All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 61
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Interview: Brendan Kerr
In 2010, Keltbray, the company Brendan Kerr had bought and built into the UK’s biggest demolition contractor, was in a very tough place. Now it’s poised for its busiest year ever. So what went right and what’s Kerr got up his sleeve next? Joey Gardiner reports
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Keltbray approached about demolishing Pinnacle tower ‘stump’
Specialist demolition contractor sounded out on removing seven-storey core of stalled project
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Funding affordable housing with private sales
Government policy is still pushing social housing providers to develop and sell private homes in order to fund affordable ones. So what happens the next time that prices crash?
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Armitt: Blackouts 'best thing' for UK infrastructure crisis
Warning over lack of urgency comes as ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ launches consultation on long-term construction policy
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John Armitt: ‘Blackouts would be the best possible thing that could happen’
John Armitt says the UK is ‘close to crisis’ on the development of major infrastructure. So no wonder he thinks something radical is called for - and taking party politics out of big infrastructure decisions is just the start.
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Developers win right to challenge public land ownership
Property developers say new rules will lead to more housebuilding
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MJ Gleeson sales soar
Northern housebuilder heavily dependent upon government’s Help to Buy scheme
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Boris settles Ministry of Sound row
London mayor approves plans for 335 homes next to historic club, as well as controversial free school in Southwark
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Probe into West End theatre collapse
Investigators on site after section of ceiling came down, injuring 76
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New home starts up 30%
Figures for the latest quarter shows quick growth in house construction
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Housebuilders sign foreign buyers pledge
Eleven major builders promise to end advance marketing of London schemes overseas
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House prices reach record highs in October
Government data shows recovery spreading from London to the regions
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Christmas comes early (for some) …
Salaries and bonuses for senior staff at housebuilders have risen sharply, which indicates we have a serious skills shortage Â
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Carillion named as academy sponsor
Announcement of 39 school sponsors paves way for procurement
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Upturn sees housebuilder bosses’ bonuses rise 78%
Directors at housebuilders see average bonuses grow by more than three-quarters
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New commercial work in London doubles in two years
Contractor survey finds rapid turnaround in the capital with cost inflation new concern
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Barriers to BIM
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Information Modelling has been embraced with gusto by the construction industry - but do Technical, financial and legal worries now stand in the way of further take-up? Joey Gardiner reports on the growing scepticism about BIM
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No guarantee insurers will invest £25bn in new infrastructure
Pledge by insurers to invest over the next five years is not binding and does not guarantee investment in new-build infrastructure
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Bank lending scheme cut 'could hit housing recovery'
Move to limit government’s Funding for Lending scheme could raise mortgage costs, experts warn