All Comment articles – Page 113
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CommentBrexit and skills: Joining the dots
The latest hitch in the Brexit negotiations leaves the country in a state of limbo and construction dealing with a host of unknowns, not least the status of its EU workers who we all rely on to build our homes and infrastructure
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CommentYour industry is not supporting you...
Is there a gap in research and information available to help construction practitioners get on with their jobs?
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CommentDraft London Plan: a holistic vision for London
Last week’s draft plan was a bold statement, but could plans for housing come unstuck with poor viability or unwilling landowners?
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CommentHansom: Thinking it over
This week, Crest Nicholson ponders the future of a mulberry tree and the cost of a Mipim stand makes you want to sit down
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CommentGet the shredder out
The CITB needs more than a bit of a shake-up to make it function for the companies it serves
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CommentCompulsory purchase update
There are recent and upcoming changes to the compulsory purchase process – here are some key pitfalls of which claimants should beware
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CommentAre high-performing buildings victim to a low expectation mindset?
High-performing buildings have held out the promise of better productivity and greater returns for developers and landlords for some time. So why aren’t they happening in larger numbers?
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CommentLegal blog: how not to meet a sticky end
Steven Carey explains why the Court of Appeal ruled that the need for payless notices applies to final payments as well as interim ones
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CommentBy the people, for the people
dRMM’s Hastings Pier winning the Stirling prize is the satisfying result of seven years of close collaboration, crowdfunding and community
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CommentThe architecture of happiness
We all like to get recognition for our work but it’s also important to remember why we do what we do
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CommentUnchartered waters
These are challenging times for industry - can it cope with an accelerating pace of change?
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CommentA tsunami of change
How will the industry find its way through the imminent challenges of disruptive technology?
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CommentA whole new kind of building blocks
David Savage examines the potential impact on the construction sector of blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin
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CommentA chance to stop retention abuse
Abuse of the cash retention system has hurt SMEs for too long. The proposed statutory deposit scheme could change all that
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CommentSustainability: Brexit – it’s time to plan for the future
The impending split from Brussels gives us a great incentive to focus on competing globally
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CommentHansom: Lofty visions
This week, I examine a sky forest in Vietnam, a German charity takes the moral high ground with a friendly gesture and the MoA has a delicious idea
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CommentWe’re all accountable for skills
The ambition of the CITB reform plan is essential – now the industry itself must step up its game too, if construction’s skills challenges are to be met
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: Activity up against downward trend
Construction activity on the ground rose marginally in October after September’s sharp fall
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CommentThe stress test
There are probably 101 reasons why these large specialist firms have suffered catastrophic problems, with a few major ones front and centre
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CommentA sector technically in recession
This scenario is not new, but with the tide of uncertainty flowing through the economy, there is the danger that these non-housing sectors will continue to return a subdued performance