All articles by Daniel Gayne – Page 7
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NewsGreen light for 2,300-home redevelopment of GSK HQ site in west London
Hadley Property Group’s scheme will retain basement, substructure and some buildings
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NewsTaylor Wimpey profit down 54% after £244m exceptional costs
Fire safety costs and CMA payment hit proft as revenue and completions rise
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CommentBack from Dubai: Iran’s air strikes will shape a different city to the one I visited a month ago
The sight of smoke rising between skyscrapers has shaken one of the Gulf’s most stable hubs, where construction and real estate sectors have thrived on perceived insulation from conflict, writes Building’s reporter Daniel Gayne
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NewsFirst-time buyers need more financial help from government, Bellway boss says
Three years after Help to Buy ended, Jason Honeyman says state support would kickstart stagnent housing sector
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NewsManchester developer’s in-house contractor targets work for rivals
Salboy says it is targeting jobs in residential sector
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FeaturesMiliband’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan arrives with the public and industry’s confidence in retrofit at a low ebb
The embarrassing failures of the ECO scheme have given retrofit a bad name, but its cancellation hit good and bad installers alike. Together, they put the government in a tricky spot to effect a mass roll-out of new energy efficiency measures, reports Daniel Gayne
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NewsRed flags over Broadgate: BIG workers protest planned mass lay-offs after major contract scrapped
The architects’ union has reported a rapid rise in membership at the Danish practice’s London office amid anger at handling of a mass redundancy process. Daniel Gayne attended their protest in the City of London this week to find out more
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NewsFormer RIBA president backs union in BIG redundancy dispute as architects picket firm’s London office
Angela Brady calls for practice’s management to find ‘fair and reasonable’ outcome
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NewsArchitectural workers set to protest over BIG redundancy plans
Union Unite says protest will take place outside practice’s Broadgate office today
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NewsGreen light for plan to transform grade II Art Deco City office into hotel
Entire substructure and 90% of suiperstructure to be maintained in redevelopment
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NewsMHCLG sets out conditions for section 106 renegotiation and outlines plan for template agreements
Ministry will also explore the option of bringing RPs together as consortia to pool their buying power
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NewsMott MacDonald awarded technical advisor role on Sizewell C scheme
Project was given final go-ahead last year
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NewsDfE picks Graham for £37m redevelopment of Leicestershire school
Scheme includes new buildings to accommodate more than 1,500 pupils
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Features‘The cliff edge has probably been reached’ … When the Warm Homes Plan finally arrives, will there be an industry left to deliver it?
Reports suggest the upcoming plan will see a big move towards low carbon technologies and shift in emphasis from grant to regulation. But industry figures say its long delay and the cancellation of the ECO scheme last year could leave DESNZ without the workforce to deliver its goals
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NewsGovernment’s £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail plan includes new line between Manchester and Liverpool
Scheme will initially focus on upgrades in Yorkshire and includes new line between Birmingham and Manchester as long-term objective
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NewsPersimmon completions jump 12% to close in on 12,000 for 2025
Firm said underlying profit at upper end of expectations
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NewsBritish Land CEO set to leave for role at logistics developer
Simon Carter to move to new chief executive post after serving 12-month notice period
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Features‘It’s reassuring that development is cyclical’… Following the 12-year regeneration journey at Elephant Park
As Lendlease’s huge project at Elephant & Castle finally approaches completion, Daniel Gayne spoke to the team behind the scheme to find out how it has changed over more than a decade of work