Opinion – Page 306
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CommentFairness heads south
Come back John Prescott, all is forgiven! You probably never thought you’d hear such a plea
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CommentSticks for the North, carrots for the South in the New Home Bonus handicap race
Is the north funding the South's Nimbyism?
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CommentAcademia isn’t up to the job
University research consistently fails to address the practical realities of construction. What we need is industry people in academic posts controlling the purse strings
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CommentWonders & blunders with Bruce Kennedy
BDP’s director is inspired by New York’s forward-looking Rockefeller Centre, built in dark economic times, but regrets the retrogressive timidity of SOM’s One World Trade Centre
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CommentPFI alternatives: A change of route
The damning National Audit Office report on the M25 widening scheme is the latest sign that PFI might be nearing the end of the road. But what are the alternatives?
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CommentHansom: Look over there!
Distractions abound in the industry this week, from executive toys in Rok’s offices, elusive bosses, misplacing a wind farm and a handy suggestion for the Irish government’s PR team
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CommentLocal authorities and housebuilding
Local authorities are using their new powers to cancel planned housing schemes, but that doesn’t mean housebuilders should just sit back, says Chris Cobbold
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Comment... and then there were two
It seems Mark Hammond, 12 November’s blunder spotter, was not alone.
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CommentForecasters at Leading Edge see growth after a shallow drop next year
Forecasters optimistic that growth in private sector will compensate for loss in public work
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CommentPassivhaus refurb diaries, part 7: Rendered insulation
Rendered insulation was used at the back of this Victorian house but there were problems to overcome …
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CommentConstruction’s downward revision yet to show in GDP figures
The latest construction figures will be factored into GDP figures next month
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CommentRICS survey points heavily to a return to recession
Survey indicates surveyors’ workloads are now falling
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CommentWhy we should train architects on the job
Higher education is going to become increasingly inaccessible, so why don’t we create ways of training while working
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Cluttons
Surveyors seem to have a predilection for rather shiny watering holes in west(ish) London when Building Buys a Pint. The Portman, which has removed most of its old wooden interior in favour of cream walls and rack upon rack of immaculate glassware, is no exception
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CommentHansom: Hue and cry
Modern classicism shows its colours (anything you like as long as it’s white), while those who should be blushing a beautiful shade of pink include Cabe, Jarvis, and, ahem, a few of our colleagues