All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 38
-
Ӱ
Crest kicked off £300m Rochester regeneration
Housebuilder and council could not agree terms for riverside scheme
-
Ӱ
Barratt and Urban Splash in contention for Olympics
Housebuilders are in nine-strong shortlist to take on Athlete’s Village development
-
Ӱ
Government plans to make PFI less onerous
The government is to announce a reform of the way PFI works in the new year to avoid the current “over-legalised” approach to deals
-
Ӱ
Consortiums gear up for Crossrail station contracts
Now that £1.25bn tunnelling jobs are confirmed, focus turns to main works on four major stations
-
Ӱ
Kings of the castle
London mayor Boris Johnson and developer James Sellar were present to celebrate the Shard becoming the highest UK building, at 244m, or 72 storeys
-
Ӱ
Relief – and disappointment – at Localism Bill
The government has pulled back from giving communities the right to appeal all planning permissions as part of its radical overhaul of the planning system this week
-
Ӱ
BAA drops Davis Langdon from Heathrow framework
EC Harris and Turner & Townsend retain role to manage £3.5bn construction programme
-
Ӱ
Nuclear new build targeted by energy shake-up
Government’s proposals designed to encourage investment in low-carbon energy
-
Ӱ
Cabe agrees rescue deal with Design Council
Design review and enabling role will continue if ministers rubber-stamp bodies’ merger agreement
-
Ӱ
Balfour wins £220m Tube upgrade job
Contractor renews five-year contract to replace tracks for Transport for London
-
Ӱ
Mouchel targeted by hostile takeover
Speculation has continued to mount over the future of consultant engineer Mouchel, which this week revealed it is the target of a hostile takeover bid following recent falls in its share price
-
Ӱ
Firms move into global markets as Europe sinks
North America, Australia and Middle East are main targets as UK heads for ’triple-dip recession’
-
Ӱ
Willmott Dixon to develop homes for rent
Contractor Willmott Dixon is poised to become a developer with a deal to build 1,500 homes for rent with Birmingham council
-
Ӱ
£1.3bn Crossrail tunnelling contractors revealed
Bam, Ferrovial and Kier the biggest winners while Laing O’Rourke and Costain lose out
-
Ӱ
Green Deal to create 250,000 jobs
Climate secretary Chris Huhne publishes Energy Bill and details of funding for home energy improvements
-
Features
Morrell’s progress
A year into the job of chief construction adviser, what has Paul Morrell achieved?