Opinion – Page 240

  • Chris Wise
    Comment

    Recycling materials: The great recovery

    2012-08-10T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Bingham cartoon
    Comment

    The right to remain silent

    2012-08-10T00:00:00Z

    A recent case raises the question, how long must a letter of complaint stay unanswered before a dispute is inferred?

  • inbox
    Comment

    School break

    2012-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Greater clarification on the government’s approach to school building is needed

  • Olympics
    Comment

    Second-class treatment

    2012-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Olympic marketing rules are relegating construction to a second-class activity

  • Mark Farrar
    Comment

    Upskill for the Green Deal

    2012-08-09T14:30:00Z

    Now is the time for the industry to respond to the need for Green Deal insulation installers and acquire the right skills

  • Kathryn Findlay
    Comment

    My Digital Life ... Kathryn Findlay

    2012-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Ushida Findlay founder on her horrendous iTunes bills, finding old friends on LinkedIn and listening to jazz

  • Joey Gardiner
    Comment

    A singular voice

    2012-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Making the industry work more successfully will be the biggest challenge facing new construction adviser Peter Hansford

  • Nick Raynsford
    Comment

    The New Homes Bonus: Home truths

    2012-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The coalition’s much vaunted New Homes Bonus to increase housebuilding is falling victim to perverse incentives, lazy definitions and unsustainable cost

  • The Blade
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders with Mike Jacob

    2012-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The owner of Trunk Low Energy ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV is filled with nostalgic wonder every time he glimpses the Emley Moor transmitting station, but cringes at The Blade, Reading’s attempt at becoming a city

  • hansom for i pad
    Comment

    Hansom: Games, set and match

    2012-08-03T00:00:00Z

    In the week the Olympics hit town, ministers blame rainy days for construction’s part in the double-dip recession, some super-heroic charity fundraising efforts and NLA’s Peter Murray tells it like it is

  • microphone
    Comment

    How to use an architect

    2012-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Open mike The profession’s leadership skills and long-term approach to value hold the key to cutting public sector building costs by 20%

  • Mark Farrar
    Comment

    Don't use the recession as an excuse to stop training

    2012-07-31T11:11:00Z

    CITB-ConstructionSkills chief executive Mark Farrar argues why now is the time to upskill your workforce

  • Davis Langdon
    Comment

    My digital life ... Vincent Kane

    2012-07-31T00:01:00Z

    Davis Langdon’s head of culture reveals his online addictions and why he loves the Barclays Boris Bike app

  • Comment

    Thanks for registering for the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Good Employers' Guide 2012

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    You can now download the entry form here and will be sent a link to a short staff survey soon.      

  • mug joey
    Comment

    A job well done

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The Olympic build is a massive achievement for the industry – let’s hope its passing is not the end of a golden age

  • alastair stewart
    Comment

    PFI: Road to nowhere

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The coalition’s attempts to attract private finance to infrastructure projects merely postpones the inevitable return to PFI

  • Room for London
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders with David Bickle

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The Hawkins/Brown partner is mesmerised by Living Architecture’s enigmatic boat on the roof of London’s Southbank Centre, but all wound up about Anish Kapoor’s Orbit tower

  • hansom for i pad
    Comment

    Hansom: Hidden depths

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    This week, Grant Shapps is unmasked as a ‘bot’, RIBA’s Angela Brady reveals herself to be multilingual (sort of), and Wilmott Dixon tries to alert school children to the hazard s of getting plastered

  • Ken gillespie
    Comment

    Let’s get radical

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Yes, please for more infrastructure investment - but let’s make sure enlightened procurement becomes the rule rather than the exception

  • stephen ratcliffe lead
    Comment

    Join the campaign

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Construction investment generates jobs and growth, says the UKCG boss