All Comment articles – Page 48
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Fragmented construction industry
If we just look after our own interests we’ll never get the government to listen to us
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Garden Cities: Learning from the regions
Politicians discussing garden suburbs and cities at next week’s Conservative conference would do well to look further than London and Hertfordshire
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Infrastructure investment
The CBI’s latest survey restates the business case for continued investment in infrastructure, but progress is still worryingly slow
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Cash flows and the supply chain
Cash is king - but with less of it around, contractors are taking different approaches to their supply chain
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Cabinet reshuffle: The pain game
Despite firms going bust, and young people being denied entry to the industry, the government is still posturing. It needs to act
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Planning system reform: Devil is in the details
Ian Tant says more detail is needed on the proposed reforms to the planning system launched today
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PSBP: Invest wisely in education
A new academic year begins but we are still in the dark as to how the Priority Schools ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Programme will be funded - so here’s a few ideas for a fairer, more balanced system
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UK economy: Let's get real
Politicians need to take charge of the economy and borrow to see a return on investment
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A growth spurt for the UK economy
Richard McCarthy: We need some of that Olympic go-getting spirit to get our economy on track
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Olympic legacy: Time to collect our gold medals
It may have been a rocky road but London 2012 has given the world a taste of UK construction’s quality. Now it’s time to make good on the legacy the Games has left us with
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Star performers: The Olympic venues in practice
Watching the Olympic buildings fulfill their roles during the Games was a triumph - will they live up to legacy expectations too?
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Olympic memories: Peter Sell
Davis Langdon’s Peter Sell recalls staring at a scrapyard that was to become the aquatics centre and realising the enormity of the task ahead
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Olympic memories: Pernilla Ohrstedt
The Olympic Beatbox pavilion designer looks back at the nervous creation of a complex structure and a rooftop afterparty with medal-winning athletes
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Olympic memories: Mike McNicholas
Atkins’ 2012 project director reflects on the journey from excavating 200 million m3 of soil to watching a gold medal winner in Taekwondo
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Olympic memories: Mark Reynolds
Olympic delivery partner CLM’s deputy programme director explains how he changed the course of the stadium design to remove over £100m of cost
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Olympic memories: Zaha Hadid
Architect of the aquatics centre Zaha Hadid singles out the moment that the American swimming team thanked UK construction for the Olympic venues
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Exposing the Olympic marketing gag
Peter Murray on how he and ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV have campaigned for firms who worked on the Olympics to get the recognition they deserve
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Olympic memories: Andrew Weir
The unforgettable moments of London 2012 for Expedition’s project director were an athlete’s realisation of a great achievement and the crucial point in assembling the Velodrome
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Olympic memories: Mike Peasland
Tthe acquatics centre contractor boss shares his Olympic highlights, including an inspirational performance in the main stadium
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Recycling materials: The great recovery
Some of the core materials construction uses have become scarce - eventually everything we use will be. We have to stop jettisoning materials and design so they can all be recycled