More Comment – Page 161
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CommentUp the garden path
Garden villages are earmarked to provide 48,000 homes which won’t be a gamechanger for the UK’s housing supply
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CommentOnline poll: Garden villages
Do you think the government’s garden village policy is a good idea? Vote here
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CommentThe rise and fall of the mega-city
Mega-cities are no longer sustainable and the bigger they become, the less likely are they to function efficiently
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CommentWill nobody notice?
A recent case has highlighted the role and significance of notices, which can get particularly complicated when there are funding and insolvency issues
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CommentDelivering a healthy digital railway
The European Train Control System will go a long way to improve the efficiency of our railways, but it is only part of the solution
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CommentEcobuild blog: Here’s one we made earlier
The offsite sector is still in its infancy but a future in which robots manufacture complete building elements does not have to remain a pipe dream – we need to commit ourselves to further investment
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CommentEcobuild blog: Check out the competition
Responsible retail is essential for a sustainable future, and Ecobuild’s Big Innovation Pitch with M S will give ambitious innovators the opportunity to fast track engineering products across the retail sector
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CommentHow green space can pay its way in garden villages
Cost-benefit analysis of the impact of the natural environment on people could be used to plan the proposed wave of garden villages
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CommentMake Brexit work for us
Building is starting 2017 by launching a campaign to secure a fair deal for construction from Brexit
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CommentHansom: Yule never walk alone
Christmas pud all eaten up, life returns to what we like to call normal – a world of football rivalries, eye-catching press releases, new year’s honours and Brexit. What’s left of the season of goodwill is restricted to dogs
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CommentTrump? Oh no it isn’t. Oh yes it is!
So much of the world - and construction in particular - looks like the back end of a panto horse. Imagine if we had a powerful, no-nonsense wheeler-dealer taking over the reins…
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Comment2017 – the fear of the unknown
After what we went through last year, who would feel confident predicting what will happen this year to the property industry? But hell, why not try?
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CommentOnline poll: Brexit deal
Are you confident the government will negotiate a good Brexit deal for construction? Vote here
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CommentStart the clock…
The government wants to standardise 30-day payment terms throughout the supply chain in public contracts. Usefully, it has now clarified when the payment period starts
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CommentMauritian Marathon
If your project is changed out of all recognition can you abandon the lump sum price and remeasure from scratch? A long-running recent case from Mauritius went back to basics
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CommentWhat’s in store for the commercial sector in 2017?
The current climate of uncertainty may lead to some unexpected opportunities within the UK offices market
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CommentWhy is productivity better in the US?
To build our ambitious infrastructure and housing programmes the UK needs to improve its productivity levels, and the Americans can show us how
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CommentPrefabrication can have a positive impact on architecture
Let’s remain open-minded about the architectural quality modular construction can deliver
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CommentPredictions 2017: Philip Watson
Philip Watson, design director at Atkins, looks at what 2017 has in store for off site construction
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