All articles by Daniel Gayne – Page 2
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NewsSizewell C reaches financial close, clearing way for construction
Scheme will be built by alliance of Bouygues, Laing O’Rourke and Balfour Beatty
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NewsSupply chains not equipped to deliver advanced AI data centres, T&T finds
More than four-in-five data centre industry experts do not believe supply chains are equipped to deliver on current demand, with power availability and advanced cooling technology cited as key barriers
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NewsDefence secretary announces new military housing quango backed by £9bn investment
MoD publishes strategy to improve or replace 40,000 military homes – but won’t deliver plan itself
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NewsOverbury beats competition for £13m BBC Tea Factory fit-out
Broadcaster plans to move staff from The Mailbox in 2027
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NewsWates Fit Out hires ex-ISG and Morgan Sindall director to bolster leadership team
Martyn Peters joins as divisional commercial director next week
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NewsAmazon submits plans for 330,000sq ft data centre in Buckinghamshire
Submission comes alongside another deal to bring forward Hertfordshire data centre scheme
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NewsBSR chair calls for wider regulation of construction professions
Andy Roe tells committee there is ‘great danger’ in subcontracting system
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NewsEarly-stage site work will not require environmental permit
Environment minister Emma Hardy announces proposed changes ‘to unleash an era of building’
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NewsNew towns programme needs minister with ‘sufficient rank’ to ensure cross-departmental support
Lord Gascoigne says current setup not strong enough
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NewsWork restarts after ‘near-miss’ incident pauses work on HS2’s London tunnels sites
Contractor SCS JV has begun phased restart
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NewsWatkin Jones gets green light for 800 homes in Edinburgh
News comes day after trading update which predicted revenue fall
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NewsGovernment brings in fast-track model to speed up planning for Falmouth Docks overhaul
Developers on Cornwall scheme to work with single lead body rather than overlapping regulators
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NewsWest Midlands mayor announces £75m construction skills package
Richard Parker says investment will fund training of more than 12,000 workers
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NewsSpending watchdog concerned HS2’s Euston terminus not classed as mega-project
Government recently announced changes to management of schemes worth more than £10bn
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NewsWork halted on HS2 London tunnels after ‘serious incident’ involving gantry crane
Two workers avoid injury after beam struck crane basket
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FeaturesIs the construction industry’s growing reliance on agency labour becoming a problem?
Recent controversies have highlighted concerns about construction’s increasing dependence on agency workers, raising questions about skills development, compliance and the sector’s fragmented labour model
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FeaturesLabour conference 2025: Housing secretary puts style over substance while Starmer takes aim at Reform
The government’s announcement about new towns and the housing secretary’s Trump-esque stylings put housing at the heart of the agenda at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. But there was little in the way of detail to back Steve Reed’s ‘build, baby, build’ slogan
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NewsStarmer announces new educational target to include apprenticeships
Prime minister wants two-thirds of young people to get a degree or ‘gold-standard’ apprenticeship
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NewsHousing minister denies government has tasked Tory peer with writing second planning bill
Pennycook says ’bulk of reform’ has been done and warns organisations not to delay delivery
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NewsThree new town schemes to begin this parliament, promises housing secretary
Steve Reed’s commitment comes as the government’s taskforce reveals its 12 recommendations for new town locations