All Comment articles – Page 299
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Portal for government construction pipeline
As announced in September 2012 , the government has teamed up with Building’s sister company Barbour ABI to collect, collate and publish the government construction and infrastructure pipeline. Building on previous publications of the pipeline, it will help implement the government’s policy to improve the visibility of its forward work ...
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CommentPC Harrington vs Systech: Something for nothing?
The potential consequences of the PC Harrington vs Systech International judgment
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CommentHansom: What's trending
Mayor George Ferguson’s winning red trousers, the no-longer ubiquitous white van man, Gleeds’ celebrity lookalike and ‘Alistair’ Campbell are all worthy of hashtags this week
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CommentProud to be green
We helped deliver the BREEAM Outstanding rating on the King’s Cross Central development project
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CommentPC Harrington vs Systech: Fair game
Disputants and learned judges please note: adjudication is a rough and ready process that isn’t always fair. That might seem tough but it’s just what parliament intended
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CommentMy digital life ... Jo Tindall
The employment lawyer from Walker Morris on celebrity gossip, friends laughing at her phone and living in the Dark Ages
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CommentWhy building retirement housing could help the young
Encouraging older people to move to high-quality retirement housing will free up family homes for the young to move into
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CommentRecovery? Don't hold your breath
If Mervyn King is to be believed, we shouldn’t get too excited about signs of recovery in the housing market. Construction still has a long way to go
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CommentBeyond eco-bling
The Co-op’s rigorous approach to sustainability on its HQ in Manchester sets it apart as a client - so are others less willing or just less able to make such a commitment?
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CommentHousing: Simply, the best
Despite a desperate need for new ideas, the complexity of products and innovations can too often stifle entrepreneurship and creativity in the housing sector. It’s time we stopped being so risk averse, says Richard McCarthy
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CommentThe last word in adjudication
How many submissions should each party be allowed in an adjudication - and which side should be given the final say? It depends which rules of natural justice you follow
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CommentHow UK construction consultants are selling themselves abroad
UK firms are picking up increasing amounts of work abroad
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CommentWonders & blunders with Lindy Patterson
Scotland’s Forth Bridge takes Lindy Patterson’s breath away but Glasgow’s principal civic square, the scene of so many protests, is itself the subject of her protestations
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CommentTanzania – Birth of a gas giant?
Opportunities fired by natural gas could make Tanzania an attractive prospect for business – but what are the key considerations for working there?
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: La Defense offices in Almere
La Defense offices in Almere, Netherlands, designed by UNStudio. Photograph by Wojtek Gurak
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CommentIs a lack of new housing resulting in more multi-family homes?
Multi-family households are on the rise, especially in London, which is just one symptom of our chronic failure to build enough new homes, says Brian Green
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CommentSolid foundations
Officials could do far worse than to look at Whitehall’s approach to housebuilding and seek to replicate it on a bigger scale
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CommentLimited liability: Even limits have their limits
Contract terms that seek to limit liability have to be able to pass a test of reasonableness – and not only where they are part of standard terms