All Comment articles – Page 206
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London risks being a victim of its own success
The run-away resi market is pushing young professionals out of the capital
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How it feels to be a Tesco supplier
Firms may be forgiven for indulging in a little schadenfreude, but the fact remains that Tesco is a hugely important customer
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Music to our ears
The Labour party gathering in Manchester has set the tone for debate and the mood music for the sector is encouraging
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Hansom: Dare to be different
Sit at home and watch Eastenders if you want - or go watch a melting house, take pictures of a major infrastructure project, design the new Guggenheim, or live in a zero-carbon house for a year. Up to you
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Liquidated damages: The unlikely LADs
A court struck down a liquidated damages clause because when the value of the contract was reduced, it became disproportionate and ‘unconscionable’
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Assessing the risks in Russia
It’s a culture shock for Western firms working in Russia, but behind Putin’s aggression is a country worth getting to know
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Construction Act: Pay back time
Moves to speed up payment for the supply chain may have tipped the balance too far the other way and some subcontractors are cashing in
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Labour has got ambition but no cash
The Labour party conference reveals much positive policy but without some spending it may not add up to much
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Weak commercial output
The latest construction output figures show that the industry remains in a relatively healthy position
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Feeling the benefit
The CPA/Barbour ABI Construction Index was 129 in August, marginally higher than in July but 21% higher than a year earlier
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Collaborative working: Age of the team players
The industry has a number of tools to help focus collaborative working. So, is partnering still the future of construction?
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Labour has few surprises at its conference
This year’s Labour conference was awash with policy pledges but new policy and detail was thin on the ground
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The next chapter for green building
This week’s World Green Building Council report on green value is the start of a new frontier in selling green construction
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Labour conference: No borrowing for building
A fretful conference saw Labour tighten its stance on austerity, ruling out extra borrowing for capital spending
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Labour conference: Brownfield or greenfield housing?
We need to get the balance right between brownfield and greenfield development and I’m not sure Labour has done that yet
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Scotland's Aladdin
Alex Salmond and the yes campaign lost their battle for an independent Scotland - but by letting the genie of devolved powers out of the bottle, they did us all a favour
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Can World Green Building Week make a difference?
Events like this aim to inspire people to bring about large scale and rapid change, let’s hope enough of us get involved
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Is your waste data rubbish?
Robust data about waste produced on site needs to comply to certain standards, but so far this isn’t happening in England
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Independence vote: a collective sigh of relief
Whatver your views on the referendum, for Scottish construction a “no” means a number of tricky issues are sidestepped
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