All Comment articles – Page 72
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Infrastructure projects help to improve our lives — so let’s refocus our project goals
Industry has an opportunity to embrace its fundamental purpose – to benefit society – while continuing to deliver on its bottom line
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Clients and investors must demand and reward better construction
We need more open, collaborative conversations around fostering investment in innovation and higher productivity in how we build
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV regulations – why they’re no longer fit for purpose
British building regulations need to tighten up so we build better and healthier buildings
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A new vision for our high streets
We shouldn’t be afraid of a new high street, but instead embrace it as a change to our built environment that reflects the changes to how we now live, work and play
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We need to introduce a ‘brownfield-first’ housebuilding policy
There is enough suitable brownfield land in England to build more than 1 million new homes — so what’s the delay?
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Genuine opportunity for transparency
We operate in a fragmented industry and we must raise our game. Clear reporting by companies could serve to transparently build up trust
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Construction industry gossip: Dreams can come true
Housing minister Esther McVey makes a bold promise, the heat is on at home and abroad and some climate change activists may have got it wrong
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Double your money or bust: Beware of retention of title clauses
These can leave a contractor paying twice for materials if a subcontractor goes bust
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Case in focus: TQ Delta LLC vs Zyxel Communications UK Ltd & Anor
Ted Lowery considers the lessons of an application to substitute one expert for another
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Curiouser and curiouser: how the role of the adjudicator is becoming more complex
Adjudicators are asked to resolve increasingly complex issues, so the RICS’ new rolling training programme is most welcome
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The government’s problem with whipping contractors into shape over payment times
Firms have been warned on how long it takes them to pay their suppliers — but can government be a catalyst for reform?
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Are lenders becoming more confident about offsite?
Stephanie Canham considers the changing climate on funding issues for MMC and modular construction
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Time to practise what we preach on development diversity
With only finite space available, there is an urgency to ensuring that we maximise the development potential of constrained sitesÂ
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Have we taken outsourcing too far?
This move towards total outsourcing begs the question – are we giving away too much?
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Construction industry gossip: Cry freedom!
T T chief couldn’t face helping himself at a Tom Jones concert, our newsdesk receives a strange cold call, and a zoo wants bears to live alongside wolves
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5 minutes with… John Robertson, founder and director, John Robertson Architects
John Robertson tells ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV about painting, kite surfing and modern art
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Retentions: Is the endgame in sight?
Rudi Klein offers an update on the plan to reform retention practice in the construction industry with a brand-new system
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Tall buildings: Housing versus heritage
In the first of our new series on the legal considerations of constructing tall buildings, Joanna Bassett considers the issues around planning permissionÂ
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Our cities in the UK can learn from Melbourne
Politicians should take a leaf out of the Australian city’s book and start to address liveability as a driver of change
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New PM: We’re all on Boris Island now
What will a Johnson premiership mean for construction?