All Comment articles – Page 106
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CommentMIPIM 2018 - the future of urban life is now
This year’s conference will focus on urbanisation across the globe in the next 20-30 years, and a plan on delivering predicited widespread expansion should be high on the agenda
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CommentGreater than the sum of its parts - are joint ventures the future of the UK’s housing delivery?
Mash Halai, chairman at John Rowan and Partners and joint venture expert, comments on what makes a successful partnership…
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CommentHansom: Knock knock
While Carillion and its auditors continue to be verbally demolished by MPs, a former residence of mine could prove harder to knock down – while at my new home in Shoreditch, the writing is on the wall
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CommentLegal: The end of the smash and grab?
Andy Mather and Richard Rowlatt explain a new ruling that will make it harder for contractors to insist on full payment if the employer has failed to issue a valid payment or pay less notice
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CommentThe Elemental Workplace: a unifying framework
Landlords design speculative vanilla base buildings which contractors build and then other contractors fit out to Cat A. But is there another way?
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CommentLeader: Backwards momentum
Stunted development plans in north London borough could have implications for developer-local government relationships
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CommentNew foundations
US start-up Katerra’s digitally-led, off-site housebuilding model holds the key to overhauling the UK’s inefficient construction sector to increase productivity
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CommentLegal - for fools rush in...
While the Carillion disaster highlights the need for action on retentions, says Francis Ho, we must not rush into legislation
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CommentLegal - Backwards or forwards?
Victoria Peckett considers the relative merits of prospective and retrospective delay analysis, in the light of recent court rulings
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CommentThe future is flexibility: how far can we push future-proofing?
With political upheaval and an unstable economic footing on the horizon, designers and contractors will be challenged to future-proof like never before. This will involve working closely with occupiers and developers to think more laterally and creatively about the potential of their building and what work they ...
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CommentLegal - the sense of an ending
When terminating a contract it is vital to closely follow the procedure in the text
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CommentTake me to your leaders
The absence of leadership in construction is deafening, says Rudi Klein. Who will step up to drive through the industry’s urgent agenda for change?
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CommentTime to embrace change
As we move to embrace digital technologies in our industry, we cannot expect rigid and traditional structures to remain fit for purpose
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CommentBuilding the Arc – what’s next for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor
The developments for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor include substantial new settlements, but at present, the proposals seem fragmented with no-one in overall charge
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CommentShould we retain retentions?
It looks as though it is finally time to rethink the practice of withholding cash retentions on building projects
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CommentMEES in reverse
Improving the energy efficiency of private rental sector homes is about to get costly for landlords
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CommentJust for starters
Construction has not had an auspicious start to 2018, and ongoing trends of government interference and uncertainty over Brexit don’t signal much sign of improvement
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CommentHansom: Damage limitation
We learn that Galliford Try and Balfour Beatty were due a huge whack of money the day Carillion collapsed, new guidelines follow the Presidents Club scandal and it proves difficult to hide a whole house
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CommentLeader: Contracting - it's a fine line
The debate about margins has come into sharper focus in recent weeks, but the industry should be wary about disrupting an underlying positive culture
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CommentCould 2018 be construction's greenest year yet?
The industry isn’t quite there yet, but with the increased interest and innovation in sustainability, coupled with tougher targets from policy makers, we’re closer than ever