All Comment articles – Page 5
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CommentThis month’s construction industry gossip: What’s new, pussycat?
The latest chatter around the industry
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CommentPreserving Britain’s past and building its future – why our heritage depends on vocational skills
Adrian Attwood exposes the crisis in heritage-conservation craft skills, and makes a plea for more young people to be encouraged into the field
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CommentOn hold: what Assent’s collapse and waiting for the Budget reveal about the state of construction
November has dealt a double blow to the sector – here’s what would help
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CommentLet’s extend 28-day adjudication to buyers of new homes
Tony Bingham makes a plea to housing secretary Steve Reed to ditch a Construction Act exclusion that ill serves new home buyers
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CommentAssent collapse: Are we ready to cope in the face of a chain reaction?
The sudden failure of building control specialist Assent raises some awkward questions about construction industry resilience. Do we understand our process and how vulnerable it is to disruption, asks Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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CommentSmall housebuilders are being pushed to the brink. What would the late Duncan Davidson do in this market?
Persimmon’s founder once embodied the bold spirit of the industry - a spirit Denise Chevin argues is now being stifled by rising costs, red tape and planning inflexibility
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CommentAI could force us to re-imagine how public consultation in planning works
Residents are increasingly using AI tools to craft letters of objection to schemes en masse. We need to think about how technology could help us create a better planning system, writes Paul Smith
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CommentWhat the construction sector needs from this month’s Budget
The chancellor has rolled the pitch ahead of her much-anticipated Budget with an unprecedented ‘emergency’ press event in Downing Street. Richard Steer considers her options for the main event on 26 November
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CommentWhat if part of the answer to our building problem is actually to build less?
‘No-build’ and ‘low-build’ solutions are a relatively cheap and simple way to reduce the size of the housing waiting list and shrink the size of the infrastructure pipeline, writes Beth West
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CommentRaising a new town: Lessons from delivering new communities in the UK
Some key ingredients are required if the government’s new towns programme is to be a success, writes Charles Hill
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CommentDesigning cities for play: Why child-friendly spaces matter
Children are the benchmark of an area’s liveability. They tell us whether it is healthy and inclusive. If it does not work for them, it is failing, writes Lendlease’s Nick Watson
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CommentWhy windows will have to work harder than ever
Andrew Mellor considers the considerable technical, social and environmental pressures driving the next stage in window design
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CommentThe elephant in the lecture theatre: Why universities must rethink space, community and culture
The way teachers teach and students learn has changed and empty buildings and outdated facilities are draining resources. A culture shift is required if HE institutions are to avoid a slow decline into irrelevance, says Philip Watson
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CommentRegeneration of overlooked communities alongside new towns will be vital if UK is to hit homebuilding target
Only by adopting an ambitious, long-term mindset and working in partnership will we manage to build those 1.5 million homes, writes Sir Michael Lyons, chair of the New Towns Taskforce
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CommentAdjudicators should aim for an ‘industry result’
Adjudication’s rough-and-readiness is partly about getting a result that makes sense in industry terms – that just works
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CommentWhat will the Employment Rights Bill mean for construction?
Construction employers must prepare for the significant impact of this legislation
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CommentModularisation in data centre development must begin with the supply chain
Demand for cloud storage is only going to increase, so the sustainability and efficiency benefits of embracing offsite construction are clear, says Derek McNamara at Linesight
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CommentWhy Industry Foundation Classes is the future of construction collaboration
Andrew Norrie makes the case for open data standards, and argues Industry Foundation Classes has a vital role to play in data sharing, workflow streamlining and the shift to automated, model-driven 4D planning
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CommentUniversity challenge: how estate teams are investing and innovating despite financial pressures
In the face of ever-increasing budgetary strain, universities are shifting their focus from expansive projects towards schemes that deliver operational savings, environmental performance and an all-round better student experience, writes Mike Borkowski
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CommentThis Stirling Prize winner is a model for how we can all live better
Witherford Watson Mann’s Appleby Blue scheme shows how thoughtful design can help us age well, strengthen communities and rethink how generations live together, says Ben Flatman