More Comment – Page 253
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CommentYou can make biomass-fuelled developments work
Developers need to consider how much heating they will need to avoid risk of costly mistake
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CommentLet's embrace the 'choice-edited' city
Willpower alone is not enough to change behaviours on key areas such as carbon reduction, we also need to ‘choice-edit’ our environment
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CommentResi on the rise - but will input costs hold back profit in 2014?
Housing is driving construction’s recovery, but inflationary pressures may squeeze both contractors and residential developers
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CommentWe do not need BIM managers
We have a great chance to seize the opportunities BIM presents - but we need to keep it simple
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CommentPoliticians need to take green drive up a gear
How much will the EU’s new targets for reducing carbon emissions fuel energy efficiency work in the near term?
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CommentThe Garden Bridge is not a 'vanity project'
Thomas Heatherwick’s projects spark regeneration and his latest is no different
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CommentWhy cutting operational carbon is the priority
Calculating embodied energy in buildings is neither straightforward nor ready to be applied
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CommentAllowable Solutions must deliver for the public
The public may not understand what a zero carbon home is but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t deliver for them
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CommentMy digital life ... Rachel Louise Moan
The CAD author for isurv on pitching TV shows, venting frustrations in German, and understanding the entire history of mankind
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CommentConstruction's crystal balls
No one knows exactly what will happen in 2014, but it will certainly be different
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CommentFighting homophobia in construction
Stonewall’s advertising campaign has drawn attention to an important issue facing the construction industry today.
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CommentThe numbers look good
Inflation has reached its target and unemployment is falling. Things are looking better than even six months ago.
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CommentHansom: Specialist subjects
This week we relive our student days by going back to our ABC, learning about the latest catwalk fashions (donkey jackets, apparently), popping into a bookshop, and then going to a gig. Just don’t mention ‘eco-towns’
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CommentPrepare for mediation
What if one party tries to initiate alternative dispute resolution and the other doesn’t want to know? Elizabeth Repper writes on some interesting points from a recent case and on how to structure mediation
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CommentEnergy firms are getting off scot-free under ECO reforms
George Osborne has eviscerated ECO and left it in a position where nearly no work needs to be done
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CommentBIM and the self-driving car
We can draw insight into the future of buildings from America’s new obsession with the self-driving car
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CommentCould ‘use it or lose it’ unlock more land?
Perhaps politicians should target the real landbanking culprit - government
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CommentRichard Threlfall
Richard Threlfall is head of infrastructure, building and construction at KPMG
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CommentLet's politics-proof infrastructure
Sir John Armitt’s recent report suggests we need a long-term infrastructure programme that exists beyond the whims of changing governments. Building’s Agenda 15 initiative could give the industry a chance to make this a reality
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CommentWhat does 2014 have in store for architecture?
Designing the unbuildable has had its day. But what’s next?