More Comment – Page 324
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CommentHansom: Mistaken identities
This week, Danny Alexander is lost in time, a career change is suggested for Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Berkeley looks to heavenly ladies to sell property and Grant Shapps bids farewell to the housing brief
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CommentMy Digital Life ... Ben Johnson
John Rowan and Partners head of asset management talks fridge magnets, Phil Collins and Samurai versus Zombie defence
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CommentCabinet reshuffle: The pain game
Despite firms going bust, and young people being denied entry to the industry, the government is still posturing. It needs to act
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CommentBarriers to building new homes
Constant tinkering of planning policy and short-term political reasons are hindering development
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CommentMarket needs PFI certainty
What confidence can we have now that we will actually see some direction for PFI this autumn?
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CommentScotland expects
The building industry will look to Ms Sturgeon to hit the ground running with measures to kick-start life back into this crucial sector
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CommentAdjudication: Having the last word
Don’t confuse adjudication and litigation. Judges don’t have to put up with as much chaos as the typical adjudicator
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CommentFifty shades of liability contract
A dispute about the extent of liability for a fire at a popcorn factory was largely to do with the terms of the contract - just like Fifty Shades of Grey
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CommentThe 'conservatory tax' is dead. Long live consequential improvements
Ministers should ignore ‘conservatory tax’ media hysteria and press on with consequential improvements, says Andrew Warren
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CommentIs the UK rapidly building up a future construction skills gap? Probably
Figures indicating how much the pool of labour has shrunk are disturbing
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CommentWonders & blunders with Linda Morey Smith
Linda Morey Smith loves London’s Victorian palace for dinosaurs, but is less keen on what’s happened to the Elephant
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CommentThe housing market is in a coma and the drugs don’t work – a bit more verve perhaps?
More potent and perhaps more directly applied medicine might be needed to get Britain building homes
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CommentNigeria: Too big to ignore?
Nigeria is expected to become Africa’s largest economy by the end of the decade. Here’s what you need to know about doing business there
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CommentTime is running out for construction as private sector new orders run thin
Without new orders coming in fast the prospects look bleak
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CommentPlaytime's over
Most government initiatives identified as a way of boosting the economy through the construction has floundered in the execution
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CommentNew housing measures: The right direction?
The housing measures could benefit from less focus on the planning system and more on affordable housing
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CommentMultiple choice gives no answers
Raising one issue at a time in serial adjudications can lead to confusion all round - everything should be decided together