All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 34
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Modular construction: Along the right lines?
While plenty of excitement is being generated by the push for modular construction – touted as the answer to the UK’s housing crisis – so far the sector has produced very few homes. Joey Gardiner asks if the industry can push past the setbacks Â
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Clients use Brexit clauses to shift risks onto suppliers
Some clients are stockpiling products in efforts to prepare for Brexit
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Deal or no deal : construction’s post-Brexit future hangs in the balance
There’s been plenty of talk about potentially leaving the EU without a deal, but very little detail. In the first of two articles launching our ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Without Borders campaign, Joey Gardiner examines the likely consequences of a no-deal Brexit for construction.
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NPPF: Ready to mix it up?
Last month’s revised planning framework shows the government is bent on speeding up build-out rates, but will it fully address the housing crisis?
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Top 150 contractors and housebuilders: Split fortunes
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s exclusive full Top 150 league has been released
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Nuclear energy: Gone with the wind
The National Infrastructure Commission’s landmark report this month seemed to sound the death knell for nuclear energy new-build, calling for a large-scale shift to renewables by 2050 – and for only one more nuclear power station approval by 2025. But are we really likely to get 90% of Britain’s electricity ...
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Infrastructure report prompts warnings that overseas investors will pull nuclear funding
Commission said UK should concentrate on renewable energy in the future
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L&G finally poised to roll out factory-built houses
Housebuilder says it has overcome manufacturing constraints that delayed launch of first homesÂ
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Breaking the traditional housing model: James Lidgate talks to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV
L G has ambitious plans to set up a diversified housing business delivering 15,000 homes a year – a large share of them modular
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Follow the leader: who can step in to help transform the sector?
Carillion’s collapse has exposed a crisis at the top of the construction industry – a shortage of influential bosses
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One year on: What have we learned so far from Grenfell? Part two
The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower breaks for a week of reflection, as today marks one year since the tragedy. In the second part of this two-part feature, Joey Gardiner highlights some of the key issues to have emerged from 2,000 pages of expert reports
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Fear of liability is ‘slowing’ regs revision, says MP
Housing committee chair says government may need to find more than the promised £400m to reclad homes
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One year on: What have we learned so far from Grenfell? Part one
The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower breaks for a week of reflection to mark one year since the tragedy (14 June). In this two-part feature, Joey Gardiner highlights some of the key issues to have emerged from 2,000 pages of expert reports
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Cladding failed to comply with regs, says Grenfell fire expert
Barbara Lane’s submission to public inquiry says no one had carried out fire performance test on cladding
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Councils warned not to rush into tearing up housing deals with private firms
As £2bn Haringey homes row rumbles on, local authorities told they lack skills to build for themselves
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Analysis: Public land - keep out
As the likely scrapping of Haringey’s 6,500-home joint venture with Lendlease dramatically signals public-private partnerships’ fall from grace, Joey Gardiner looks at why the scheme caused so much controversy and other ways for councils to fund housing renewa
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Hackitt report: ‘In theory she’s right but in practice she could be wrong’
Dame Judith Hackitt’s report into building regulations and fire safety blames a broken system that needs fixing. So far, so uncontroversial. But her prescription for change has caused uproar right across the industry
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Going it alone
Britain’s QS sector has changed dramatically, with the foreign takeover of big-name firms prompting entrepreneurial types to start up on their own. Have these challenger firms become the new establishment?
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Hackitt says she would support government ban on combustible cladding
But her final report, published today, does not recommend a ban
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Private building control banned from high rise inspections, says Hackitt
Final report recommends new approval body for buildings over 10 storeys but no ban on flammable materials