All Comment articles – Page 211
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CommentRichard Threlfall picks 'The London housing problem'
Joey Gardiner’s feature on the London housing shortage really brings the issue home
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CommentDebbie Hobbs picks 'What clients want'
This feature pointed to a welcome trend of clients and contractors increasingly sharing information
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CommentBuildings are only as sustainable as their users
It seems the recession has had a damaging effect on sustainable FM and there is no sign of recovery
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CommentStephanie Canham picks 'Armitt proposes fast track to long-term infrastructure plan'
Armitt’s proposed National Infrastructure Commission would seek to depoliticise infrastructure delivery and remove the uncertainty of long-term project pipelines
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CommentGoing round in circles
We’ve all heard the mantra: ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’, but should we be doing more?
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CommentJack Pringle picks 'Watch your optimism'
Pooran Desi’s blog confronts the realities of sustainability
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CommentDr Sean Tompkins picks 'What next for BIM?'
The CEO of RICS picks his favourite article published in Building in the last 12 months
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CommentRupert Choat picks '2014 predictions: Wishful thinking'
Looking back at those 2014 predictions of Ann Minogue: Summer’s musings
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CommentNew homes insurance and lost deposits?
A recent TCC judgment involves claims by a number of parties in respect of lost deposits paid for new flats
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CommentMcLennan Architects Limited vs Jeremy Jones and Helen Roberts: Inspection of electronic devices
This case, before Mr Justice Akenhead in the TCC, provided guidance in situations involving applications for access to specific electronic data and associated metadata
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CommentHansom: Heads and tales
Land Securities’ New Ludgate office development brings up tales of headless maidens, bear-baiting and rhinoceroses, while a PV expert suggests that solar panels across the UK are facing the wrong way
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CommentLondon infrastructure: The long game
The London Infrastructure Plan 2050 will hopefully address some of the chronic shortfalls in investment
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CommentOne direction
As Building reveals the response to our Agenda 15 initiative, our construction manifesto for the next government has started to take shape
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CommentIs the long hot summer causing green policies to wilt?
I’m desperate for some holiday reading on green policy but it seems to be elusive
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CommentBIM is getting lost in translation
Having a common industry platform, like Australia does, would go some way to solving BIM problems
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CommentA case for compensation
A case in Ireland considered some of the clauses surrounding compensation events in the NEC3 suite of contracts
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CommentFree our regions to thrive
Boosting regions beyond the M25 could benefit the UK economy as a whole
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CommentThe legend of the three great information tribes
Legend has it that the CAD, BIM and GIS tribes don’t play well together – but here’s a way forward
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CommentThe calm before the storm
Westminster will soon be a flurry of activity before the general election - and construction is at the heart of the public policy debate
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CommentThe Freedom of Information minefield
Parties are using the Freedom of Information Act to strengthen their positions, so be aware when working with a public body that it may have to disclose information you’d rather it didn’t