All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 34
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FeaturesConsultants’ 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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FeaturesHow 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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FeaturesCLT: One minute briefing
What is CLT? Why use it? How is CLT different to standard timber frames?
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NewsEx-Kier chief 'paid price' with job, analysts say
Former Wates boss Andrew Davies is an early favourite to replace Mursell
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FeaturesKier 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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FeaturesHow 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 ...
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FeaturesInterview: 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. ...
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NewsConstruction 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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NewsLack 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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FeaturesReady, 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?
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FeaturesLooking ahead to 2019 in construction: it's not all bad
There’s a lot to look forward to this year: big infrastructure projects and game-changing innovation. Though many may be happy to settle for just surviving Brexit.
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Features2018 in construction: Building's review of the year - part two
So, what did Santa’s last round of offerings bring the industry? It’s not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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Features2018 in construction: Building's review of the year - part one
So, what did Santa’s last round of offerings bring the industry? It’s not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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FeaturesHousebuilding by numbers: how many homes should London be building?
Is mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to build 65,000 a year anything more than wishful thinking?
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FeaturesTesting times: are specialist contractors the answer to construction's innovation woes?
In an industry starved of innovation, specialists are often the pioneers in research and development – and now the government has pledged £170m to help them. But those at the technical forefront still face obstacles.
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FeaturesWhy is high finance so interested in affordable housing?
Oliver Letwin’s review into the speed at which homes are built calls for greater diversity of design, size and tenure. Investors seem keen to get involved
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NewsHousebuilders braced for Help to Buy overhaul in Budget
Changes expected next week as scheme attracts mounting criticism over claims it pushes up executive pay
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FeaturesIs this the end of the road for Help to Buy?
Next week’s Budget is likely to determine the fate of the government’s controversial Help to Buy scheme. Is it likely to be scrapped, hitting share prices hard?