Opinion – Page 250
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CommentMonarchs and architecture: King George IV
How much influence have the Royals had on British architecture? Building investigates
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CommentMaking Priority Schools add up
Gove’s announcement secures precious funding for some schools, but there are still questions about how the procurement will work
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CommentPart 8 declaration declined: R&C Electrical Ltd vs Shaylor Construction Ltd
This case reaffirms the principle that in limited circumstances a party may set off against an adjudicator’s decision
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CommentPart 36 offers: Phi Group Ltd v Robert West Consulting
In this case the Court of Appeal considered the requirements of Part 36 offers and overturned a costs decision in the Technology & Construction Court
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CommentMonarchs and architecture
This week Building is examining the influence the Royals have had on our architecture – today we look at the impact of King James I
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CommentRoyals and architecture
Ahead of the Jubilee Building takes a look at the influence monarchs have had on our architecture – starting today with King William I
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CommentUnlocking the commercial market
The commercial office industry meets in gloomy mood this week, but if occupiers, developers and financiers work in partnership, they could open up the sector
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CommentArchitects, engineers and consultants are boosting turnover as they focus on overseas markets
Good news for UK firms - but it does not mean UK construction is doing well
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CommentWonders & blunders with Debbie Whitfield
The country’s first council estate is a great example of people-focused architecture, whilst the Tottenham Court Road one-way system is just badly thought out
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CommentMy digital life … Blane Judd
The chief executive of the Building & Engineering Services Association likes to hoard data and confesses to being an app junkie
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CommentProfit and loss
We are currently building half the homes we need in the UK. But if the housebuilder won’t jump in to fill the hole, who will?
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CommentAmateur builders kid themselves
How will the general public have self-build loans approved with no experience of construction projects?
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CommentMasonry as good as wood
The advantage of timber frame housing in respect of embodied carbon is marginal
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CommentSinks stink but timber triumphs
Support the safe use of timber in construction, not underground carbon sinks
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CommentHansom: Break out the canapes
This week, Make’s Ken Shuttleworth puts on a good spread, RIBA throws a party at the V&A, energy minister Greg Barker gets told off, and a terrible odour reaches Building Towers
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CommentWhy the scheme works a dream
The Construction Act’s payment rules have baffled many a great mind - but all you have to do is follow the ‘Scheme’…
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CommentBCO kicks off: What makes a winning building?
London, previous winners of the BCO awards and the charity cycle ride are among the hot topics on day 1
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CommentCycling to BCO: Day 3
The agility and speed of cost consultants is put to the test in Day 3 of the charity cycle ride from London to the BCO conference