All Comment articles – Page 4
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CommentLooking for signs of construction swinging to Labour
Many a construction boss is scathing about the Conservatives’ record in office, but that is not the same as embracing the alternative
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CommentLet’s harness the power of the ‘incomplete client’
Today’s complex environment demands a rethink in how we approach key relationships within a project, says Emma-Jane Houghton
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CommentHow a new ruling provides fresh clarity on building liability orders
Sheena Sood on a new ruling that offers key guidance on the building liability orders created under the Building Safety Act
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CommentOn second thoughts… the slip rule in adjudication
Tony Bingham explores the limits of an adjudicator’s power to correct their own mistakes after the award has already been issued
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CommentIt’ll take 10 years to solve the housing crisis – but here’s how we might do it
The UK housing crisis is so entrenched that it needs to be put onto a war footing and fought through a cross-party accord, says Jackie Sadek
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CommentFix planning to fix housing? It’s just a mantra, not the truth
Over and over, politicians have sworn to slash the red tape, but that’s not the key – housebuilders won’t build if there’s no prospect of profit
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CommentWhat we need from the next government
As a nation, we find ourselves with a lot to do and little money to do it with – not least in terms of housing, planning and sustainability. Vote wisely!
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CommentThe debate on retrofit has become polarised. That can get in the way of good placemaking
Many buildings were not constructed with the future in mind and prioritising retrofit could fail to solve the poor placemaking of the past, says Steve Perkins at Turner & Townsend
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CommentA long-term vision for investing in assets begins with engineers and surveyors
Technical advisers should be brought in to help make better property investment decisions, ideally at the time of purchase, says Neil Granger of TFT
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CommentWho will speak up for the builders?
The Co-op Live debacle is symtomatic of the awful PR that too often plagues our sector when high-profile projects go wrong, says Richard Steer
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CommentEvidence-based, human-centred augmented intelligence: how to flip the design paradigm upside down
Artificial intelligence is enabling us to design and build the optimal building from the outset, says Diego Padilla-Philipps. This means we can add value, improve performance and reduce the cost
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CommentPlugging in: We need to get smarter about tech-enabled offices
Technology is no longer a bolt-on to be installed in an office after practical completion but an essential component of the ‘commute-worthy’ workplace, writes the BCO’s chief executive Richard Kauntze
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: a tour of the Palace of Westminster, the trouble with Co-op Live and another QS is sold abroad
The latest chatter around the industry
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CommentWe are in a world where business leaders appear more radical than the Labour party
After the local elections, Keir Starmer looks certain to be our next prime minister, but where are the details beyond the aspiration to ‘get Britain building’?
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CommentIt’s time to prepare for change – although we don’t have much to go on
The local election results confirmed what we already suspected about the likely outcome of the forthcoming general election. Anticipating where opportunities might be found under a new government is another matter, but Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis stirs the tea leaves
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CommentIt’s time to take mental health in construction as seriously as physical safety
Two people in the industry take their own lives every day. Employers must do more to address their workers’ mental wellbeing for the benefit of all, writes Thomas & Adamson’s Rob Bewick
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CommentUh-oh. Co-op Live’s woes leave industry with familiar sinking feeling
When old men in their 90s have heard of the debacle, then things have gone really wrong. Problem is, people will think it’s the builders’ fault because that’s what people do, writes Dave Rogers
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CommentI saw the Co-op Live site with my own eyes three months ago. These delays do not come as a surprise
The UK’s largest arena was still far from being finished when Building went to see it in early February, writes Tom Lowe
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CommentGetting serious on serial disputes
Tony Bingham considers the subtleties of serial adjudications and when an adjudicator is bound by what was decided last time around
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CommentLocal strengths, national growth: the case for place-led growth in the UK
We’ve got to start now. And if we get tied up in bureaucracy, we won’t build anything, writes John Rayson, director northern transformation programme, AtkinsRéalis