All Comment articles – Page 44
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CommentConstruction activity: Light and shade
On the one hand, construction activity is at its lowest level in 14 years. On the other, there are some signs of a slowly improving situation - that’s if you’ve survived this long
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CommentSerpentine Pavilion: Better from afar
Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion is a dazzling vision from a distance but disappoints on closer inspection
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CommentCarbon targets must be credible
The infamous 400 parts per million of CO2 has passed and concentration just keeps going up. So what should be done?
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CommentRules of engagement
London is full of people with the ideas and enthusiasm to make the capital a sustainability leader. All we need is the leadership to motivate others
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CommentA client's view: Argent
Argent’s Tony Giddings explains what the firm expects from contractors it works with and what schemes it has in the pipeline
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CommentA client's view: Great Portland Estates
Great Portland Estates’ head of projects on the firm’s pipeline and paying subcontractors on time
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CommentA taste of Madrid
Lord Lamont’s green shoots, oven-ready transport policy and Simon Allford’s recipe for a ‘universal building’ were all on the menu at the BCO conference
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CommentKeeping up standards, keeping down costs
The Health Safety Executive’s drive to cut bureacracy could compromise safety, the Association for Project Safety warns
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CommentBCO Conference, Day Two: Fortune favours the brave
Alinea Consulting’s Iain Parker gives his impression of the British Council for Office’s annual conference in Madrid
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CommentBCO Conference, Day One: A brave new world?
Alinea Consulting’s Iain Parker gives his impression of the British Council for Office’s annual conference in Madrid
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CommentListen closely
All the noise from Westminster is about saving another £11.5bn. But more quietly, some areas of government are working to rationalise estates and provide construction work
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CommentNeil Jefferson on building sustainable homes
Building truly sustainable new buildings isn’t just about regulations
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CommentUnblocking the arteries
Megaprojects shouldn’t be at the expense of smaller transport infrastructure upgrades that have a more immediate impact on our working lives
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CommentTIF of the iceberg
Battersea’s Nine Elms development has got the green light to use tax-increment financing. Does this mean the industry has overcome the funding impasse?
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CommentKier-May Gurney: A good deal?
Building’s assistant editor Joey Gardiner on the Kier’s proposed takeover of May Gurney
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CommentHow difficult can it be?
Fixing our housing problems will be a hard slog - but some progress is being made, says Andrew Stunell
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CommentMaking waves
Richard McCarthy: The Green Deal may have got off to an unsteady start but, by working with government, the industry can still turn it into a success
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CommentBlacklisting discoveries 'appalling'
Blacklisting practices revealed in inquiry beggar belief, says Ian Davidson, chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee
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CommentOverheating: It's getting hot in here …
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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CommentThe drive of your life
We’re so besotted with process that we’ve lost sight of the end product. We should learn from Formula One