All Comment articles – Page 160
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CommentTotal cost: A global view
Akenhead returns to Building with a column on a recent case which examined the issue of ‘total cost’ or ‘global’ claims
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CommentThe future after Brexit
The EU referendum looms, but what is our relationship with the EU likely to look like if it’s an out vote?
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CommentCommon law and its death rattle
Is arbitration robbing us of the opportunity to nurture our common law? And who will shed a tear?
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CommentOnline poll: Off-site problems
Do Laing O’Rourke’s problems signal that the industry is not yet ready to embrace off-site construction? Vote here
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CommentCurb your enthusiasm
If the expert witness you commission comes up with something not entirely to your liking, you might be tempted to shop around for another one. But the court won’t like it
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CommentLaing O’Rourke up close
It has now been a decade and a half since then-concrete boss Ray O’Rourke pulled off what is still the biggest M A coup in construction
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CommentHansom: A right brouhaha
This week, workers are left red faced by a builder’s crack, a developer takes the uncertainty out of the EU vote, Black Cab drivers proffer a rare opinion, and a nightclub makes a hullabaloo about development plans
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CommentBuild costs: Keep your options open
If uncertainty is construction’s worst enemy how can architects and engineers help clients manage build costs?
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CommentFixing the UK's flooding problem
Water and wild weather might have dropped out of UK headlines but they’ll be back
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CommentContracts: Making amends
What happens when making amendments to a standard contract causes things to go wrong?
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CommentHansom: Power games
Football and politics weave in as Greg Dyke tries to tackle Sadiq Khan’s (shrinking) housing targets, Leicester is (still) celebrating, Gatwick strengthens its defence and New York remembers thinking big. Plus, Torytubbie energy policy
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CommentKhan's balancing act
The Bishopsgate Goodsyard site is an unpromising advert for London’s supposedly vibrant development pipeline
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CommentLoose talk
You want to claim the cost of extra works without a written instruction? A new Court of Appeal case just made life a little easier
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CommentOnline poll: Housing quota
Should London mayor Sadiq Khan take a tough line on affordable housing quotas for new developments? Vote here
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CommentHousebuilding: For starters…
The government’s pledge to create 200,000 starter homes by 2020 is ambitious, and must be paired with clear regulation from the off to avoid confusion and delays
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CommentSomeone to watch over SMEs
The government is preparing to appoint a small business commissioner to provide advice and consider complaints on payment issues. But how much power will they really have?
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CommentFlood resilience – built in, not an afterthought
How can we build new homes without increasing the flood risk of existing communities further downstream?
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CommentIs the circular economy the way forward?
Construction should look at a more circular approach to reduce the amount of waste it generates
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CommentRoad to Morocco
With Africa a future engine of global growth, Morocco is a potential gateway to the continent for UK construction companies