All Comment articles – Page 38
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CommentAdjudication can rarely be enforced in insolvency
Julian Critchlow considers the recent appeal ruling in John Doyle, on insolvent claimants’ entitlement to summary judgment to enforce adjudicator’s decisions
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CommentBuilding at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 3
Tom Lowe has been covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. Here’s his final despatch
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CommentWe must expand the skilled workforce if construction is to fuel recovery
A wider range of construction career paths is available now than ever before – but we need to do more to promote them
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CommentTulip decision is missed opportunity to deliver positive change
The hard-hit Square Mile will suffer because of Michael Gove’s decision to reject developer’s appeal, says NLA founder Peter Murray
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CommentBuilding at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch
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CommentConstruction mediation – a mandatory step?
Sheena Sood and Michael Salau on recent moves towards making ADR compulsory
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CommentBuilding at COP26: the view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch
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CommentA science-based approach is the way to achieve net zero
If companies in the construction sector are serious about addressing the issues of climate change and sustainability, they need to set wider, science-based targets that go beyond the industry standard, Stephen Hemmings writes
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Comment‘Tried and tested’ materials are still damaging our health
Our homes should be the safest place to be but our use of dangerous chemicals is still too widespread
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CommentCreative thinking needed to tackle growing threat of urban flooding
Surface water flooding not only affects infrastructure and property, it can also cause loss of life. As we focus on refurbishing and refitting existing buildings, we should take the problem more seriously
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CommentBuilding Talks Net Zero Podcast: Eco-activist architect on the power of protest
Episode 3: Tom Bennett interviewed about Extinction Rebellion and getting arrested | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains NABERS UK
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CommentEssential law: Defects, part one
As the series moves onto the topic of defects, Chi Mount explains the differences between a reasonable skill and care obligation and a fitness for purpose obligation
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CommentLETI: How volunteers joined forces to get London on the net zero path
Building has released special, extended content from episode 2 Building Talks Net Zero podcast
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CommentSmall steps can help our industry take big strides
An evidence-based approach and incremental progress should make all the difference
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CommentWill onshore wind stage a comeback?
Signs are emerging of a thaw in the government’s attitude to onshore wind, writes Angus Walker
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CommentConditions are right for seismic change. It’s time to ask really tough questions
Current economic and environmental uncertainties provide an opportunity for all of us to reconsider what we are doing – and why
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CommentLeaner, low-tech architecture can stand the test of time
Make each building element work as hard as possiblex
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CommentBuild energy-saving data centres into development plans
Recovering waste heat and connecting it into a local network could provide enough energy to supply an entire neighbourhood
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Comment‘We will make you proud to be RICS members again’
Interim chief executive Richard Collins responds to Building’s open letter to the institution’s new leaders
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CommentMake it cheaper to do the right thing
The government must create the economic incentives to change the systems we use