All Comment articles – Page 52
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CommentQuantity Surveyors: A must-have accessory
At long last, it looks like the humble quantity surveyor is being recognised in the global market and is on everyone’s shopping list, writes Richard Steer
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CommentReading regs the riot act
Over-regulation and vested interests could be banished to the past if plans for a review panel of experts and consumer labelling get the go-ahead, says Ben Derbyshire
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CommentContractors and the double-dip: We knew it was coming
Simon Rawlinson, head of strategic research at EC Harris considers how contractors are placed to rise up from the double-dip
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CommentWhy Labour must think long term
Most political crises come and go in a short period, which is why it is more important than ever for the opposition to focus on the big issues if they are to regain power, writes David Blunkett
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CommentSupport your supply chain
According to Building’s new white paper, specialists fear the pain is about to get even worse - which makes the issue of fair payment more critical than ever, says Suzannah Nichol
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CommentRegional strength: Those who can, reach
It may look like big beasts Bouygues and Balfour Beatty are adopting radically different UK strategies, but both know the importance of regional strength, says Alastair Stewart
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CommentThe secret schools report: Failings are all too familiar
The post-occupancy evaluation, leaked to Building, contains some depressingly familiar statistics
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CommentThe secret schools report: Learning from the past
The government wouldn’t reveal its post-occupancy review of schools - so Building will
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CommentSchool places: Making a virtue out of necessity
A skint government needs to find new ways of meeting demand for school places. So it should ease up on regulation and allow the industry’s creativity to come to the rescue, says Peter Buchan
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CommentSo much housing rhetoric, so little delivery
The housing minister can make 10 policy announcements before breakfast but nothing can disguise the fact that he is incapable of delivering on any of it, says Nick Raynsford
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CommentUK education standards: Move over Mr Gove
With the UK falling down the world rankings at an alarming rate, we can’t leave the education of our recruits to the government - it’s time for our industry to step in
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CommentThe FIT is is still regressive, even after Supreme Court victory
The linking of the feed-in tariff to a home’s energy rating is just one of a series of blunders made by the government contributing to a missed opportunity
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CommentOsborne's Budget: The sound of silence
On Budget day our industry waited to hear the chancellor announce bold moves to unblock the pipeline of sorely needed social infrastructure projects. It’s still waiting, says Steve Beechey
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CommentHow the Budget hit building
Construction remains one of Britain’s best hopes for growth, even though George Osborne’s Budget last week failed to provide the industry with many treats, says Simon Rawlinson
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CommentNPPF: Reaction to the final document
Now the Coaliton has finally published its National Planning Policy Framework, Building gathers together the sector’s views
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CommentWhy are we still waiting?
Barton Willmore’s Ian Tant on the disappointing lack of clarity over planning reform in the budget
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CommentBoom and bust design theory
Our economic cycle, constantly revolving between feast and famine, will never encourage good, sustainable architecture. It is time we found a better way, says Jack Pringle
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CommentThe Green Deal will turn the UK into a dynamic energy efficiency market
Our Green Deal vision will turn the UK into a world-leading energy efficiency market, says Greg Barker
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CommentCollaboration is the key to our green ambitions
Ecobuild speaker Dan Labbad explains why he accepted an invitation to join the Green Construction Board
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CommentInfrastructure plan puts UK on the right road
Arup’s Alex Jan argues that David Cameron’s roads announcement has the ability to dramatically change infrastructure work in the UK