year’s merger, Mark Naysmith has been busy integrating the two firms into one combined company
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FeaturesDo priority schools add up?
The picture emerging from some of the few completed priority schools is one of cut-price, smaller buildings with potentially higher long-term maintenance costs