More Comment – Page 307
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CommentGreen is good for business
Tim Yeo remembers when sustainability was a dirty word for the business community. Now as an MP he sees the industry taking the lead and willing the government to do more
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CommentRise in new orders provides some solace, but they remain at very low levels
Latest data shows that while there are signs of improvement the need for much greater improvement is clear
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CommentHere’s one I made earlier
If a project involves two separate but related disputes, is it fair for one of the parties to send the second adjudicator the first one’s decision?
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CommentMy digital life … Michael Robinson
The head of building consultancy at Gerald Eve on forgetting his Blackberry, keeping in touch with relatives abroad, and what he’d do if he won the lottery
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CommentLegal brief: Resident or non-resident?
Westfields Construction Limited vs Clive Lewis shows at what point the Court should assess whether or not a defendant occupies a property
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CommentHansom: Just the job
This working week, you may be asked to eat some smoked salmon, read thousands of pages on HS2, star in a Chinese sitcom, or listen to deafening drilling while trying to write your diary column
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CommentTackling Scots youth unemployment
Continued public infrastructure investment is crucially important as part of a successful youth employment strategy
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CommentGreen for the future
Put the health of our environment first and it will stimulate the economy for years to come
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CommentNew model for education in sustainability
The time seems right for academia to realise that things are not working and it needs to change
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CommentImporting Passivhaus
Asking whether there is a place for Passivhaus in the UK is an odd question
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CommentHome-office reshuffle
The communities secretary’s proposal to relax planning rules around the conversion of office buildings into homes could have a number of implications for local infrastructure
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CommentWonders and blunders with Andy Ford
Andy Ford is thrilled by Heatherwick Studio’s UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, but infuriated by Zaha Hadid’s Olympic aquatics centre
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CommentView from my office: Jamie Crouch
It’s a bustling scene of construction amid woodland if you look out the window of this project director’s office
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CommentSchools: are we failing future generations?
School buildings must provide opportunities for children to learn as well as being designed to be as long-lived as practicable
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CommentThe price to pay
Firms that engaged in buying work are seeing the impact of their failed gamble
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CommentEcobuild: A great deal to talk about
Ecobuild 2013 will tackle a range of urgent issues, but the Green Deal will take centre stage
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CommentEmployment law: The modern apprentice
There is new legislation designed to boost support among potential employers for apprenticeships. We look at how this affects apprentices’ employment status
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CommentDelays: A likely story
Deciding whether a party causing a delay was responsible for the fall in the market value of a property boiled down to whether that loss was ‘not unlikely’
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CommentStrategy needed for apprenticeships
The director of the National Association of Shopfitters calls on government to develop a coherent apprenticeships policy
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CommentSevern Barrage has the power
The Severn Barrage is tipped to supply a substantial chunk of the UK’s energy needs