All Comment articles – Page 234
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CommentHow much longer must we wait for new housing standards?
It has been three months since the consultation on the housing standards review closed and still we have heard nothing
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CommentHansom: Interrupted service
The BBC’s Nick Robinson relives his embarrassment over a saucy seventies rock classic and a concrete leak causes havoc on the Victoria line, but can anything bring Unite’s Bernard McAulay to a halt?
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CommentDropping targets for renewable energy is not the solution
Government claims that higher cost savings could be achieved if markets are left to their own devices could have risky results
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CommentMy digital life … Chris Birch
The Hilson Moran director of sustainability on treadmills, listening to Elbow, and why intra-office email should be banned
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CommentGreen Deal: Baby steps
The Green Deal is officially one year old. Has it lived up to expectations?
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CommentQatar must act to save lives
If they’re serious about saving lives, the Qatari government needs to act sooner rather than later.
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CommentWill Labour listen?
With election nearing, how much can we learn about a future Labour government’s policies towards housebuilding?
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CommentThe onward march of technology
BIM is transforming the way we build and the way we share and control information. Its progress is irresistible and anyone wanting to win work should embrace it
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CommentWho’s responsible for making the Green Deal work?
The government should have realised long ago that small firms were best placed to deliver its flagship scheme
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CommentBIM: Quit talking, what we need is action!
I believe we remain no closer to achieving our 2016 BIM goals than we were in 2012
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CommentThe decline and fall of architecture
The first of three blogs on the role of architecture in the modern econony examines the causes of the profession’s fall from grace
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CommentConstruction 2025: Looking for a roadmap
Construction 2025 reminds us of the direction of travel but what’s needed now is a clear plan on how the industry can get to where it needs to be
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CommentOpportunity continues to beckon in Russia
Russia provides a long-term opportunity for UK construction, despite the market’s drawbacks
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CommentWhat can Boris Johnson learn from NYC's outgoing mayor?
The Big Apple’s architecture, infrastructure and public realm have been transformed by Michael Bloomberg
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CommentNEC: Campaign for plain English
The NEC was supposed to move from legal language to something more practical at project level. But a case from last year shows what can happen when courts are left to interpret the contract
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CommentA campus is a neighbourhood
If university buildings are designed as siloed developments, they will never be more than the sum of their parts
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CommentDesigning fast, building well – the Chinese way
Maintaining design quality in China’s young and bullish culture is difficult but achievable
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CommentThere's method behind Labour's attack on builders
Proposed planning changes to promote smaller sites could help deliver more homes