All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 40
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Features
Sir Robert McAlpine: The hollow crown?
Family firm Sir Robert McAlpine is once again without a boss. So, what happened, and can things be different for the next person to take the job?
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Sir Robert McAlpine family ‘ran firm like a CEO’
Part of an exclusive investigation into management of Sir Robert McAlpine
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Rio 2016: Blood, sweat and tears
What with the economy nosediving, an all-consuming construction scandal, massive budget overruns and by the seat of their pants venue delivery - it’s a wonder the Rio Olympics are happening at all
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West Ham's new home: Who forgot the roof?
At a cost of £700m, nearly three times the initial estimate, questions are being raised about the price tag of the former Olympic stadium
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Olympic Games: Keeping the legacy alive
Has the LLDC managed to adhere to the legacy promises that won the UK the Olympic bid in the first place?
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Contractors at risk from Brexit fallout after margins drop
Annual industry research reveals contractors are feeling profit squeeze, while housebuilders’ results soar
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Top 150 contractors: The rough & tumble
This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 shows the sector pulling out of recession, but economic danger remains
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‘The next Canary Wharf and Stratford combined’
A planned interchange between HS2 and Crossrail has made an unassuming spot of west London a candidate for the largest regeneration scheme in the UK
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Is the door still open on build to rent?
Just when you thought the private rented sector was about to take off, along comes the chancellor and whacks a big tax on the purchase of homes for rent
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Heseltine reveals task force set to revive Thames Gateway
Former deputy prime minister calls on British construction to revive Thames Estuary development
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Heseltine: ‘I haven’t yet been told to shut up’
While most 83-year-olds settle for a quiet life and daytime TV, Lord Heseltine’s time is taken up spearheading the government’s regeneration agenda
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Features
Battersea crane tragedy: After the fall
Ten years after the Battersea crane tragedy, Joey Gardiner talks to the mother of one of the two men killed in the accident and asks if tower cranes are any safer now than they were a decade ago
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Features
Nightmare on Nine Elms street?
The UK’s biggest construction site in west London looks on paper like a dream development in a market desperate for new housing. But amid scare stories of fleeing investors and slashed prices
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Battersea Power Station developer rubbishes prime property 'scare stories'
Rob Tincknell tells ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV £8bn development has not had to cut sales prices
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Quinn confident despite senior staff exodus
Balfour Beatty chief executive says internal recruitment has led to a stronger top team and that firm’s recovery plan is ‘in a good place’ despite losses
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Balfour Beatty: ‘Not short of stellar’
When Leo Quinn took over at a troubled Balfour Beatty, he launched a two-year strategy to revive the fortunes of the UK’s largest builder
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Features
Have you seen the BIM deadline?
From Monday, any firm wanting to be considered for public sector construction work will need to be BIM level 2 compliant. Yet just days before the deadline, only about half of companies are using the technology
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Features
Andy Steele: ‘Was that me?’
It took Andy Steele just five years to transform Connaught into a £240m-turnover sensation. Can he pull it off again?
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Construction materials: Past our peak?
It turns out that the construction industry is using substantially less ‘stuff’ than it was 15 years ago. Is this a blip or a victory for resource-efficiency?
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Comment
A constrained Budget
Disappointment for institutional housing investors, but a surprise revival for the unloved Thames Gateway