Joey Gardiner
Covers: Housing, planning, regeneration and public policy. Also leads Building's news analysis section and undertakes special investigations
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FeaturesGrenfell two years on: what really has changed?
As the consultation on how to implement the Hackitt review’s reforms is launched, Joey Gardiner looks at the response to Grenfell so far
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Battersea Power Station: Powering up?
The Battersea Power Station redevelopment has hit the headlines countless times. But how is work progressing now? Building visited the site to find out
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Crossing the line: how government is cracking down on construction corruption
How big a problem is corrupt behaviour in the industry - and are attitudes changing?
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Competition watchdog zeroes in on industry’s cartel activity
Number of investigations into construction at 10-year high, CMA says
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Are permitted development rights a stroke of genius, or have they created a new generation of slums?
The government’s scheme to allow developers to bypass the planning system has been a roaring success, but why do so many want to ditch it?
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Interserve prepack administration - unpacked
What does Interserve’s prepack administration actually mean – for suppliers, customers, employees and lenders?
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Can contractors cope with payment practice reforms?
Main contractors are under pressure to reform their payment practices, but will speeding up payments push more of them to the brink?
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Department not using project bank accounts at all on education framework, FOI reveals
But DfE says project accounts were trialled and found to be “unsuitable” for its projects
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Crossrail ‘ignored warnings’ scheme would bust deadline
Senior source says bosses knew December 2018 opening date was not realistic well before delay was confirmed
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Crossrail delay: what's gone wrong – and why
Already a year behind schedule and with no end in sight, Crossrail is burning £30m a week in cash as it struggles to reach completion – but as yet, no one can say when that might be. Why is the trans-London line causing such pain?
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Consultants' salary survey 2019: what is your role worth?
Skills shortages mean salaries in the sector are rising more rapidly than inflation, and more people are looking to move jobs
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How is the CLT industry responding to the combustibles ban?
Proponents of cross-laminated timber were up in arms when the government announced its plans to ban combustible materials from the external walls of high-rise buildings
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CLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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Kier debt: how can a new boss restore its fortunes?
In six years, most of it under chief executive Haydn Mursell who found himself pushed out last week, Kier moved from a company with a £95m cash surplus, to one that owed £410m. So what went wrong? And who can haul it back up?
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Ex-Kier chief 'paid price' with job, analysts say
Former Wates boss Andrew Davies is an early favourite to replace Mursell
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How can construction adapt to the government’s skills-based immigration strategy?
Last month’s government immigration white paper – ‘skills-based’ with a £30,000 salary threshold and no route for the self-employed – is almost the complete opposite of what construction has been calling for, says Joey Gardiner. So what’s the likely impact going to be and what can the industry do to ...
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Interview: Turner & Townsend's Patricia Moore talks to Building
Patricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she’s still in London – and has risen to become Turner & Townsend’s UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer’s success. Photography ...
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Construction leaders to hold emergency summit on Brexit
More than 100 chief executives will meet at the end of the month to discuss implications of leaving EU
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Lack of readiness for no-deal Brexit, Building survey reveals
Just 15% say they are ‘very prepared’ for UK crashing out of EU in March
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Ready, steady, chaos: how is construction preparing for Brexit?
With a no-deal Brexit suddenly a real possibility, what are firms doing to prepare themselves and mitigate the risks?
