All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 47
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CommentPlanning’s not the problem
Despite the chorus of approval these measures will do little to boost supply of homes in the short term
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NewsOsborne rips up planning rules
Chancellor and business secretary Sajid Javid impose housing on councils without local plans
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NewsBalfour Beatty-NG Bailey JV lined up for Hinkley M&E job
Joint venture is believed to have been selected by EDF for electrical and cabling works worth at least £500m
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FeaturesWho’s running Balfour Beatty?
New Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn has wasted no time making his mark on the contracting giant. But so far his actions haven’t managed to stem the flow of senior figures departing the troubled firm
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NewsSocial housing rent cut alarms housing associations
Housing associations warn move could have huge impact on development pipelines
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NewsConfusion reigns over Osborne's apprenticeship levy plans
Budget contains new apprenticeship levy - but it is unclear whether it will be charged in addition to the existing CITB levy
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FeaturesDavies report: Will it fly?
Howard Davies’ Airports Commission has come down emphatically in favour of a third runway at Heathrow, but the politics are so fraught and planning issues so labyrinthine that a final decision still looks a long way off
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NewsEmergency Budget 2015: As it happened
All the news as it breaks from the chancellor’s post-election emergency Budget
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NewsBalfour exits continue as UK cost-cutting plan emerges
Third group executive director this year leaves, while CSUK business is brought under direct Balfour control
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FeaturesInterview: Steve Elliott
Steve Elliott took Morgan Sindall’s fit-out business to an industry-leading position. After taking a year out he’s ‘got the band back together’ at BW Interiors and is thinking big again
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NewsNetwork Rail to wield axe on £38bn spending plan
Department for Transport orders review of Network Rail projects and replaces infrastructure client’s chairman
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FeaturesWomen in engineering: The only way is up
With women making up fewer than 10% of engineers in the UK, what can be done to encourage more to join the profession?
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NewsParliament repair could cost £6bn
Independent report says vital repairs could take as much as 32 years to complete
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FeaturesPC Harrington: The higher they climb…
When PC Harrington Contractors collapsed into administration in May, it had debts of around £28.4m and just £900 cash in the bank. We reveal the true story of the firm’s demise
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NewsPC Harrington Contractors’ suppliers owed over £10m
Details of money owed to firms, including Lafarge and BRC, listed in administrator document seen by Building
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FeaturesForesight saga
QSs are supposed to price a job accurately and de-risk procurement. But some clients are wondering what they’re paying them for
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NewsTurmoil continues as two more senior directors leave Balfour
Delivery director Vince Lydon and business development director Mike Peskin follow Nick Pollard’s exit
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NewsLendlease lined up for major White City media campus
Lendlease is being lined up as the contractor for Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan UK’s project next to Television Centre
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NewsNick Pollard to leave Balfour Beatty
UK construction services boss to be replaced with immediate effect