All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 35
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Grenfell and cladding: double indemnity
The construction industry has a huge task ahead to re-clad high-rise buildings. But restrictions to insurance cover is causing a shortage of companies willing to take on the work
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Call for clarity on building regs as insurers limit cladding work
Consultants’ inability to get professional indemnity insurance puts replacement programme in jeopardy
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Your Future: The future of consultants
Artificial intelligence is set to play a major part in construction. Where does that leave the humans who work in the sector?
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Into the unknown: a housebuilding journey
Every great housebuilding era in the last 175 years has featured in our pages. Here, Joey Gardiner asks if the next 25 years will witness a radical rethink in order to hit the ambitious goal of 300,000 homes a year
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Carillion collapse prompts public sector rethink
Public bodies revisiting contracts after Carillion downfall
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Is the collapse of Carillion at fault for a recent market slowdown?
Signs are that Carillion’s implosion has triggered a sudden downturn in contract awards. Is the shock liquidation at fault or are wider problems to blame?
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Oxford v Cambridge: do you fancy Oxford's chances?
Oxford has great hopes for its rowing crew’s performance in this weekend’s Boat Race – but are Oxfordshire local authorities equally primed to deliver on a mammoth £215m housing deal from central government?
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Carillion... the story so far
Befuddled by the sheer volume of information coming out about Carillion’s collapse? Here’s what we know, what we don’t know and what we still need to know
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Experts say government fire safety plan weakens regs
Desktop studies that Hackitt wanted restricted will now be an official route to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Regs approvalÂ
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Consultants' salary survey 2018: It's not all about the money
The opposing forces of opportunity and uncertainty are keeping construction salaries in balance. And while employers are no longer offering skilled professionals mega pay rises, they are refining non-financial benefits.
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Consultants pay rises 2.8% as skills shortage worsens
Salary survey shows no change in average growth rate but financial reward not top of employee priorities
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Analysis: the rise of the mid-rise
Dame Judith Hackitt’s review into fire safety – prompted by the Grenfell disaster – will have consequences for every aspect of how we build homes. Many of the potential changes will favour the medium-sized building
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Resi towers 'to cost 20% more' after Hackitt
Increased costs down to expected changes in cladding and sprinkler systems
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Carillion: Questions to be answered
Ahead of next week’s Select Committee grilling of Carillion’s directors, Joey Gardiner delves into the £5bn contractor’s accounting practices and how it got itself into such an unholy mess
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Housing experts call for reform or end to Help to Buy
Big housebuilders slammed for executives seeming to profit personally from government schemeÂ
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Analysis: Housing benefits
Help to Buy is the government’s big leg-up to help housebuilders increase output. So news of ‘obscene’ executive pay along with scandals over leaseholds and defects are not going down well
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Carillion: counting the cost
Carillion’s collapse has left 30,000 subcontractors out of pocket to the tune of £1.2bn. How was the contractor allowed to get away with ths?
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Subcontractors left stranded by Carillion's complex payments system
Bust firm handed responsibility for paying suppliers’ invoices over to banks
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Comment
Don’t blame government – Carillion’s problems are its own
It’s Carillion’s bosses and ex-bosses who have real questions to answer
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#YouToo? Women in construction
It’s not just happening in Hollywood. The results of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV and Hays Recruitment's survey on gender issues make for disturbing reading