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As well as setting departmental capital budgets for rest of the parliament, this month’s spending review will also be followed by a long-awaited infrastructure strategy that will determine the future of private finance on public projects. Joey Gardiner reads the tea leaves
The government has said it will fund the giant Euston station and Lower Thames Crossing schemes using private finance. With the Treasury mulling a broader injection of private capital into public projects, Joey Gardiner examines how ministers are going about it – and the prospects for success
Planning fees cover only 66% of processing costs, according to latest research
Government funding is obviously important but it is only by going into schools, mentoring potential recruits and making practical experience more widely available alongside formal education that the construction industry will change perceptions and open up the sector to the talent of the future
Creative solutions are required to deal with some highly constrained sites and deliver much-needed residential development in the capital, says HDR’s Peter Watkins
The government is clear that construction has a vital role to play in delivering its growth agenda. It is up to us to make sure we do so safely and successfully, says Mark Reynolds
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