Opinion – Page 190
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The Public Accounts Committee is bang on when it comes to the New Homes Bonus
Evidence is now coming to light that the New Homes Bonus exacerbates the problem it’s designed to ease
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Pioneer Cladding vs John Graham Construction: Unpaid adjudication awards
Pioneer, subcontracted for cladding on a project, issued enforcement proceedings against John Graham Construction over unpaid adjudication awards
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Consultants: start incentivising your staff
Smart companies (and 3-year-olds) understand the power of a tempting reward
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BIM is for infrastructure as well as buildings
Construction must lead the way to a new collaboration between disciplines
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What really drives planning applications?
Using data from Barbour ABI we’ve looked at how market conditions influence planning applications, and the results are perhaps surprising
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My digital life … David Frise
The AIS chief executive on turning into his mother, listening to dubstep in the gym and using Twitter as displacement activity
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Brains, not buildings
George Osborne and Boris Johnson may have gone to China to sell UK retail and nuclear opportunities, but what the People’s Republic really wants is our expertise
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Hansom: When the wind blows
While St Jude brings both a wind turbine and Nick Clegg to a halt, and an Italian architect fills a Shanghai office with bubbles, there’s still time for a moment of quiet reflection in the Staffordshire countryside
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The axeman cometh
Cameron has announced plans to roll back green charges on energy bills. These charges fund the only measures likely to lower bills in the future.
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Wonders and blunders with Emma Rickwood
Emma Rickwood despairs at the darkness and monolithic concrete slabs of Westminster Underground Station and enjoys the architectural mischief of 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
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Lessons from Kabul
Not everyone necessarily wants us to do things for them, despite belief to the contrary – they want us to enable them to do things for themselves
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Architectural education ignores the challenge of our time
Too many architects assume their lack of energy performance knowledge will be ‘fixed’ by others
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Is it wintertime for housing policy?
The leaves are falling, and the government has just downgraded the importance of housing policy. But a new model is still needed to build at scale
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Anything for a PV life
Can photovoltaics really provide a significant proportion of the UK’s mains power?
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Housing challenge requires whole new politics
Are the current crop of politicians up to the task of solving the UK housing crisis?
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Prepare for generations X, Y and Z
The industry leaders of today have to embrace attitudes and skills across the generations otherwise our working practices are at risk of looking dated and irrelevant
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Nuclear family
If UK firms are going to compete on Hinkley C and subsequent nuclear projects, we urgently need to work together to tackle the training gap
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Construction risks a serious skills deficit
With one third of senior construction managers to reach retirement age in near future the industry needs to face up to the challenge of upskilling new generation
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Educating for BIM
It’s essential for construction professionals to be BIM literate, and to achieve that goal we have to adapt our approach learning