All Comment articles – Page 3
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CommentAir quality in green building certification: what you need to know
Julie Tait explains how indoor air-quality standards in sustainable building certification are changing – and offers her golden rules for ensuring compliance
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CommentHow housebuilders can take a sustainable approach to placemaking
Sustainability in housebuilding encompasses everything from construction to placemaking to future skills requirements. Keepmoat’s John Bowden says housebuilders must integrate all these elements in their projects – with placemaking at the centre
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Comment2026 will be the year of gateway 3. This is how to make sure you are prepared
The BSR has made good progress in easing the logjam at gateway 2 of the approval process. Mark Brooks explains what comes next
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CommentThis month’s construction industry gossip: Touching tributes
The latest chatter around the industry
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CommentExpert witnesses: what’s the price of a change of mind?
When an expert witness changed his mind under cross-examination, should that have impacted the costs award?
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CommentThe shape of place: designing social value through data and dialogue
Place-based social impact starts with understanding local needs. By combining open data with community voices, we can design projects that deliver meaningful change where it matters most, Ellie Jenkins writes
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CommentThe year we’re meant to feel richer – but hiring tells another story
Construction shows resilience and growth forecasts for 2026 offer hope, yet the jobs market is shrinking and fears over the Employment Rights Act loom large, writes Chloe McCulloch
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CommentCoach on the ground: Navigating uncertainty in 2026 with confidence
In the first of a three-part series, leadership coach Mimi Dietrich considers how volatility is reshaping every corner of the built environment and leaving many professionals overwhelmed. She shares how leaders and teams can replace anxiety-driven reactions with resilience and confidence to thrive in uncertain times
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CommentSimplification, AI, robotics? Finding the fix for construction in 2026
Market sentiment took a battering in 2025, and viability remains a huge challenge. Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis considers where the bright spots are and how construction can take a little more control of its destiny this year
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CommentHow construction firms must get in line with new payroll rules
What umbrella payroll legislation means for construction and why firms need to act now
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CommentConstruction law at the turn of 2026: looking backwards and forwards
Cases on defective premises dominated construction law in 2025, and 2026 is likely to follow suit
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CommentPlaying it safe: Frameworks can steady the construction ship in these choppy waters
In a time of uncertainty and reduced market confidence, frameworks can keep the industry moving forwards with the right level of fair and transparent competition – with added safeguards, legislative guidance, and core benefits that feed economies of scale, writes Simon Toplass.
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CommentMisrepresentations on nomination form invalidate adjudication
A recent TCC ruling serves as a useful reminder of sticking to facts and a simple opinion on suitability or otherwise on adjudicator nomination forms
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CommentWill government’s aspirations for good design be derailed by under-resourced planning departments?
Pro-building planning reforms are undoubtedly a good thing for our industry but we must be careful to ensure that legitimate community concerns can still be heard, writes Denise Chevin
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CommentA year full of challenges, pressure and uncertainties for our industry – that was 2025
The second quarter brought some optimism with the publication of infrastructure and industrial strategies but ongoing economic uncertainty was the dominant theme overall, Karl Horton writes
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CommentPayment rigmaroles – it just shouldn’t be that complicated
It’s that darned payment regime again! Even the courts are getting sick of it now and calling for common sense
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CommentAll construction firms need an AI use policy – but how do you start?
Iain Simmons sets out the minimum requirements for an effective AI use policy in the construction sector
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CommentA new year – and the same old problems need new solutions
A radical rethink of how we build is essential in 2026 for construction to help hit government targets and deliver the growth this country so desperately needs, writes Richard Steer
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CommentApprenticeship reforms risk creating a competence crisis in construction
As industry leaders voice their alarm over Skills England’s apprenticeship reforms, Karen Wood has taken the difficult decision to pause the firm’s carpentry and joinery apprenticeship programme because of the damage these ‘wrong-headed’ proposals could cause
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CommentClauses designed to help avoid conflict in JCT construction contracts
How updated provisions in JCT 2024 are helping drive behavioural change in the industry towards conflict avoidance