Sarah Richardson

Sarah Richardson

Sarah was previously editor of Building.

Follow Sarah on Twitter @SarahR100

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020 7560 4152
Email:
sarah.richardson@ubm.com
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    And it's goodbye from me

    2017-10-20T00:01:00

    Sarah Richardson’s final leader as editor of Building

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    Modern times

    2017-10-13T00:56:00

    One year on from the Farmer Review, have the report’s conclusions been taken to heart by the sector, and by its biggest client, the government?

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    No great shakes

    2017-10-06T00:01:00

    The country is in the grip of a housing crisis at the same time as carrying out infrastructure improvements that are widely viewed as long-overdue

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    £3.5bn parliament refurb at risk over maiden speech deal

    2017-09-28T23:01:00

    Promise to let all new MPs speak in historic Commons means snap election will wreck repair schedule

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    A private conversation

    2017-09-28T06:00:00

    John McDonnell’s plan to scrap PFI contracts in favour of nationalised infrastructure was immediately slammed - but what would the implications of a PFI-less Britain be?

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    Fire fighting

    2017-09-22T05:00:00

    Three months on from the horrifying fire at Grenfell Tower, a public inquiry into the fire, and a call for a review of fire regulations has put the design, construction and management of high-rise buildings firmly under scrutiny

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    The streets of London

    2017-09-15T05:04:00

    “A marathon and not a sprint”: that was how London mayor Sadiq Khan described fixing London’s housing crisis as he launched his draft housing strategy last week. But even “marathon” seems an understatement when you take a quick jog through the numbers.

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    Learning the hard way

    2017-09-08T00:01:00

    The government’s decision to divert £900m of funding away from school’s capital budgets raises troubling questions over the longer-term impact on the education sector’s estate

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    Once more unto the breach

    2017-09-01T05:00:00

    The new health and safety sentencing guidelines seem to be having more impact on companies, but the weighting is heaviest on SMEs

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    A lightbulb moment

    2017-08-25T06:00:00

    PFI may not have the best reputation but it is very important that government sorts out a steady flow of schemes and hones its structure

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    Willing the means

    2017-08-04T06:00:00

    The government needs to ensure that changes recommended by the review of building and fire safety regulations actually happen – perhaps by putting its hand in its pocket

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    Balmy days of summer

    2017-07-28T06:00:00

    Building’s annual top 150 league tables make for far better reading this year than they have for some time

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    Homes, sweet homes

    2017-07-21T06:00:00

    Government is not taking enough responsibilty for planning affordable housing – as the outcry over Battersea shows

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    Brexit: And so it begins

    2017-06-23T07:00:00

    A year after the UK decided to leave the EU, the Brexit negotiations have finally started

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    Grenfell Tower: A fatal failure

    2017-06-22T06:00:00

    The onus is on all of us to ensure a tragedy like the deadly blaze at Grenfell Tower never happens again

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    Election reaction: Now what?

    2017-06-16T07:00:00

    Given that construction typically recoils at the prospect of uncertainty, where does last week’s election result leave the sector?

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    Election reaction: Where uncertainty will hit construction

    2017-06-09T16:30:00

    Consensual politics is good in theory – but it’s a fine line between agreement and inertia

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    Welcome to the family

    2017-06-08T14:30:00

    Sir Robert McAlpine appoints Paul Hamer as chief executive – a man used to tackling a big commercial challenge

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    GE2017: All to play for

    2017-06-02T06:00:00

    Promises on public spending and skills have swayed construction from the Conservatives to Labour

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    Council housing: Anything you can do

    2017-05-26T07:50:00

    Theresa May’s pledge to build ‘a new generation of council homes’ is a riposte to Labour’s promise to fund 500,000 social homes

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