All Comment articles – Page 171
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CommentHow green is high-rise?
Might the most sustainable skyscraper not be a skyscraper at all? Philip Steadman of UCL asks how green is high-rise based on his new essay with Create Streets
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CommentFlood reaction: Tim Young, John Rowan and Partners
It’s time to think differently on how we protect people and property from flooding.
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CommentHansom: A touch of class
This week, the case against Heathrow is nailed, a beer is launched specially for architects, a ballet school is a pas de deux or two away from expansion, and the burghers of Mayfair get sniffy about affordable housing
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CommentReady, action
World leaders at the Paris summit entered the final stages of negotiation over an agreement to limit carbon emissions this week
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CommentAbout time
Just 10 years from Construction 2025’s deadline, the industry has little idea of how it will reach the government target of cutting build time by 50%. It’s time to put ‘time’ back on the agenda
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CommentOnline poll: Flood defences
Should the government be spending more on flood defences? Vote here
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CommentAnother fine mess
From February next year, new health and safety sentencing guidelines will apply. The approach the Sentencing Council has taken is draconian - with hugely increased fines - but is it fair?
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CommentQuantum meruit: Just desserts
It seems only fair that a party should be paid a reasonable amount for the work it performed. But the courts have taken a nuanced approach to quantum meruit claims
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CommentFloods reaction: Will McBain, Arup
The victims of the 2015 Cumbria floods should not be abandoned to their fates, particularly when there is a growing body of evidence that we are all culpable
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CommentFloods reaction: Simon Rawlinson, Arcadis UK
Given the events following Storm Desmond the need to reassess flood risk assumptions is clear – so that the right investments are made in the future and so the public better understands the problem
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CommentFloods reaction: Sue Illman, CIC Champion for Flood Mitigation
While none of us want to spread unnecessary doom and gloom, no-one connected to the water industry is in any doubt about the problems we face
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CommentZero-carbon way forward for COP21
Proven examples of low carbon development have a role to play in inspiring the confidence to make the environmental commitments we need
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CommentGet out there
Construction is in recovery in the UK yet still holds back from competing for work overseas. It’s time it put itself forward to grab a bigger share of a growing international construction market
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CommentChristmas stuffing
For those wondering what to put in their loved ones’ Xmas stocking this year, here are two page-turners about adjudication that will leave them feeling satisfyingly replete
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CommentBuilding Live: That was the week that was
Here are seven things we learned at last week’s Building Live conference
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CommentA yellow card for penalties?
When two cases on liquidated damages were heard in the Supreme Court, it seemed possible that the law on penalty clauses was to receive a shake-up
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CommentOnline poll: China takeover
Will a Chinese developer acquire a major UK contractor within the next year? Vote here
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CommentHousebuilding: Home delivery
The government is keen to move away from `generation rent’ but are the measures it is putting in place enough to deliver the homes the country needs?
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CommentProtect infrastructure investment
We need to develop proactive strategies to protect ourselves from flooding
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CommentSubcontractor discounts: An offer you should refuse?
Who should benefit from subcontractor discounts? Or are they past their sell-by date?