More Comment – Page 288
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CommentMy digital life … Danny Wallace
Building surveyor Danny Wallace reveals why his emails are tricky to read and which technology would help him in his job the most
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CommentProject Horizon: The two-stage is set
Surrey council’s use of two-stage open-book procurement shows how radical changes in supply chain management can ease the pressure on the public purse
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CommentHansom: Religious experiences
Prepare for a week of the sacred and the profane as we have some interesting times in Heathrow Terminal 2B, think on yesteryear’s architectural wonders, and see the NHF recruit the Archbishop of Canterbury
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CommentA stake in the ground
Labour’s warning to developers that they should use land or prepare to lose it may sound bold, but will it be any more effective than existing compulsory purchase powers?
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CommentTaking a penalty
Liquidated and ascertained damage clauses for delays can see a contractor lose money - unless they can argue that the amount charged is a penalty and therefore unenforceable
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CommentIndependent thinking
Next year the people of Scotland will decide whether to cut their historic ties with the rest of the UK. What effect could independence have on the Scottish construction industry?
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CommentBack of the class
Whereas primary schools and universities are delivering well-designed buildings, secondary schools have fallen behind and are now in need of urgent guidance
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CommentDeal or no Green Deal
The energy bills don’t go down until the losts - which won’t be that low - have been repaid
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CommentPart L delay expected
Because of the delay, it will be 2015 before any new Part L buildings get signed off
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CommentA foot in each camp
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
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CommentWonders & blunders with Roger FitzGerald
Roger FitzGerald contrasts the elegance and contribution to the public realm of Rothschild Bank headquarters, with Number 1 Poultry
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CommentSweet home Chicago
Jack Pringle takes a trip to the Windy City and finds that the next generation of workers want something very different from the buildings where they do business
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CommentPart L: This is the bare minimum
These changes as the bare minimum to retain credibility for zero carbon from 2016
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CommentQatar: To boldly go where Boris has gone before
From pearl fishing to being one of the world’s wealthiest countries, per capita, Qatar is on an upward trajectory. What do you need to know to do business there?
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CommentLegal brief: The airport debate
There’s a need for more airport capacity in the South-east, but most politicians would rather leave the decision in the ‘too difficult tray’
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CommentHandle with care
Uncertainty on key areas of regulation could act as brake on growth at a time when the industry looks set to turn a corner
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CommentMaking use of what we've got
Central government is at last beginning to make more of its assets, but it is local government, sitting on the lion’s share of the £370bn public estate, that must now harness its resources
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CommentCorporate manslaughter: How to avoid breaching the law
The number of corporate manslaughter cases is rising - how can you avoid a breach in the law?
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