More Comment – Page 285
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CommentWalkie Talkie: The danger of innovation
Pioneering designs can lead to monumental headaches, as the team behind 20 Fenchurch Street will be well aware
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CommentHow happy is the housing market?
Housebuilders have received a massive injection of confidence from government, but like any drug fix the good times cannot last long
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CommentStudent accommodation LADs: Missing the start of term
Contractors and developers are used to paying LADs when a project is running late. But missing a deadline on student accommodation can lead to more complex issues
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CommentRogers vs the Prince: A battle between two establishments
Richard Rogers speaks for an elite whereas the Prince of Wales defends the view of the ordinary citizen
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CommentBringing house buying into the digital age
Improving the quality of new homes, the choice available, and the purchasing experience would help get the public on the side of housebuilding
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CommentIndustrial strategy: Round Two
Last week, our columnist gave the government a piece of his mind over the Construction 2025 strategy. This time he explains how it should be changing its own behaviour in order to make savings
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CommentA new era of greener homes
Construction can now boast a return to growth thanks to this government’s focus on capital projects, and one happy consequence will be more homes built to greener standards
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CommentHansom: Recognising greatness
A great feat of Scottish engineering is honoured, Bam does a lot of good work for charity, a US design practice prints a pavilion, and there’s the latest in a long line of hilarious building-shaped confectioneries
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CommentThis is a critical time for low-carbon housing policy
There are a number of political balls in the air and this is a critical period
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CommentMy digital life … Kris Gamble
The Customised director on speaker envy, Jamie Oliver and being a tweetaholic
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CommentNo place like home
Trade delegations to lucrative markets abroad are great PR for politicians but to sure up this tentative recovery the focus has to be on activity in the UK
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CommentPick your battles: Adjudication when a party is in administration
Taking part in an adjudication will always be a risk – but even more so when one of the parties is in administration. We look at the issues you should consider
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CommentBlacklisting or prudent management?
We haven’t heard the contractors’ side of the blacklisting argument
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CommentHousebuilding: An attitude problem
The public sector isn’t known for risk-taking or innovative thinking, but that’s what is required to release enough land for housebuilding
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CommentBirmingham Central Library, 1973
How was the original Birmingham Central Library received when it opened in the 1970s?
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CommentVerbal agreements: Is your word your bond?
The use of an oral or verbal contract in non-construction activity is commonplace, so is there any reason why we should not extend it into construction works?