All articles by Josh Brooks

  • Geoff Wright
    Features

    Geoff Wright takes a bow

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Hammerson boss retires today after 37 years and hints at future industry roles

  • Catherine Brooking
    Features

    Just the job: from academia to QSing

    2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Mother of three Catherine Brooking tells Josh Brooks why she left academia for hands-on QSing

  • News

    UK to get first all-glass bridge

    2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Developer Argent has commissioned public artist Thomas Heatherwick to design what is thought to be the world's first all-glass bridge as the main entrance to its King's Cross Central scheme.

  • Ray O’Rourke
    News

    Ray O'Rourke: Women are not needed on site

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Laing O'Rourke boss claims sites are ‘no place for women' and that prefabrication will eliminate skills shortages

  • News

    Capita Percy Thomas to be UK's second biggest architect

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Acquisition of 32-strong Ruddle Wilkinson will increase Capita staff to 200-plus, making it second only to BDP

  • Supporting from the sidelines
    Features

    Running the risk

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Three consultants are lining up to deliver the £5.2bn Olympic construction programme. But victory in this most prestigious of contests comes with potentially massive liability - enough to put many firms off entering the race altogether. Josh Brooks analyses the likely stumbling blocks

  • Margaret Hodge, construction minister
    News

    Industry fury as construction minister changes yet again

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Construction bodies react angrily to government reshuffle as it prepares for its fifth minister in as many years

  • News

    LDA to appoint Olympic legacy developer by 2007

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Agency seeks post-2012 developer for Olympic Park as Reubens fight dismissal from adjacent Stratford City

  • Alun Michael
    News

    Construction minister Alun Michael sacked in reshuffle

    2006-05-08T09:56:00Z

    Tony Blair also enlarges ODPM and changes its name to Department for Communities and Local Government.

  • David Tuffin
    Features

    Listen up

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    David Tuffin has spent 35 years in the surveying game and he'll be using all that experience to shake up the RICS. He told Josh Brooks his four-point plan.

  • Dangerous Waters
    Features

    Dangerous liaisons

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Bucknall Austin is about to join the list of consultants that have set sail on global ventures with foreign partners. But some of these have sunk amid accusations of rule breaking, client nabbing or just plain boredom. Josh Brooks asks whether the game is worth the candle.

  • News

    Multiplex's other court case

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    AS WELL as its battle royale over Wembley, Multiplex is involved in dispute over a £100m scheme in London's Docklands

  • News

    F+A bids for new generation power stations

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Franklin + Andrews has teamed up with French energy firm Alstom to bid for a £4.5bn project to build six gas-fired power stations in the UK

  • No mean city: Stratford is to be a huge commercial scheme and a key element in the London Olympics
    News

    Developers wanted for £4bn Stratford City scheme

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    LCR looks for partners after terminating agreement with Westfield, Stanhope and the Reuben brothers

  • Building's REIT's predictions
    Features

    Let's speculate

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Real estate investment trusts are set to spell big changes in the world of property investment. But while developers coo over their potential tax savings, contractors are wondering what type of beast the clients, and the projects, of the future will be. Josh Brooks gets out his crystal ball …

  • Sanders: Retired as managing partner last week
    News

    Jones replaces Sanders at G&T

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Quantity surveyor Gardiner & Theobald is set to appoint managing director Simon Jones as its managing partner following the retirement of Peter Sanders last Friday.

  • News

    Stratford masterplan hit by auction delay

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    THE Architects behind the masterplan for Stratford City in east London have delayed submitting it for planning approval because of an unresolved battle over which developer will take it forward, write Vikki Miller and Josh Brooks.

  • News

    Chimneys gain reprieve after Part L oversight

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilders set to reintroduce chimneys in designs after rule change improves their carbon rating

  • News

    Stratford developers receive ultimatum

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Warring developers Stanhope, Westfield and the billionaire Reuben brothers could be kicked off the Stratford City scheme entirely if they fail to settle their differences by today.

  • The need for speed: Thirkettle wants to double fee income over the next three years
    News

    McBains Cooper gears up for three years of growth

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Michael Thirkettle, chief executive and superbike fan, sets out consultant's high-speed expansion drive