All Comment articles – Page 349
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CommentSocial housing: Locked out
Families living in social housing rely on subsidies to make ends meet, but with higher rents and reduced benefits affordable homes are becoming anything but
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CommentThe TCC's new home: Roll with the times
The Technology and Construction Court is an increasingly valuable resource and area of expertise. Its new home reflects this and helps it perform on the world stage
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CommentHansom: Make your mind up!
This week, indecision prevails as the RIBA swaps cool for sophistication, politicians disagree on numbers and the communities department isn’t sure whether it’s setting up a committee or not
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CommentImproving energy efficiency: the hole truth
The Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation could transform the UK’s housing stock, says John Sinfield. But only if they come with powerful incentives to insulate our homes
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Wonders and Blunders with Phil Hutchinson
Phil Hutchinson casts his critical eye over offices in west London, enjoying the charms of Chiswick Park but lamenting how the Ark in Hammersmith has changed over time
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CommentBIM: Too many cooks
How do you keep track of what everyone’s up to on a design and build contract? You could use BIM, but it’s a rather complex and costly solution to the problem
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CommentExperian shades up its construction forecast as public investment holds up better than expected
Optimism for 2013 remains, with growth predicted in commercial and private housing
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CommentThe dials are set for a long period of flatlining but it's high house prices that bode ill for building
If we can’t shift houses that are already built, how can we build more?
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Work related deaths: Swift justice
The third version of the Work Related Deaths Protocol came into effect on 1 October, and it could see firms responsible for a fatality on their site prosecuted a lot quicker
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CommentVariations of a guarantee: Hackney Empire Ltd vs Aviva Insurance UK Ltd
This case highlights what can happen when employers enter into side agreements with contractors, as these agreements may not be covered by the bond
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CommentA quick guide to public procurement in the UK
A quick guide to the obligations imposed on public bodies by the public procurement regime and the remedies available to a supplier of goods or services if a public body fails to comply.
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CommentHansom: Fame!
Everyone yearns for a moment in the limelight - shooting music videos on a Zaha backdrop, enduring the X Factor ordeal, and allowing (as the Labour Party did) film stars to upstage their beloved leader
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CommentTory conference Q&A: the construction minister
Emily Wright cornered the construction minister Mark Prisk, at the Tory party conference this week…
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CommentHandle with care
The challenge of economic recovery facing the UK government just got tougher
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CommentDelivering low carbon buildings in practice
We’re very good at delivering low-carbon buildings on paper, but when it comes to actual performance, we’re where we were 20 years ago. Richard Guy says it’s time to get serious
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for Hilson Moran
If this lot are anything to go by, engineers are a thrill-seeking bunch
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Must do better
Readers consider how groups or organisations could improve. Building inspection, the RICS and housebuilders all come in for criticism this week