All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 16 November 2012 – Page 3

  • Lease application form
    Features

    Lease is more

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    With capital budgets still tight and limited finance available from other sources, leasing companies believe their moment may have come. We do the sums

  • Brian Green
    Comment

    Is a lack of new housing resulting in more multi-family homes?

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Multi-family households are on the rise, especially in London, which is just one symptom of our chronic failure to build enough new homes, says Brian Green

  • Around 65,000 new jobs could be created through energy effi ciency improvements as part of the Green Deal
    Features

    Time to get ready to go green

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    UK construction needs to equip itself with the right skills to deliver the Green Deal now - or it won’t just be the industry that misses a vital opportunity

  • Sarah Richardson, editor of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV
    Comment

    Solid foundations

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Officials could do far worse than to look at Whitehall’s approach to housebuilding and seek to replicate it on a bigger scale

  • EMAC Cold Rolled series
    Features

    Interiors focus: Products

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A roundup of the latest products in interiors

  • rachel barnes
    Comment

    Limited liability: Even limits have their limits

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Contract terms that seek to limit liability have to be able to pass a test of reasonableness – and not only where they are part of standard terms

  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Analysis
    Features

    What's the future of nuclear decommissioning?

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Last week’s devastating National Audit Office report on decommissioning facilities at Sellafield has led many to question whether the UK has the skills needed to deal with nuclear waste. But does the problem really lie with a Nuclear Decommissioning Authority overly occupied with cutting costs? Will Hurst investigates

  • Features

    Roundtable debate on going green: "It is happening"

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    AIS gathered together design and fit-out experts at St Mary Axe in September to compare notes on the pros and cons of going green. We report from the SAS International-sponsored event

  • Abu Dhabi
    Features

    Country focus: UAE

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    After the 2008 crash in Dubai, growth and confidence are returning and a more mature construction market is developing, based on Abu Dhabi’s huge investment in energy and infrastructure and Dubai’s prime location as a hub for trade and tourism. Paul Maddison from EC Harris reports

  • hansom for i pad
    Comment

    Hansom: Complete transparency

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A warning on profit that is not a profit warning, a series of ‘virtual’ underground shops, a secret lift and a bit of dodgy sales lingo are just some of the things that we’re not entirely clear on this week

  • GCF
    Features

    Global Clients Group: Does going green pay off?

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The second of our Global Clients Group series looks at the links between sustainability and commercial value

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Standard form contracts: Cheer up, Tony

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Life has changed in the 50 years since the 1964 Banwell Report recommended the use of only one form of contract

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    PC Harrington vs Systech: Wrong call

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Even if the decision an adjudicator reaches is unenforceable, they should still get paid. But that’s just my opinion. The Court of Appeal clearly thinks differently …

  • Solar panel array at Blackfriars station
    Comment

    Blackfriars station: A bridge too far

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Jacobs are credited with designing the station – but the idea was actually originally conceived by Will Alsop

  • Biophilia: Natural resources
    Features

    Biophilia: Natural resources

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Big windows, natural light, pot plants… Sometimes the simplest things in life make the most business sense. We explore the value of biophilia in the office environment

  • Special report
    Comment

    Northern Ireland: The bigger picture

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Most people in the UK will never understand how incompetent the Northern Ireland Assembly is. What has happened to Patton is sad and disturbing. It is difficult to keep a large construction company trading when all key local markets have been decimated and below cost tendering is seen as ...

  • Balfour Beatty
    Comment

    Big business needs diversity

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    I was dismayed to read that, of the 71 director positions available in Balfour Beatty’s restructure, not one is held by a woman

  • letter b
    Comment

    B: Bouygues vs Dahl-Jenson

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A-Z of key construction law cases: An early adjudication case that shows that even when an adjudicator gets things wrong, their decision can still be upheld by the courts

  • Alastair Young
    Comment

    Dispute resolution: Ask an expert

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Involving an expert in dispute resolution can help your case - but make sure that they are experienced, a good communicator and can offer independent advice in the eyes of the court

  • Lisa Kingston
    Features

    Subcontractor’s equipment: Alstom Power Ltd vs SOMI Implanti

    2012-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A case invovling declaratory relief relating to the ownership of a subcontractor’s equipment that was brought to site in connection with the construction of a power station.