All Comment articles – Page 163

  • Michael Dall
    Comment

    Brexit strategy

    2016-04-20T06:00:00Z

    Uncertainty around the EU referendum is hampering commercial activity while private housing continues to grow

  • Jack Pringle
    Comment

    Picking teams

    2016-04-19T14:16:00Z

    The Brexit referendum could transform the UK from a cultural and economic global focal point to a recession-wracked pariah

  • Lindy Patterson
    Comment

    Contracts: Contra movement

    2016-04-19T12:00:00Z

    In this case from the oil and gas industry, a contractor tries to recover costs for its own negligence

  • Julian King
    Comment

    All change for retail estates

    2016-04-18T07:00:00Z

    As online shopping grows a new type of property portfolio is arising

  • Darryl Murphy
    Comment

    Our infrastructure needs

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    What role will private investment take in the long term?

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: Where the wild things are

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    Croydon is Dancing with Wolves, the City may become wooded, Pidgeon and Berry are misrepresented and political animals need to be rehoused. Meanwhile, one team is being threatened by a massive gorilla

  • Stephanie Canham
    Comment

    Mind the insurance gap

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    JCT’s attempts to simplify construction insurance still has its limitations

  • Sarah
    Comment

    London beckons

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    Three weeks from now, Londoners will head to the polls to decide who will fill the sizeable Boris-shaped void in the capital’s City Hall

  • Kevin Owen and Wishram Sirhan
    Comment

    Singapore: The Lion City roars

    2016-04-14T06:00:00Z

    Can Singapore rival London as the forum of choice to resolve construction contract disputes?

  • Poll City Hall
    Comment

    Online poll: The fight for City Hall

    2016-04-13T09:07:00Z

    Who would be best for London’s built environment - Zac Goldsmith or Sadiq Khan? Vote here

  • Peter_Murray
    Comment

    Dear mayor …

    2016-04-13T06:00:00Z

    Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan have said lots of lovely-sounding things about making London better. But how much do they understand about what the city needs?

  • Simon Rawlinson
    Comment

    Steel yourselves

    2016-04-12T14:04:00Z

    As the UK steel industry takes a body blow at Port Talbot, commodity prices for construction are set to rise

  • Michael Conroy Harris
    Comment

    Panama Papers: Blind data

    2016-04-11T16:19:00Z

    The Panama Papers should serve as a wake-up call for the industry and how it treats data. It’s time for contract drafting to move into the 21st century

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: Eureka!

    2016-04-08T06:00:00Z

    In a week of discoveries, war-time plans to rebuild the Forth Bridge are uncovered, a translucent wood for housing is invented, and the top engineer of the natural world revealed

  • Alan Lewis
    Comment

    Diversity: All there in black and white

    2016-04-08T06:00:00Z

    Black graduates earn on average 23% less than white graduates - so what’s the industry got to do to improve its record on equality and diversity?

  • Mark Leftly
    Comment

    Portcullis House: A clear decision

    2016-04-07T06:00:00Z

    The cost of fixing the leaking roof of Portcullis House is potentially horrendous, but it is essential if we want our represenatives to do their job properly

  • Boris
    Comment

    Online poll: Boris Johnson

    2016-04-06T10:57:00Z

    As we close in on the London mayoral election, has Boris Johnson’s time as mayor been good for the capital’s built environment? Vote here

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Zaha the great

    2016-04-06T06:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid broke boundaries and will inspire a new generation of young architects with her inventiveness and experimentation

  • Ian Yule
    Comment

    Construction Act: In out – shake it all about

    2016-04-05T10:00:00Z

    The power/process plant exemption to the Construction Act no longer makes sense

  • Paul King
    Comment

    Zero Carbon RIP

    2016-04-04T12:34:00Z

    Improving quality of life and tackling climate change must go hand in hand in delivering the new homes that the UK needs