More Comment – Page 270
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CommentWhy hospital design matters
Evidence is mounting that good hospital design is hugely important to patients and NHS staff alike
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CommentSave as You Pay - or not?
We need to develop a precise science of ‘energy auditing’ to take retrofit programmes to next level
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CommentThe benefit of experience
Age may not lead to wisdom, but looking back at her days as a junior solicitor Ann Minogue finds that she now has some of the answers to the things she did not understand back then
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CommentMy digital life … Professor David Philp
Mace’s head of BIM likes to send out culinary tweets, wishes he had a ‘Hackintosh’ and stays away from Facebook
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CommentGlobal measurement standards are key to recovery
By creating a level playing field for the way property is measured, valued and reported in financial statements we’re likely to see a more stable global market
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CommentChoose your weapon
A contractor used a procedural trap to try to torpedo an adjudicator’s decision against it. Unfortunately for the contractor, it blew up in its face
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CommentThorns in the green shoots
Contractors are still using some of the dirty tricks they learned in the depths of recession to squeeze supply chains. But they may not get away with it for much longer
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CommentUnchartered territory
There’s plenty of enthusiasm among sustainability professionals, but it may take a new professional chartership to make our message heard
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Richard Shennan
Richard Shennan is restored by the sight of the Royal College of Physicians building in Regent’s Park, but Calatrava’s Valencia opera house gives a poor performance in the long term
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CommentHS2: Full steam ahead
The case for HS2 is strong, but successful delivery will depend on investing in the right cost and project management skills - not to mention getting cross-party concensus
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CommentHansom: Getting physical
This week, we bust our guts at Hackney’s Boxing Academy, get our tongues in an acronymic twist, put our foot down on bottoms, and get our rocks off with construction’s finest bands
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CommentCurb your enthusiasm
The construction industry has reason to be optimistic but now is not the time to sit back and celebrate
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CommentMiliband's energy pledge may increase infrastructure cost
Labour leader’s promise to freeze cost has arguably increased the risks for investors wanting to fund low carbon generation
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CommentSME housebuilders key to beat housing crisis
The industry as currently formed cannot produce more than 150,000 homes per year
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CommentMaking BIM work for existing buildings
Adding performance data to existing models will save money in the long run – but will clients see the benefits?
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CommentThe value of IT
Instead of being a drain on company finances, a well-equipped IT department can actually drive profit
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CommentLet’s agree on the data, then argue about what it means
If you’ve not got hard facts on sustainability your argument about it, whatever it is, isn’t worth much
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CommentWe need a pan industry R&D fund
Overestimations of the energy performance of new homes are symptomatic of a wider problem in the industry
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CommentPlaying the long game is key in emerging markets
To be a winner in emerging markets, you need to be resilient and invest more to succeed in the long term
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CommentHow viable will adjudication be in future?
The recent Museum of Liverpool has huge implications for adjudication costs and makes it a much riskier undertaking for smaller firms