All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 43
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FeaturesContractors: The new world order?
Contractor Colin Harding has come up with a proposal to totally redesign the industry’s contractural arena - using far fewer consultants and putting sole responsibility for the performance of the building onto one single contractor
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NewsMaterials firms report lowest growth for two years
Manufacturers’ group says rate of growth falling but confidence remains high
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NewsCountryside bags 3,000-home scheme
Housebuilder to work with L Q on GLA-owned former East London factory site
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NewsUcatt calls for action on migrant builder deaths
Union blasts HSE for not recording nationality of fatal accident victims
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NewsGovernment to launch major construction labour review
Construction Leadership Council will oversee report by consultant Mark Farmer on how to reform industry
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FeaturesInterview: Peter Hansford
Until two months ago Peter Hansford was the government’s chief construction advisor. Now the position has been abolished. Here, he talks frankly about the state of the industry and how his legacy will be perceived
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NewsBalfour UK procurement chief leaves
Martin Chown latest to go, while outsider gets international procurement job
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NewsLongcross owed £51m at collapse
Trade creditors could recover less than 0.5p in the pound for debts
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NewsHouse prices buoyed by buy-to-let surge
The RICS reports rush of buyers looking to purchase before April tax changes
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NewsCountryside pins growth plans on estate regeneration
Housebuilder praises government announcement of £140m to revamp failing estates as it prepares for IPO
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NewsCameron’s estate regeneration plan is ‘unrealistic’ say experts
Housing experts say £140m pledged for plans to regenerate 100 of the UK’s most deprived estates is not enough
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FeaturesA non-starter?
In a week in which the government announced its intention to ‘directly commission’ up to 13,000 homes, you might think it had begun, finally, to get a grip on housebuilding. But its flagship Starter Homes policy is set to shake up the development industry, causing delays - and fears it ...
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NewsHousebuilders wary of direct commissioning plan
Industry gives cautious welcome to plans to sell publicly-owned sites with planning permission to SME builders
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 3
Part 3 of Building’s end-of-year TV guide features Christmas blockbusters – the biggest tales of 2015
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FeaturesBuilding Christmas challenge: A touch of frost
Five construction figures and two Building journalists sculpt landmark buildings. Who kept their cool and who felt a nasty chill?
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 2
Part 2 of Building’s end-of-year TV guide features a year in quotes and remembers those the industry said goodbye to
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NewsLaing O’Rourke’s Anna Stewart ‘expected to return as CEO’
Former group boss who stepped down last week due to ill health could be back in driving seat ‘within months’
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 1
Building’s end-of-year TV guide picks out the people, stories and events that were unmissable over the past 12 months. First off, Christmas specials