More Comment – Page 97
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CommentSmash and grab adjudications: what about insolvency?
A recent case may herald a move away from upholding ‘smash and grab’ adjudications where insolvency is a factor
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CommentWhy construction should embrace the commitment to zero carbon by 2050
Engineers love to solve complex problems, they just need the right environment
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CommentTory leadership contest: what construction needs from the next Prime Minister
Investing in infrastructure, zero emissions, dealing with Brexit - everything is on the table
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CommentHow do we make young people happy at work? Treat them like adults
Maybe we’d be better off without the term ‘millennial’, or at least forget the stereotypes associated with it
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CommentA deeply weird day out - when Will Ing went to Chernobyl
Our intrepid reporter Will Ing recounts his day at the site of the worst-ever nuclear disaster
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Subversive elements
So-called troublemakers speak shocking words at a contractor’s breakfast event
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CommentAdjudication, the low-cost way
Today sees the launch of a pilot scheme for a new low-value disputes adjudication service
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CommentInternational Women in Engineering Day: let’s get the message right
Construction industry engineers should consider retraining as teachers to stop girls getting the message that engineering is for boys
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CommentTurn on, tune in - and stay safe - connecting into the digital world is critical
As the post-digital generation comes of age, embracing technology’s potential to transform the workplace will help construction win the talent battle
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CommentContracting for Brexit
Rupert Choat examines the legal position regarding unexpected circumstances arising from Brexit
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CommentAre speedier visas enough to ease the skills crisis?
Architects have been added to the visa priority list to ease recruitment problems
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CommentOur challenge is not to innovate or die. It is invest or decline
We believe there’s no money to pay for infrastructure – the problem is more who controls the budgets
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CommentThe moment of truth: we need to be honest with ourselves about construction's recruitment problem
Construction’s recruitment crisis is often attributed to an image problem, but perhaps it’s the reality we need to change
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Comment5 minutes with… Tim Bowder-Ridger, senior partner, Conran and Partners
Tim Bowder-Ridger tells Building about horses, Seiko watches and his love for Norman Foster
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CommentGrenfell - the slow road to change
Two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there is still anger at the lack of progress from the industry and goverment to change
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Show me the money
Kier’s outgoing finance director displays uncanny vision in his purchasing restraint and Sisk’s chief exec offers a fair excuse for at least one late payment
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CommentIf offsite construction is to work for us, we need to get the logistics right
Without this, we will never entirely realise the full potential for maximum productivity
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Comment2070 vision: why we need a long-term view on regional infrastructure
Regional inequalities have long been exacerbated by poor decision making on infrastructure projects. Now it’s time for that to change
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CommentCase in focus: RGB P&C Ltd vs Victory House General Partner Ltd
Ted Lowery considers a case in which the adjudicator carried out his own delay analysis