All Comment articles – Page 19
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Bashing government on net zero progress feels good but does it get us any closer to our targets?
Private and public sector must move faster to decarbonise the built environment but important steps have been made
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Gender trouble at work
Allison Bailey’s tribunal underlines the legal requirement to allow diversity of opinion
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Manchester’s moment – building on the city’s cultural legacy
The city could become an examplar of how urban centres can offer a way of life that is attractive and sustainable
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Construction industry gossip: Master of spin
Who knew how much musical talent the industry was hiding?
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The UK construction industry is key to delivering ‘Global Britain’
A report out today argues our sector should be a priority for a super-charged post-Brexit trade policy
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A gold standard for net zero in historic buildings
Recommendations on how to deliver net zero carbon emissions for heritage structures are contained in a new research report
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Supply chain visibility and buy-in key to social value success
Unless social value is embedded into the procurement you’re losing the maximum benefit, write Peter Masonbrook and Pamela Paul
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Digital construction: What’s in it for me?
We delve into what digital can do to enhance you career and its trajectory in the construction sector
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Short-term solutions must not prevent us from building back better
Boris Johnson made a lot of promises. I fear the next PM may abandon those pledges to ease the cost-of-living crisis
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This is not the end of globalisation for construction
Net zero is no barrier to a globalised market. A focus on local materials and labour should not mean taking an eye off the market elsewhere
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This is how we rise to the retrofit challenge
Pragmatism, agility and flexibility are vital qualities when working on a building that requires updating, says Ed Williams of Fletcher Priest Architects
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Essential law: Defects, part three
In the third article of the essential law series to look at the topic of defects, Chris Hadnutt explains whether an employer may be obliged to ask the original contractor to return to site to rectify its defects
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We need evidence-based design to reach climate and wellbeing targets
We know we should be building more sustainably, so let’s gather the facts that make the construction case incontrovertible, says Sadie Morgan
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Company liability for safety breaches by individuals
Do failings by individuals place organisations in breach of their health and safety duties?
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‘Benny’s enthusiasm for construction was completely infectious’
As a rookie reporter Iain Withers scooped an interview with the then-retired McAlpine director Benny Kelly - here he remembers “construction royalty”
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A key costs ruling post Grenfell
This landmark decision offers at last some firm judicial guidance for the hundreds of cases arising in the wake of Grenfell
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Coaching clinic: Communication is harder than you think
Most problems within organisations are rooted in poor communication, but some simple steps will help avoid the pitfalls
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Can collateral warranties be adjudicated?
The case of Abbey vs Simply Construction brought up the question of whether adjudication can apply to a collateral warranty
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Digital construction: Is it the industry’s wonderland?
In this piece the Building Boardroom Digital Construction Academy programme director introduces the course
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This is a more restrained Stirling Prize shortlist, but not lacking in quality
Despite some surprising inclusions, this year’s Stirling Prize has nominees to match the best from any previous year