Joey Gardiner
NewsBudget 2024: Housing sector sounds alarm over build to rent tax hike
British Property Federation says abolition of Multiple Dwellings Relief will hit industry investment
FeaturesLord Kerslake: our 2008 interview with Britain’s busiest man
We are republishing this interview after the news of Bob Kerslake’s death. The interview took place as he was taking the helm of the Homes and Communities Agency in 2008.
FeaturesMan Group: Why the fund manager is moving into housing
Building Boardroom spoke to head of community housing Shamaz Alibhai about the firm’s socially responsible approach to providing homes
NewsTaylor Wimpey remains cautious despite industry’s ‘Boris bounce’ hopes
Housebuilder says 2019 margins have been hit by slowdown in London and South east
FeaturesRaising the Bar competence report: explained
Raising the Bar could be one of the biggest shake-ups the industry has seen in decades. But has it been set up to fail?
NewsConstruction salaries rise on the back of staff shortages
Two-fifths of contracting firms must offer pay rises of 5% or more to bring in new staff, reveals survey
FeaturesPFI: In the balance
With the risk of taking on work rising and the pipeline of promised projects yet to materialise, is the fate of PFI as a funding mechanism up in the air?
NewsCountryside becomes second major to shell out in housebuilding's leasehold scandal
Chief executive says buying back freeholds on onerous leaseholds ‘is the right thing to do’
FeaturesTop 150 contractors: Whatever the weather
This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 shows the sector enjoying reasonably benign market conditions but remaining fearful of the uncertainties of Brexit and volatile domestic politics
NewsBattersea Power Station warns of massive cost overruns
Head of development firm refuses to rule out costs doubling to £1.5bn as project problems mount
FeaturesBattersea: ‘The toughest project in the world'
Battersea Power Station’s redevelopment has not had an easy time of it lately, with profit margins plummeting and costs soaring. The development company behind the scheme speaks exclusively to Building about the scale of the problems
NewsGovernment plans to use PF2 for raft of construction jobs
Pipeline will include programmes of prisons, schools, hospitals, infrastructure and MoD work
NewsBovis eyes more off-site to tackle building problems
Housebuilder adds that relations with supply chain need improving
NewsTwo million staff needed by 2022, report says
Arcadis says recruitment need is equivalent to employing one new worker every 77 seconds
NewsFarmer report tells industry to mend its ways or face oblivion
Written by Cast boss Mark Farmer, ‘Modernise or die’ was commissioned by government earlier this year
NewsHS2 may have international search for its new CEO
Speculation grows that rail project will have to go overseas to replace chief executive Simon Kirby
FeaturesState of play: Housing
The government wants to see one million homes built in England by 2020, but while some housing experts think a little tinkering will get us there, others countenance a far more radical plan
FeaturesTop 150 consultants 2016
Consultants grew their UK staff by 5% overall during the past year, but where was the biggest growth and are cuts on their way as the post-Brexit fall-out makes itself felt?