More Comment – Page 323
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CommentParty conference season: Ready, set, action
Policy makers are keen to be seen with the industry - but here’s how they could really make a difference
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CommentDispute Adjudication Boards: A DAB hand
The RICS has decided to champion the dispute adjudication board system used for the Olympics. But DABs have been in use for a while elsewhere in the world - and for good reason
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CommentHansom: Whistle-stop tour
This week, we travel from an artillery room to the men’s section of Selfridges, via Newport, Edinburgh Zoo panda enclosure, the new Design Museum (in cake form) and Teletubbyland (just outside Bolton)
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CommentEducating for construction: Time to skill
The industry should be thinking hard about what sort of graduates it wants from our colleges and universities
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CommentWorkers' rights: View from the hot seat
It is vital for employers to keep abreast of changes to their workers’ legal rights. A raft of recent case law offers some guidance
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CommentA fairer system on carbon emissions
Proposed changes to regulations on consequential improvements to property do not address carbon emissions
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CommentCash flows and the supply chain
Cash is king - but with less of it around, contractors are taking different approaches to their supply chain
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CommentWonders & blunders with Ben Derbyshire
HTA’s Ben Derbyshire was moved to tears by the beauty of Thomas Heatherwick’s Olympic cauldron whereas One New Change makes him weep for other reasons
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: Basketball Arena
The BasketBall Arena for the London 2012 Olympic Games, photographed by Kevin Button
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CommentBank of England agents give construction a gloomy assessment
In the sober judgement of banks, construction is getting worse faster
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CommentLegal 500 2012: Which construction lawyers are top of the list?
Building legal columnist among those praised for expertise in construction law field
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CommentMy digital life … Pero Maticevic
A Fletcher Priest Architects partner reveals a digital dependency and love of navigation apps
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CommentHarassment: Be a responsible boss
If employees are found committing harassment, employers could find themselves liable without taking the right steps to prevent it
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CommentCompany restructures: Wake up and shake up
Some of the UK’s biggest contractors are restructuring – but the drive for efficiency goes beyond cutting staff numbers
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CommentRather than provide growth, private sector new construction has gone into reverse
Private new work in commercial, housing and industrial combined has declined steadily since the start of the year
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: Chobham Academy, Stratford, London
Chobham Academy, Stratford, London, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, photographed by Timothy Soar www.timothysoar.co.uk
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CommentResi: Yes, it's Groundhog Day
Joey Gardiner finds government money and planning reform fail to lift the mood at this week’s RESI 2012 conference
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CommentGroundworks: Digging deep
Who carries responsibility if the ground conditions necessitate a design change in a building project?