All Comment articles – Page 27
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CommentBIM: digital dexterity and the next level
Building’s latest BIM survey shows usage is widening and deepening but SMEs must not be left behind on this digital journey
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CommentHow automated design can unleash creativity
Automating the design process won’t take creativity out of architecture, but free us up to embrace a more human-centred approach
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CommentAll together now
The Farmer Review is the latest report to call for the fragmented built environment sector to embrace truly collaborative ways of working. The entire construction industry must come together if we are to fulfil our potential
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CommentAre construction firms tackling modern slavery?
So far there is little evidence to suggest that the majority of companies affected are complying with the Modern Slavery Act
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CommentTrump's victory has major implications for global markets
The president elect has threatened to impose punitive tariffs on foreign goods, and that could have a huge economic impact worldwide
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CommentThe other single market
The UK relies heavily on the single electricity market, let’s hope Brexit doesn’t disrupt this vital trade with European networks
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CommentWill mainstream developments go off-grid?
Up to now problems with onsite energy generation and storage have been barriers to going off grid, but several factors could be about to change the status quo
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CommentBrexit’s gaping holes
Construction faces the prospect of losing large chunks of its workforce because of Brexit
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CommentInnovation is the cure to construction's ills
We cannot afford to ignore the Farmer Review and we should see Brexit as a catalyst for change
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CommentFast forward housebuilding
The government is putting both funding and policy in place to get new housing delivered more quickly and encourage small and specialist developers. Now it’s up to all parts of the industry to get a move on and build more homes
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CommentHeathrow: The Great British take-off
The government has at least followed the advice of the Davies Commission, but the prospect of a long consultation is concerning
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CommentHeathrow has many hurdles ahead
It’s good to have more certainty over a third runway but delivery seems a long way off, says the Construction Products Association
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CommentFarmer Review: We need a multi-skilled workforce
It’s no good contractors training people to have single skillsets and then fighting over hiring them, says Mace chief executive
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CommentFarmer Review: Off-site manufacturing needs to be the norm
Contractors and specialists have a role to play in spreading innovation and collaboration through the supply chain
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CommentI can sympathise with politicians' Heathrow dilemma
MPs have to weigh up the interests of their constituents against those of the the country as a whole, no wonder they’re dithering
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CommentDelaying a decision over airport capacity is economic madness
Government indecisiveness risks damaging investors appetite in UK infrastructure projects, and ultimately the UK’s fragile economy
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CommentThe Farmer Review is a call for re-education
This fragmented industry needs to reform for sure, but more than that we need to fundamentally change our attitudes to how we work together
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CommentFarmer Review: Telling it as it is
Mark Farmer’s review outlines familiar problems but is hopefully the spark for powerful change
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CommentThe Farmer Review is right to focus on pre-manufacture
Structural timber has a vital role to play in hitting housing targets, what we need now is more collaboration with housebuilders to realise the benefits of this approach
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CommentNo bars to freedom
With £1.3bn to spend on five new prisons, construction has a golden opportunity to drag the criminal justice system out of the Victorian era and use design to change lives