All Comment articles – Page 94
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CommentThe real deal on skills: why we must stop UK construction falling behind
The UK construction sector is in many respects less flexible, less efficient and less innovative than in those countries where sustainable training and employment practices have continued to be supported, says the ECA’s Andrew Eldred
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CommentThought for tomorrow: social value
Durkan’s Kevin O’Connor sees the investment worth of social value
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CommentWe need to ensure that there is a straightforward path for young people into the construction sector
To win new recruits to construction we must all get behind a shared industry plan – changing perceptions and building a seamless talent pipeline
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Awkward questions
Clients experiment with a Cold War approach to contractors’ broken promises, Persimmon struggles to find a new boss unembarrassed by its own largesse, and the door staff get prickly at the Building Awards
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CommentLegal: The scariness of vicariousness
The courts have held an employer liable for a rogue data breach by an employee – although the company broke no rules. James Bessey explains why
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CommentBrexit: the stakes are too high not to shake our bad habits
We are not going to meet the economic shock of Brexit by building in the way we’ve always done. We have to embrace radical change
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CommentTalent on the move: there's a tug of war for skills in the contractor market
Will we have enough of the right people to build our projects to the right standards and at the right price?
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CommentIs altering the green belt the key to solving the UK’s housing crisis?
News of green belt boundaries being altered can often result in an element of local opposition, but amendments to national planning policy provide opportunities for better engagement
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CommentIt’s OK not to be OK. But how do we make people OK?
With men making up the vast majority of the construction industry, a fair conclusion is that it is male behaviours around mental health that most need to be tackled: by training people in non-judgmental listening and saying it is “OK not to be OK”.
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CommentGrenfell – a question of trust?
If the Grenfell fire teaches us one thing, says Colm Lacey, it is that the construction and development sectors need to create a culture of trustworthiness and humanity
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: tall tales
Workers at 22 Bishopsgate reminisce less than fondly over their summer sauna and the NHBC struggles to contain its laughter over government housing targets
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CommentLegal: Cost conscious
Steven Carey looks at how third-party funding and ATE insurance can help lighten the financial burden of litigation
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Conservation areas
Tony Barton suggests how to put nimbyism to more constructive use
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CommentBrexit: Any certainty in sight?
Even firms that are scenario-planning for Brexit admit that predicting what will happen is a massive guess, so no wonder commercial architect Lee Polisano told Building he spends a lot of time worrying about it all
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CommentPay first, adjudicate later: what an Appeal Court ruling means for the payment notice regime
Theresa Mohammed and Stephanie Geesink of Trowers Hamlins explain an important ruling on the payment notice regime
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CommentLegal: In fear of favour
Tony Bingham pities an earnest expert witness who got the sharp end of the judge’s tongue for apparent bias – despite his good intentions
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CommentWe desperately need to instil a positive culture - not box-ticking exercises
We need to think differently about corporate governance to regain public trust – a realistic set of principles will help companies achieve this
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CommentCouncils and developers need to take responsibility for transport
Younger people are being forced to rely on cars in many new developments which are void of transport links. How can housebuilders, developers and local authorities get this right?
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CommentIs government creating a sustainable housing policy framework?
Like Brexit, housing policy is an environment fraught with uncertainty, writes Steve Douglas