All Comment articles – Page 88
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NewsNetwork Rail was bound to be late
Delays to work on the West Coast Mainline over Christmas were entirely predictable, the surprise was it overran by just four days
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News2008 Preview: Architecture
T5 may be one of the biggest schemes of the year here, but this year’s architectural Olympics will be won by Beijing
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News2008 Predictions: a "tired" government
Faithful+Gould regional director believes the slowdown won't affect major programmes of work
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News2008 predictions: "The green agenda"
The chief executive of Building Better Health foresees a practical focus on green issues and calls for an increase in spending on public sector buildings
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News2008 Preview: Regulations
Look out for the consultation on a code for sustainable non-dwellings and a shake-up of building control
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News2008 Preview: Finance
Could more mergers and acquisitions be on the cards this year? With the credit crunch taking its toll on share prices across the industry it looks like 2008 will be a busy year for deals...
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News2008 predictions: "fickle voters"
The managing director of Provian Construction wonders how the big contractors will work together on the Olympics
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News2008 predictions: "marginal boom"
The operations director of architecture at Atkins predicts a boom in 2008, but only a marginal one
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News2008 predictions: "sleeze, football and more sleeze"
The CIC chief executive is excited by Beijing and believes the government can keep the economy on track
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NewsRoof tax will nail down costs
New planning charge will offer more cost certainty and will lead to less bickering between councils and developers, says the EC Harris partner
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NewsHow Britain can survive the flood
Planning for flooding should have the same priority as terrorism according to a new report. So what can industry do to stem the rising tides?
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News2008 Preview: Housing
Boom or bust? It’s hard to say. What we do know is that eco-towns and the new housing super-quango will feature prominently over the next 12 months
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NewsRhetoric to reality
The first major report to come out from the UK Green Building Council focuses on the detail of what needs to be done to create sustainable buildings. Government take notice.
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NewsLocals breath a sigh of relief after crane collapse
As specialists struggle to remove the jib of the crane residents express shock at their lucky escape
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NewsConstruction sector R&D bids just not good enough
Our industry is losing out on R&D funding because of poor quality bids - these must improve if we are to get a larger piece of the pie
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NewsOffshore wind power is not a magic solution
Government may believe all UK homes could be powered by offshore wind farms but any investment should not be at the expense of other sources of renewable energy
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NewsGovernment must apply more thought to R&D funding
The government must fund applied research at modern universities as well as the old guard if technical challenges are to be met
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NewsChristmas comes early for Carillion
Carillion has beaten a potential flurry of competitors with its £572m purchase of Alfred McAlpine, but has it paid too much?
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CommentGet stuck in
HOK Sport’s Olympic Stadium Vol-au-vent is merely the hors d’oeuvre. We’re about to tuck in to a rich feast of design excellence at reasonable cost. It’s a victory for common sense