All articles by Joey Gardiner
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FeaturesThe unlikely return of the back-to-back: how the viability crunch is leading to experimentation with older forms
As housing numbers crash, developers are seeking ways to reimagine projects, with a range of new – and old – forms being tried to move projects forward
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FeaturesHow the Iran war is impacting construction and development
Joey Gardiner studies the numbers and asks how much damage has already been done to UK construction – and, talk of truces and ceasefires notwithstanding – how bad things could still get?
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FeaturesGreater Manchester regeneration: How the £2bn Good Growth Fund is transforming the UK’s fastest growing city region
The northern city region has grown at twice the rate of the rest of the country over the past decade after delivering a long-term regeneration vision. It is now looking to new mechanisms to share the wealth more evenly across the whole combined authority, Joey Gardiner reports
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FeaturesEamonn Boylan: Learnings from 40 years regenerating Manchester
Tributes have poured in since the untimely death of the much-loved former chief executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. His impact in the city and nationally was huge, and he spoke to Building just last month, shortly before he died
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FeaturesWith build-to-rent on the back foot, can major regeneration schemes still stack up?
Retailer John Lewis blamed its decision to scrap plans to build 10,000 BTR homes on a ‘fundamental shift’ in economic conditions. Joey Gardiner wonders whether this vital sector still has a realistic future and looks at developers’ options for closing the viability gap
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FeaturesInside West Yorkshire’s quiet renaissance: A regional deep dive into the forces transforming its cities
Devolution is giving Leeds, Bradford and the surrounding local authorities the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Joey Gardiner profiles West Yorkshire, its funding streams, community priorities, key clients and active consultants
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FeaturesThe regeneration rethink: funding, power and the local leaders shaping what comes next
For over a decade, built environment policy has prioritised new build over regenerating places. As Building launches its new Regen Connect editorial campaign, Joey Gardiner finds out why that might all be about to change
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FeaturesWhat slow progress at Tempsford says about the wider new towns programme
Despite the suitable location of the Bedfordshire site as a place for tens of thousands of new homes, the government has yet to formally declare its backing for the project. Joey Gardiner asks why so many questions remain unresolved about the plan for a new town in the area 18 ...
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FeaturesIs the Building Safety Regulator’s plan to tackle the backlog likely to succeed?
With construction of tens of thousands of homes held up waiting for approval by the new regulator for high rise homes, Joey Gardiner assesses whether the plan by its new management will turn things around
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FeaturesWill the expected London housebuilding package rescue the stalled development industry?
With one in six housing schemes in the capital on hold and demand at rock bottom, Joey Gardiner asks whether simply reducing expectations for affordable housing will be enough to get construction going again
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FeaturesThere’s a major blockage in the housing pipeline – and it looks likely to get much worse
A growing number of water companies are objecting to planning applications on the basis that there is not enough local sewage treatment capacity to cope with the new homes required, Joey Gardiner reports
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FeaturesCould the shadow of Grenfell trigger more Ardmore-style collapses?
The 50-year-old contractor’s legacy housing business went into administration last month due to the weight of building safety issues on its books. Joey Gardiner asks whether we are likely to see other companies suffer the same fate
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NewsBuilding Safety Act’s three-decade liability hike sent Ardmore company under, firm says
Group director says legislation ‘significantly increased’ exposure at Ardmore Construction which went into administration last month
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NewsBuilding calls for expanded public private partnerships programme
A forthcoming report from Building’s Funding the Future campaign will urge the government to significantly expand its proposed public private partnership programmes beyond healthcare facilities and decarbonisation projects.
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CommentLabour must rethink private finance for infrastructure projects
Seven years after PFI was scrapped, the Labour government is being forced to reconsider private finance for infrastructure as it grapples with empty public coffers and ambitious construction targets.
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FeaturesPipe dreams: Why the infrastructure pipeline must improve if construction is to benefit
The launch of the infrastructure pipeline last month was hailed as a gamechanger for UK construction and investment in private finance for public infrastructure. But Joey Gardiner discovers there are serious fears that it won’t live up to the hype
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NewsGovernment publishes £530bn Infrastructure Pipeline
Treasury chief secretary Darren Jones says pipeline of 780 private and public sector projects will give industry the confidence to invest
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FeaturesHow the Treasury’s new social infrastructure PPP model will work
The infrastructure strategy has proposed allowing a form of PFI to be used in limited circumstances including healthcare centres for the first time since 2018 – but not yet revealed what the structure will be. Joey Gardiner considers the options
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CommentThe infrastructure strategy opens the door to private finance
Last week’s infrastructure strategy put off a final decision about using private finance for social infrastructure until the autumn. But, Joey Gardiner writes, it has still set out an important principle that such schemes are not entirely off-limits