All articles by Daniel Gayne – Page 12
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NewsHistoric Manchester mill slated for redevelopment as student tower destroyed by fire
Blaze at Hotspur Press building was declared a ‘major incident’ which lasted nearly five hours
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NewsTreasury adopts ‘bespoke’ approach for funding and governing so-called 'mega-projects' like HS2 and Sizewell C
Office for Value for Money says such schemes, which cost more than £10bn and run for longer than a decade, are currently ‘not set up for success’
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NewsCritical maintenance spend to rise to £10bn a year in decade-long infrastructure strategy
Chancellor’s deputy sets out planned £752bn investment in infrastructure over next decade
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NewsStronger sanctions and changes in law required to prevent Grenfell-style corporate failures, says think tank
Common Wealth advocates fines of up to 10% of global turnover for offending firms
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NewsGovernment launches National Housing Bank with £16bn to invest in delivery
Bank will be a subsidiary of Homes England and will make long-term investments in building new homes
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NewsInfrastructure plan to see £8bn for flood defence work with strategy to include focus on UK workers
Government to ask contractors to demonstrate they will use UK firms and skills when bidding for wider £750bn package of work
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NewsIndustry demands ‘clarity, certainty and reality’ from infrastructure strategy as government poised to announce £750bn blueprint
Funding boost for Lower Thames Crossing to be included in government’s announcement
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NewsGovernment ditches public sector decarbonisation scheme
Existing funding to continue until 2028 with subsequent plans to be announced in due course
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NewsIndustry welcomes boost to infrastructure and housing in spending review
Views on the impact of the chancellor’s capital investment plans from professionals in construction, property and architecture
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NewsReeves announces £10bn for ‘financial investments’ to attract private funding into affordable housing
But day-to-day cuts see housing ministry hatching plans to simplify grant funding and roll out AI
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NewsFive things to watch out for in the spending review
Tomorrow’s announcement will have huge implications for housing and infrastructure, but defence and health commitments mean cuts will have to fall somewhere. Daniel Gayne reports
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NewsGovernment commits £14.2bn to Sizewell C ahead of spending review
Chancellor heralds ‘biggest nuclear building programme in generation’
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NewsGreen light for long-stalled 24-storey residential tower in London after developer revisions
Swiss Cottage scheme had previous 2016 consent which was never completed
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NewsSolar panels to be required on nearly all new homes, Miliband confirms
Government will only allow ‘rare exceptions’ to requirements set to be included in Future Homes Standard
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NewsNAO urges government to level playing field in negotiations over developer contributions
Lack of skill and capacity in councils, and transparency from developers, undermining system
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NewsBlanket 40% affordability targets threaten new town viability, Lords told
Experts also urge multi-decade public lending
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NewsBouygues picked for £119m south Wales education jobs
Work on Sheppard Robson-designed buildings to complete in 2027
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NewsGovernment to pick interim chief construction adviser this summer
Chosen candidates will work for fixed term while role’s full responsibilities are determined
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FeaturesThe 2025 BCO conference in Milan: Key takeaways from this year’s event
Returning to mainland Europe for the first time in six years, developers, contractors and occupiers gathered to discuss the future of the office. Daniel Gayne runs through some of the main discussion points from the three-day conference