John Sunyer
- Features
Planning: what's happened to section 106?
Affordable housing, roads, health facilities, schools, even public art – all these were paid for out of developers’ section 106 contributions. But that was in the good times. Now the well’s run dry and the question everyone is asking is: where’s the money going to come from?
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UK housing starts sink to lowest ever level
NHBC figures show private home starts have plummeted to about half the level of the last recession
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Swindon could become first carbon-negative town in UK
Council considers Copenhagen-style scheme as government announces plan to cap zero-carbon costs
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Images: Work storms ahead on Zaha's 2012 aquatics centre
New images show progress well ahead of schedule at Olympic park on Hadid's controversial venue
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Mott MacDonald to devise transport strategy for Czech city
Ceske Budejovice council says city's current infrastructure will not sustain growing population
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Scotland lost 8% of construction workforce in last year
Fears grow for new projects as redundancy figures are released
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Housing starts sink to lowest for 84 years
Office building also hard hit although public projects on the rise, according to CPA activity barometer
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Manchester votes 'no' to congestion charge
Transport works worth £3bn are blocked by residents' opposition
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Ambitious local authorities to get most funding
Housing minister announces plans to allocate £605m for housing developments
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Images: Olympic velodrome starts to take shape
With 19 swimming pools' worth of earth excavated, the piling is about to go in
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Kier is top of the class as industry workload plummets
Contractor’s education projects take it over the £200m mark
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Manchester residents to vote on £3bn of transport projects
"Transport innovation fund" could create 5,800 construction jobs
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Britain remains positive about Olympics
Poll reveals that 78% of public supports 2012 Games