All Comment articles – Page 31
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CommentBudget 2016: Cold comfort
Confirmation that the government is backing the NIC is welcome but their approach to infrastructure is still falling short of the mark
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CommentOlympic effort
With the Rio Olympics almost upon us, it’s worth remembering that the London Games were a shining example of British planning and development teams pulling together on a huge scale. It’s a spirit that needs to be rekindled on future projects
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NewsCommercial shows strongest growth in four months
London and rest of the UK experience strongest commercial activity reports Savills commercial index
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CommentWhat makes good housing?
When creating homes you have to put people first, then work on the buildings and spaces. Placemaking simply doesn’t work unless you start with a vision for the community
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CommentMoney where the mouth is
The picture painted by the government of a fresh regeneration push as a fix to poverty ignores the complexity of the communities it is designed to help
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CommentWe hold the key
Michael Gove’s recent rhetoric about rehabilitation may open the door to designing the UK’s new generation of super-prisons as institutions of redemption, a million miles away from the high-tension, low-hope jails across the Atlantic
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CommentEU referendum: The great unknown
The noise from Westminster on the decision dubbed “one of the biggest in our lifetimes” by Cameron has only built as the week has gone on
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CommentA client for London
TfL’s launch of a 300-acre development programme will promote a significant amount of investment in the built environment at a time when it is desperately needed
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CommentHinkley on hold
Will next Tuesday be the day EDF finally gives the go-ahead to a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C?
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CommentThe DEC decision
The government should strengthen, not abandon, the Display Energy Certificate system
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CommentGold Medal for the diva
With a portfolio that pushes the limits of what is possible, Zaha Hadid proves being relentlessly demanding pays off
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CommentHousebuilding: In the balance
The rate and extent of change to different housing policies designed to stimulate delivery could see their desired effects cancelled out. Maintaining stability of delivery is key for the sector’s growth
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CommentDigital training: Is the industry interested?
Construction needs to move with the times and continue to embrace the digital era
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CommentThe Professionals
In the built environment, professionalism has largely been the preserve of the consultants and designers in charge of the ‘virtual’ part of construction. But ‘real’ construction needs these values too - in spades
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CommentNail your colours to the mast
The question of whether the UK should remain in the European Union is a classically polarised debate
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CommentThe estates we’re in
Will Cameron’s rhetoric about regenerating the UK’s most run-down estates lead to any benefits for the people who actually live on them?
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CommentWater, water everywhere
That the UK needs greater flood defences is a no-brainer. Getting a level of co-ordination between government departments and local authorities to make it happen is the challenge
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CommentDear minister...
As the festive season draws to a close it’s time to look at the big challenges for 2016. What would our columnist say to a new built environment minister about the year that lies ahead for the construction industry?