All Comment articles – Page 51
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CommentOlympic memories: Pernilla Ohrstedt
The Olympic Beatbox pavilion designer looks back at the nervous creation of a complex structure and a rooftop afterparty with medal-winning athletes
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CommentStar performers: The Olympic venues in practice
Watching the Olympic buildings fulfill their roles during the Games was a triumph - will they live up to legacy expectations too?
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CommentOlympic memories: Mike Peasland
Tthe acquatics centre contractor boss shares his Olympic highlights, including an inspirational performance in the main stadium
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CommentUK guarantees: a boost for the industry?
The UK Guarantees scheme was supposed to provide a much needed boost for the industry, but it will not benefit the small-scale projects that need funding the most
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CommentRecycling materials: The great recovery
Some of the core materials construction uses have become scarce - eventually everything we use will be. We have to stop jettisoning materials and design so they can all be recycled
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CommentPFI: Road to nowhere
The coalition’s attempts to attract private finance to infrastructure projects merely postpones the inevitable return to PFI
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CommentRenewables subsidy review is a 'shot in the arm' for UK plc
But we need to be careful to maximise the economic benefits
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CommentRestraint not extravagance
This year’s Stirling prize nominees reflect the hard times but one leaves a powerful lasting impression
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CommentPensions: Cleaning up our toxic legacy
Construction accounts for £34.4bn of the UK’s final salary pension deficit. How can the government restore confidence in workplace schemes?
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CommentDeepest green credentials
The Living Building Challenge provides the opportunity to hit the highest conceivable sustainability targets
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CommentSustainable materials: Wood first?
Design teams need the freedom to decide which material will give the best sustainability outcome
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CommentThe Shard: Overcoming height and heritage
How did Sellar’s tower reach its height in the face of financial and practical challenges?
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CommentContractors left waiting for DIDO ...
Ministry of Defence estate arm’s ‘transformation programme’ leaves contractors waiting for the long-promised intelligent client
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CommentThe Shard opening marks a new chapter for London's skyline
Renzo Piano’s breathtaking tower is sublime – but it could usher in an era of high-rise banality
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CommentTime for some joined-up thinking
Now could be a revolutionary time for the UK construction sector. We should become an efficent, techno-savvy industry. If only we could get procurement right
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CommentDrinks on the house: Building's annual terrace reception
Once again, the movers and shakers of the UK construction industry gathered at the Houses of Parliament for Building’s annual terrace reception
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CommentThe Olympics: Setting the standard
The delivery of the London 2012 Games could provide a blueprint for the future of UK infrastructure projects
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CommentHow should green building labelling work?
The success of the newly launched BREEAM for Domestic Refurnishment scheme depends on finding a balance between admin costs and a large enough market
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CommentWSP-Genivar merger: A new opportunity
Is the acquisition of WSP by Canada’s Genivar the end of another independent UK consultant?
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CommentA single voice for the industry
We speak fine words of collaboration, but all attempts to set up a representative industry-wide voice are torn apart by factionalism and confrontation, says Nick Raynsford