All Comment articles – Page 50
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CommentLandmark projects: How to spot a flop from 100 yards
Projects likely to lose a contractor millions of pounds don’t always have ‘failure’ written all over them, but there are warning signs that should make anyone pause
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CommentSchool building: United we stand
The Education Funding Agency’s baseline school designs have opened up divisions between architects and contractors when what is needed is greater collaboration
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CommentTime to think small
Infrastructure investment may be the key to economic recovery, but projects need to start now - and that means focusing on less showy but ‘oven ready’ local schemes
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CommentNot perfect but good enough for these austere times
Baseline school designs: some may think we’re selling our children short but we need to look at a system that can deliver in tough times
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CommentFragmented construction industry
If we just look after our own interests we’ll never get the government to listen to us
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CommentGarden Cities: Learning from the regions
Politicians discussing garden suburbs and cities at next week’s Conservative conference would do well to look further than London and Hertfordshire
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CommentInfrastructure investment
The CBI’s latest survey restates the business case for continued investment in infrastructure, but progress is still worryingly slow
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CommentCash flows and the supply chain
Cash is king - but with less of it around, contractors are taking different approaches to their supply chain
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CommentCabinet reshuffle: The pain game
Despite firms going bust, and young people being denied entry to the industry, the government is still posturing. It needs to act
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CommentPlanning system reform: Devil is in the details
Ian Tant says more detail is needed on the proposed reforms to the planning system launched today
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CommentPSBP: Invest wisely in education
A new academic year begins but we are still in the dark as to how the Priority Schools Building Programme will be funded - so here’s a few ideas for a fairer, more balanced system
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CommentUK economy: Let's get real
Politicians need to take charge of the economy and borrow to see a return on investment
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CommentA growth spurt for the UK economy
Richard McCarthy: We need some of that Olympic go-getting spirit to get our economy on track
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CommentOlympic legacy: Time to collect our gold medals
It may have been a rocky road but London 2012 has given the world a taste of UK construction’s quality. Now it’s time to make good on the legacy the Games has left us with
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CommentOlympic memories: Andrew Weir
The unforgettable moments of London 2012 for Expedition’s project director were an athlete’s realisation of a great achievement and the crucial point in assembling the Velodrome
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CommentExposing the Olympic marketing gag
Peter Murray on how he and Building have campaigned for firms who worked on the Olympics to get the recognition they deserve
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CommentOlympic memories: Zaha Hadid
Architect of the aquatics centre Zaha Hadid singles out the moment that the American swimming team thanked UK construction for the Olympic venues
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CommentOlympic memories: Mark Reynolds
Olympic delivery partner CLM’s deputy programme director explains how he changed the course of the stadium design to remove over £100m of cost
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CommentOlympic memories: Mike McNicholas
Atkins’ 2012 project director reflects on the journey from excavating 200 million m3 of soil to watching a gold medal winner in Taekwondo
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CommentOlympic memories: Peter Sell
Davis Langdon’s Peter Sell recalls staring at a scrapyard that was to become the aquatics centre and realising the enormity of the task ahead