Tim Byles
Tim Byles founded Cornerstone Assets in May 2011. From 2006 - 2011, Tim was the chief executive of Partnerships for Schools, the government鈥檚 school building agency, managing large scale multi-billion pound investment programmes. Tim was a very successful county chief executive for over a decade, and a former chairman of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives.
CommentThe calm before the storm
Westminster will soon be a flurry of activity before the general election - and construction is at the heart of the public policy debate
CommentLearning from primary school data
The Department for Education has created some excellent scorecards for local authorities assessing their need for primary school places. This is invaluable information for construction
CommentHousing for older people: An age-old problem
With an ever-growing elderly population - many of whom need state aid for housing - the public and private sectors must work together to find new ways to provide the amount and type of housing that our older people need
CommentSelf-build on a different scale
Actually, says Tim Byles, demand for self-build is already there and while there鈥檚 nothing wrong with one-off Grand Design projects, what we need now is something altogether more mainstream
CommentMaking use of what we've got
Central government is at last beginning to make more of its assets, but it is local government, sitting on the lion鈥檚 share of the 拢370bn public estate, that must now harness its resources
CommentListen closely
All the noise from Westminster is about saving another 拢11.5bn. But more quietly, some areas of government are working to rationalise estates and provide construction work
CommentGreen and growth in an eco-village
The green economy needs to be driven by entrepreneurs not just government. Tim Byles explains how his JV with Bill Dunster aims to do just that with their eco-village in Devon
CommentProviding schools: Creative classes
We don鈥檛 have enough places for kids in the schools their parents want. A new approach is needed: adapting other public buildings for education and bringing in private help to show us how
NewsTransforming lives
A new trust hopes to help school children take full advantage of the educational, creative and sporting facilities 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future will create for them
NewsBSEC: A productive start to a productive year
Partnerships for Schools celebrates diversity as it marks its 50th BSF project
NewsThe green school movement
Sustainability has gone from being an optional extra to a central priority of 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future - and it鈥檚 an area of technology that鈥檚 getting more exciting
NewsEducation frameworks: evaluated
With education playing a crucial role in construction workload, Partnerships for Schools has demonstrated that frameworks work
NewsBSF brings in the benefits
Providing 110,000 pupils with new facilities and buildings is something to be proud of
NewsNo summer holiday for the BSF programme
Rather than shutting down for the summer holidays BSF schools will open their doors to the local community
NewsMore than bricks and mortar
Over 40 schools and new academies are due to be built, remodelled or refurbished in local authorities throughout the Gateway region as part of 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future. But iit has deeper significance to the Thames Gateway