All Comment articles – Page 307
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CommentLegal 500 2012: Which construction lawyers are top of the list?
Building legal columnist among those praised for expertise in construction law field
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CommentMy digital life … Pero Maticevic
A Fletcher Priest Architects partner reveals a digital dependency and love of navigation apps
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CommentHarassment: Be a responsible boss
If employees are found committing harassment, employers could find themselves liable without taking the right steps to prevent it
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CommentRather than provide growth, private sector new construction has gone into reverse
Private new work in commercial, housing and industrial combined has declined steadily since the start of the year
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: Chobham Academy, Stratford, London
Chobham Academy, Stratford, London, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, photographed by Timothy Soar www.timothysoar.co.uk
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CommentResi: Yes, it's Groundhog Day
Joey Gardiner finds government money and planning reform fail to lift the mood at this week’s RESI 2012 conference
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CommentHansom: Mistaken identities
This week, Danny Alexander is lost in time, a career change is suggested for Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Berkeley looks to heavenly ladies to sell property and Grant Shapps bids farewell to the housing brief
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CommentScotland expects
The building industry will look to Ms Sturgeon to hit the ground running with measures to kick-start life back into this crucial sector
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CommentGroundworks: Digging deep
Who carries responsibility if the ground conditions necessitate a design change in a building project?
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CommentFifty shades of liability contract
A dispute about the extent of liability for a fire at a popcorn factory was largely to do with the terms of the contract - just like Fifty Shades of Grey
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CommentThe 'conservatory tax' is dead. Long live consequential improvements
Ministers should ignore ‘conservatory tax’ media hysteria and press on with consequential improvements, says Andrew Warren
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CommentCompany restructures: Wake up and shake up
Some of the UK’s biggest contractors are restructuring – but the drive for efficiency goes beyond cutting staff numbers
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CommentMarket needs PFI certainty
What confidence can we have now that we will actually see some direction for PFI this autumn?
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CommentCabinet reshuffle: The pain game
Despite firms going bust, and young people being denied entry to the industry, the government is still posturing. It needs to act
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CommentMy Digital Life ... Ben Johnson
John Rowan and Partners head of asset management talks fridge magnets, Phil Collins and Samurai versus Zombie defence
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CommentBarriers to building new homes
Constant tinkering of planning policy and short-term political reasons are hindering development
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CommentAdjudication: Having the last word
Don’t confuse adjudication and litigation. Judges don’t have to put up with as much chaos as the typical adjudicator
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CommentIs the UK rapidly building up a future construction skills gap? Probably
Figures indicating how much the pool of labour has shrunk are disturbing
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CommentWonders & blunders with Linda Morey Smith
Linda Morey Smith loves London’s Victorian palace for dinosaurs, but is less keen on what’s happened to the Elephant
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CommentThe housing market is in a coma and the drugs don’t work – a bit more verve perhaps?
More potent and perhaps more directly applied medicine might be needed to get Britain building homes