All Letters articles – Page 9
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CommentOver-regulation is the problem
The UK is less attractive to infrastructure investors than rivals because of the burden of regulation here
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CommentInfrastructure to help the young
Every pound spent creating modern infrastructure should also help create opportunities for young people
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CommentHigh Speed 2: No consultation
We were presented with plans not choices, and propaganda not neutrality
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CommentCourting trade bodies
The myth of the industry ‘single voice’ is behind us - but now how will smaller contractors get their message across?
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CommentBritain's lost talent
We need a focused strategy to get young talent into the industry in order to achieve a sustainable resurgence
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CommentWrong target
Measures are needed to help the smaller housebuilders rather than those at the top who are recovering well
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CommentProud to be green
We helped deliver the BREEAM Outstanding rating on the King’s Cross Central development project
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CommentBig business needs diversity
I was dismayed to read that, of the 71 director positions available in Balfour Beatty’s restructure, not one is held by a woman
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CommentNorthern Ireland: The bigger picture
Most people in the UK will never understand how incompetent the Northern Ireland Assembly is. What has happened to Patton is sad and disturbing. It is difficult to keep a large construction company trading when all key local markets have been decimated and below cost tendering is seen as ...
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CommentBlackfriars station: A bridge too far
Jacobs are credited with designing the station – but the idea was actually originally conceived by Will Alsop
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CommentStandard form contracts: Cheer up, Tony
Life has changed in the 50 years since the 1964 Banwell Report recommended the use of only one form of contract
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CommentWelsh F1 track is Spanish folly
Will the inclemental weather of Wales really draw a crowd to a racing track?
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CommentDo we need airport expansion?
Advancements in global communication mean there’s less reliance on air travel for meetings etc
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CommentNo harmony in our industry
The industry has never had a single effective voice - and never will
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CommentPoliticians need to act now
Unless vital infrastructure projects are delivered, the economy risks even deeper problems
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CommentStandardised schools: The customer is always right
From a child’s perspective, schools being standardised nationally is irrelevant