All Comment articles – Page 69
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NewsAnother slump
Official figures show construction output falling again, but devils lurk in the detail
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CommentThe real cost of regulation
According to the government, providing homebuyers with a plentiful supply of new homes has been an important goal for most of the past decade
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NewsEco-bling aside, there's some good stuff at Ecobuild
With Ecobuild in full swing, Bill Butcher from the Green Building Store and our regular Passivhaus blogger picks out some of the shows highlights
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NewsBSEC highlights at a glance
Conference sees launches, speeches and presentations and causes a buzz among education construction professionals
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NewsUnexplainable homes: German sausage
A continental approach to housing uses colourful facades to show just who owns what
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NewsBrickonomics: Growth still eludes construction
Latest figures from CIPS paint a gloomy picture – but the outlook isn't all bad
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CommentWrong time for an overhaul
Over the past few decades our system for regulating the supply of land and what can or cannot be built on it has become labyrinthine
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NewsStarting your own business, part 13: Planning the next six months
At the end of year two, things seem to be going well – but you'll need to do some hard thinking if you want them to stay that way
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NewsOpen source planning: naive, stupid or cynical?
The Tories revealed their planning policy this week, and the phrase 'barking' comes to mind
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NewsThe Tory planning conundrum
A Conservative government would hand planning powers over to local communities, but how will it reconcile this policy with the need for new housing?
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NewsHousing completions are way off target
From 2016 we are supposed to be building 240,000 homes a year, last year we managed a measly 118,000
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NewsConfusion over public spending cuts
Figures for a cut in net investment are causing alarm, but its the gross investment construction needs to worry about
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CommentWhy we need Charter 284
This week Building is launching a campaign to argue for five policy goals that the winner of the general election should implement
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NewsA bleak future for construction jobs
The latest figures may show a fall in redundancies, but don't start cheering just yet
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NewsDoes slump in work mean a double-dip recession?
RICS' latest construction market survey provides more fare for the double-dippers
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CommentPhilosophical advice
University spending is vanishing, but that doesn't meant this is another LSC debacle
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NewsAnnual orders figures reveal extent of freefall
Recession rips away £17bn of orders over two years
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NewsStarting Your Own Business, part 12: Making the selection
Hiring the right person is crucial, as is making sure the client is happy for you to delegate his commission to your new recruit
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NewsWas it just the cold or is it a relapse?
Brickonomics takes an in-depth look at the RICS' latest housing market survey and what it means