All Comment articles – Page 278
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CommentReader competition: Spot the building
Identify the six construction projects in this photo montage and you could win £25 of vouchers
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CommentAct now to avoid energy crisis
We are losing time to put the necesary infrastructure in place to ensure stable energy provision for the UK
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CommentWonders & blunders with Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson compares two UK schools - one that captures the worst of the brutalist movement in post-war Britain, the other, a blueprint for the future
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CommentSix of the best Serpentine Pavilions
Giant sphere or wafer thin canopy? Vote for your favourite past pavilion from our shortlist …
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CommentSerpentine Pavilion: Better from afar
Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion is a dazzling vision from a distance but disappoints on closer inspection
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CommentWhy we need DECs
The current focus on Energy Performance Certificates is a distraction from the vital monitoring that’s needed to reveal how buildings perform when people are actually using them
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CommentLimitation of adjudication: Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd vs Higgins Construction Plc
Did the adjudication process give Aspect a new cause of action against Higgins to recover the money which it had paid out on the temporarily binding decision of the adjudicator?
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CommentRepudiatory breach of contract: Once more unto the breach
A repudiatory breach by the other side allows you to terminate a contract. But you will need to be sure it is such a breach if you don’t want the courts to put you right
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CommentMy working day: John Phillips, Kier Harlow
Kier Harlow’s operations director explains what made him want to work in social housing and why his working day can often be unpredictable
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CommentMy digital life … Tony Fretton
Architect Tony Fretton on wellington boots, the Royal Horticultural Society and listening to the jazz of the Vijay Iyer Trio
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CommentCarbon targets must be credible
The infamous 400 parts per million of CO2 has passed and concentration just keeps going up. So what should be done?
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CommentContract flexibility: How far can it bend?
Flexibility in contracts is a complex matter. Professionals need the freedom to exercise their judgment, but never at the expense of precise language
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CommentHansom: Location, location
Bristol dons red trousers, RTKL treasures its view of St Paul’s cathedral, Scotland flexes its economic muscles, and some surveyors find their way to the kitchen
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Comment... or just more education needed?
Cavity wall insulation is simple, efficient and comes at a low cost
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Malcolm Hollis
There’s spilled beer and talk of mishaps when Building ventures to Mayfair for a pint with the Malcolm Hollis team
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CommentNo benefit to Green Deal ...
Lower interest rates or additional financial incentives are needed for the Green Deal to be a success
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CommentThe madness of NEC the third
This clause was so complicated that the parties offered two different interpretations and the adjudicator went with a third. Which started a whole new round of wrangling …
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CommentBuilding the Houses of Parliament
Ten reasons why the 32-year construction of the Houses of Parliament did not run smoothly
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CommentHow soon is now?
If the government doesn’t stimulate investment in green construction now, we will feel the ramifications for decades to come