All articles by Joey Gardiner 鈥� Page 36
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NewsConsultants 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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FeaturesAnalysis: the rise of the mid-rise
Dame Judith Hackitt鈥檚 review into fire safety 鈥� prompted by the Grenfell disaster 鈥� 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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NewsResi towers 'to cost 20% more' after Hackitt
Increased costs down to expected changes in cladding and sprinkler systems
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FeaturesCarillion: Questions to be answered
Ahead of next week鈥檚 Select Committee grilling of Carillion鈥檚 directors, Joey Gardiner delves into the 拢5bn contractor鈥檚 accounting practices and how it got itself into such an unholy mess
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NewsHousing experts call for reform or end to Help to Buy
Big housebuilders slammed for executives seeming to profit personally from government scheme聽
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FeaturesAnalysis: Housing benefits
Help to Buy is the government鈥檚 big leg-up to help housebuilders increase output. So news of 鈥榦bscene鈥� executive pay along with scandals over leaseholds and defects are not going down well
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FeaturesCarillion: counting the cost
Carillion鈥檚 collapse has left 30,000 subcontractors out of pocket to the tune of 拢1.2bn. How was the contractor allowed to get away with ths?
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NewsSubcontractors left stranded by Carillion's complex payments system
Bust firm handed responsibility for paying suppliers鈥� invoices over to banks
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CommentDon鈥檛 blame government 鈥� Carillion鈥檚 problems are its own
It鈥檚 Carillion鈥檚 bosses and ex-bosses who have real questions to answer
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Features#YouToo? Women in construction
It鈥檚 not just happening in Hollywood. The results of 黑洞社区 and Hays Recruitment's survey on gender issues make for disturbing reading
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NewsHalf of women in construction have been harassed, says survey
黑洞社区鈥檚 survey finds massive levels of sexual discrimination, victimisation and harassment
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FeaturesAnalysis: Opinion split over Hackitt's Grenfell review
Head of review of 黑洞社区 Regulations and fire safety defends lack of detailed recommendations and says industry must take more responsibility
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FeaturesZero hour: 黑洞社区's predictions for 2018
With growth predictions for 2018 as dire as 0%, there are reasons to feel trepidation. But at the start of this聽year, there are signs of positivity
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Features黑洞社区's review of the year 2017
It wasn鈥檛 exactly the year that knocked the stuffing out of construction, but nor was it the grand feast many had hoped for. The 黑洞社区 news desk reviews the year in construction
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NewsLakesmere saga deepens as focus turns to problem jobs
Sister firm McMullen Facades falls into administration and is rescued within the week, as new business poised to take on Crossrail work
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FeaturesCladding sector: Think you've got it covered?
Several cladding firms may have fallen in recent years, but the collapse of Lakesmere this month came as a shock. If this can happen to the biggest firm in the sector 鈥� one seemingly in robust health 鈥� how worried should the others be?
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NewsHammond's Budget commits to spend 拢44bn on housing
Chancellor focuses on boosting housing market with cash pledge, new target of 300,000 homes per year and scrapping stamp duty for most first time buyers
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NewsBudget 2017: as it happened
Updates from Chancellor Philip Hammond鈥檚 Budget speech to the Commons as it happened
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FeaturesContractors' Salary Survey 2017: Taking a rain check
Construction salaries are growing faster than most sectors as employers struggle to fill skills gaps, but worries over job security mean people are wary of making a move
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NewsCountry needs more than 275,000 new homes each year, says Javid
Figures show number of new homes built reached 217,000 in 2016/17 - highest in almost a decade