All Comment articles – Page 121
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CommentHow university estates can keep up with changing trends
Does the recent drop in applications for full-time university courses foretell a trend towards part-time degrees, and could that sound the death knell for the university estate?
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CommentUp in the air: Taking steps to mitigate air quality impacts on ecology
What can firms do to tackle air quality issues as government stalls on strategies?
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CommentLarge-scale recruitment should be phased, like any successful project
Employers need to recruit carefully to ensure that mass hiring of new employees does not dilute the company’s culture
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CommentWritten contracts: Pen and paper at the ready
Avoid the argy-bargy and uncertainty of an oral contract and get the thing down in writing
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CommentHansom: When the mood strikes
This week, Morgan Sindall has reasons to be perky, as do some bats hanging around in Middleton Quarry – Donald Trump, though, could soon be flying off the handle, and Richard Rogers sees red
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CommentBalmy days of summer
Building’s annual top 150 league tables make for far better reading this year than they have for some time
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: Shifting momentum
Activity on site has slowed compared with the first quarter, while the election result has provided no assistance
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CommentLevelling off
It is safe to say that activity is levelling off, although the value of residential contract activity is encouraging
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CommentNEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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CommentAt what cost?
It’s important to look at what is lost when competing design proposals are judged simply on how much money they will take to build out
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CommentSmart(er) procurement
Smart buildings can only be as smart as the people who use and manage them
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CommentCase in focus: Service of documents
A recent case illustrates a practical approach to the challenge of effecting good service upon a peripatetic respondent
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CommentOver to you … No, over to you …
We now know Hinkley Point C will be hugely over budget, is likely to be late, and that the contractor will have to bear the costs. But on other projects the allocation of risk is an area of fierce debate
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CommentHomes, sweet homes
Government is not taking enough responsibilty for planning affordable housing – as the outcry over Battersea shows
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CommentHansom: Come rain or shine
Whether you’re taking a tour of retirement homes, avoiding loud noises, or dodging rain at the Serpentine pavilion and the site of Manchester’s new arts venue, it could be worse. You could be completing a brand perception survey
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CommentInnovation doesn't need to be risky or a 'big bang'
Innovation can be implemented carefully and the benefits of collective knowledge shared to put in place new ideas with far less risk
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CommentGrenfell review must be considered and fearless
Politicians and professionals must be responsible and forensic in seeking the truth
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CommentDreaming of Margate
On the run-down north Kent coast is a living example of regeneration in action. With its contemporary art gallery and now the revival of Dreamland amusement park, Margate has become a model for culture-led revival
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CommentFive tips for fending off dreaded ‘scope creep’
There will always be changes to projects as they progress, but there are steps architects can take to ensure alterations do not derail the scheme