Opinion – Page 284
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Wonders & blunders with James Dick
For James Dick, the shimmering University of Aberdeen library sits like a jewel in the city’s crown, while the Talisman Energy headquarters draws all the wrong kind of attention
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My digital life: Dan Jestico
Tweeting, shouting at wayward gadgets and buying presents for his wife…
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The Bribery Act: If you discover evidence of bribery how can you limit the damage?
From tomorrow a company that ’fails to prevent bribery’ will be breaking the law, but even if you discover the worst you can still prevent prosecution if you act properly
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England’s housing stock grows slower than the population for the first time in decades
The historic trend of increasing the pool of homes faster than population growth looks like going into reverse
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The Secret Garden: Serpentine Pavilion 2011
Peter Zumthor’s pavilion is a mysterious shrine to nature and contemplation
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Mini surge over for plant hire as activity dips in April
Royal Wedding and Bank Holidays will have hit figures but the trend is still downward
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Electronic trading and Morrell's plan: it's nothing new
How can the electronic exchange of trading documents, such as invoices and orders, provide a pivotal contribution to cost cutting, integrated construction and improved sustainability?
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Presumption in favour: All those in favour?
The government’s presumption in favour of development could be a boon for developers. But which schemes could benefit?
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Here we go again
PFI is back in the picture and big changes are happrning among the big consultants
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How to avoid PR disasters for your firm
How do you manage the reputation of your business - large or small? Here a few examples of how to to do it. And how not to…
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Enter the Pimby
Forced to choose between economic stagnation and new development in their backyards, communities are abandoning the nimbyism of the boom years
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Hansom: Result!
This week effort is rewarded with slimmer waistlines, a praiseworthy ranking in the Green List, and a spotless building site – there’s even hope for those HS2 opponents now they have a new ally …
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Inbox: Universally challenged
This week, our readers take issue with ’champagne-drinking’ architects, plans to cut the cost of skyscrapers and the industry’s approach to labour and skills
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We’re not a bunch of incompetents
UK managers have been in the firing line of late, but the Olympics will be a great opportunity to show off our skills - and building information modelling could help us do that
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Wonders and Blunders with Su Butcher
Su Butcher loves everything about Ipswich’s Willis Building, even down to the swimming pool, but gets exercised about the damp squib that is the 2012 aquatics centre
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Eyewitness: Egyptians won their revolution, now they want more
Launching our online series of first hand accounts from trouble spots around the world, construction lawyer Kate Orviss gives her impressions of the mood after the fall of Mubarak
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Low-carbon plan a reality with Prisk on board
With Mark Prisk co-chairing new Green Construction Board there are high hopes for a cross-industry low-carbon action plan
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Another step on the long march to improving construction
Construction Excellence's new report on collaboration right focuses on the building's end purpose rather than the actual building itself
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A quick guide to challenging the enforcement of an adjudicator's decision
Step-by-step tips on resisting an enforcement and challenging a decision