All Comment articles – Page 276
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CommentBuilding Act: A pier entrance can be deceptive
Hastings council’s decision to close part of the town pier due to fears over its structural integrity put the provisions of the Building Act 1984 to the test - with perhaps surprising results
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CommentWater saving measures are just a drop in the ocean
Putting water-saving measures in building codes is well-intentioned but does not take account of the bigger picture
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CommentMy digital life … Mark Tucknutt
The QCIC director on never owning a Blackberry, buying curries online and building his own PCs
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CommentSix of the best rail stations
From Chicago to Mumbai, we look at some of the world’s most impressive rail stations – and ask you to pick your favourite
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CommentAmended standard forms: Just say no
‘Amended’ standard forms are a cunning ruse that use pages and pages of modifications to pile risk onto subbies. But why do they agree to sign them?
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CommentThe vision thing
Boris Johnson has set out his Vision for 2020 in typical bravura style. But there’s precious little of the focused thinking that made the Olympics such a success
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CommentRoll up your sleeves
Whether or not Osborne’s Spending Round will provide any long-term certainty on a pipeline of work will be crucial
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CommentWatch out for growth in a few key sectors
Data from the CPA/Barbour ABI index shows that construction contracts fell by 3% in May
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CommentHansom: Coming clean
Honesty seems to be the favoured policy this week, which leads to some surprising sales pitches. I, meanwhile, plan to take to the high seas (or, at least, a North London reservoir)
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CommentHigh hopes for Garden Bridge
If Heatherwick’s garden bridge in London can be realised, the city will be a better place
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CommentJoin the BIM conversation
The CIBSE’s new online service allows the industry to share knowledge and discuss BIM
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CommentSimplified BIM needed for FM
CAFM programs are process oriented solutions which are not suited to BIM data
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CommentSigns of stability in construction activity, but recovery looks a way off yet
We are yet to see real signs of a sustained improvement in the construction output data
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CommentJV agreements: Common provisions
Five of the most important provisions in a joint venture agreement
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CommentBahrain: Construction opportunities in the ‘land of the two seas’
Bahrain is a pure and sacred place known as “the Pearl of the Arabian Gulf” – and a place with an increasing number of opportunities for UK construction
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CommentReady, steady … build
It’s not that the government isn’t doing anything, but it’s all taking far too long. Here are some ideas to speed up the pace
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CommentEasements: What's yours is theirs
How easements - rights that people who don’t own the land can exercise on it - can hold up a development
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CommentBuilding buys a pint for … Bennington Green
Sailing, organic eggs and a bar with a view all feature when Bennington Green buys Building a glass of champagne
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CommentLimitation periods and adjudication
The idea of adjudication is that it has no bearing on any subsequent litigation or arbitration, but in this case a clever argument tried to get around that principle
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CommentWhat's the incentive?
Why bother with the Green Deal when the benefits just aren’t that great?