All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 60
-
FeaturesProcurement: Facing the consequences
For five years some clients have been taking advantage of the downturn by dumping risk on contractors and screwing them down on price. But now things are on the up, is the supply chain hitting back?
-
NewsCrossrail secures Paddington office permission
Grimshaw designed scheme to be built over Crossrail station
-
NewsTributes pour in for Aecom director Peter Fordham
Respected economic forecaster dies after battle against cancer
-
NewsCountryside plans to double following merger with Millgate
Housebuilder reveals ‘aggressive growth plan’ for next five years after acquiring luxury housebuilder
-
NewsCountryside to merge with luxury homes developer
Parent company Oaktree buys Millgate Developments as part of expansion drive
-
NewsPickles launches housing review
Review to consider role of local authorities in the funding of more affordable homes
-
FeaturesInterview: Emma Reynolds
Housing is shaping up to be a key election battleground for Labour, and new shadow minister Emma Reynolds will be leading the charge. She tells Joey Gardiner why she is not afraid to take on the big housebuilders. Photography by Astrid Kogler
-
NewsFirst Olympic homes granted planning permission
259-home Taylor Wimpey scheme to start on site very shortly
-
NewsDeveloper picked for Aylesbury Estate regeneration
Notting Hill Housing Trust and Barratt working with HTA, Hawkins Brown and Mae Architects wins 4,200-home Southwark redevelopment job
-
NewsMcCarthy & Stone appoints new boss
Retirement housebuilder poaches boss of developer Mount Anvil
-
NewsHCA details £1.7bn affordable housing prospectus
Agency to hold back a quarter of the 2015-18 programme to halt volatility in housing construction
-
NewsTaylor Wimpey closes timber frame arm
Housebuilder shuts Prestoplan with loss of up to 168 jobs
-
CommentStill building on weak foundations
Never again, said the civil servants running the programme. But the truth is that the reliance of social housing on cross-subsidy has grown since, not diminished
-
FeaturesInterview: Brendan Kerr
In 2010, Keltbray, the company Brendan Kerr had bought and built into the UK’s biggest demolition contractor, was in a very tough place. Now it’s poised for its busiest year ever. So what went right and what’s Kerr got up his sleeve next? Joey Gardiner reports
-
NewsKeltbray approached about demolishing Pinnacle tower ‘stump’
Specialist demolition contractor sounded out on removing seven-storey core of stalled project
-
-
FeaturesFunding affordable housing with private sales
Government policy is still pushing social housing providers to develop and sell private homes in order to fund affordable ones. So what happens the next time that prices crash?
-
NewsArmitt: Blackouts 'best thing' for UK infrastructure crisis
Warning over lack of urgency comes as Building launches consultation on long-term construction policy
-
FeaturesJohn Armitt: ‘Blackouts would be the best possible thing that could happen’
John Armitt says the UK is ‘close to crisis’ on the development of major infrastructure. So no wonder he thinks something radical is called for - and taking party politics out of big infrastructure decisions is just the start.
-
NewsDevelopers win right to challenge public land ownership
Property developers say new rules will lead to more housebuilding