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Joey Gardiner
Covers: Housing, planning, regeneration and public policy. Also leads Building's news analysis section and undertakes special investigations
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FeaturesHow safe are timber-frame buildings?
Joey Gardiner reports on what experts are saying about the Worcester Park fire, the implications for the building method and how it is regulated
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Fire brigade drops ‘stay put’ advice after latest homes blaze
Residents living in Worcester Park scheme told to evacuate in the event of a fire
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Firms to be saddled with costs of improving competence
Price of buildings likely to rise to pay for regulation and oversight of competence frameworks
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Are contractors with poor payment records about to be let off the hook?
A government plan barring late-paying contractors from bidding for major public contracts comes into effect in September. But there are loopholes
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Government ‘gets real’ and drops 95% payment threshold
Threat to bar firms from public jobs will only hit those failing to pay 75% of all invoices within 60 days
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How will Boris Johnson’s government affect you?
As Johnson’s new cabinet gets ready to act, Building looks at how they could change different construction sectors
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2019: Treading a tightrope
How will the current top players ensure they survive to earn a place on next year’s table?
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Was moving into support services to blame for the recent troubles at Carillion, Interserve and Kier?
These major contractors blended their traditional work with support services and all recently got into big financial trouble. Coincidence?
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Construction CEOs: In a spin?
There have been chief executives appointed at four of the top 10 contractors and seven of the top 20 housebuilders. What’s behind all this upheaval?
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Grenfell 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
