All Comment articles – Page 142
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CommentFarmer Review: We need a multi-skilled workforce
It’s no good contractors training people to have single skillsets and then fighting over hiring them, says Mace chief executive
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CommentFarmer Review: Off-site manufacturing needs to be the norm
Contractors and specialists have a role to play in spreading innovation and collaboration through the supply chain
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CommentA Guinness World Record for the longest Lego bridge
The inside story of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff’s world record-breaking brick building bid
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CommentThe Farmer Review overlooks architects' role
Reforming construction is a must, and designers have a vital part to play in improving the delivery of building projects
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CommentHansom: Coming of age
If the stress of working in construction is turning your hair grey, count yourself lucky – you could be a GP. And if you really want to keep in touch with your younger side, you can always dig out your old Lego set
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CommentCheck the paperwork
It’s not just Byron clamping down on illegal employees. The government has a drive on to catch workers who do not have the right to work in the UK - with big fines falling on those who employ them
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CommentI can sympathise with politicians' Heathrow dilemma
MPs have to weigh up the interests of their constituents against those of the the country as a whole, no wonder they’re dithering
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CommentDelaying a decision over airport capacity is economic madness
Government indecisiveness risks damaging investors appetite in UK infrastructure projects, and ultimately the UK’s fragile economy
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CommentThe Farmer Review is a call for re-education
This fragmented industry needs to reform for sure, but more than that we need to fundamentally change our attitudes to how we work together
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CommentOnline poll: Farmer Review
Is the Farmer Review right about the scale of the challenges facing the construction industry? Vote here
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CommentThe value of sterling
The fall in the value of the pound is the most tangible effect of the outcome of the EU referendum
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CommentMind the gaps
When words are removed from a contract, deciding what to bring back into the court room can be a tricky business. A recent TCC case provides an example
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CommentFarmer Review: Telling it as it is
Mark Farmer’s review outlines familiar problems but is hopefully the spark for powerful change
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CommentThe Farmer Review is right to focus on pre-manufacture
Structural timber has a vital role to play in hitting housing targets, what we need now is more collaboration with housebuilders to realise the benefits of this approach
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CommentNo bars to freedom
With £1.3bn to spend on five new prisons, construction has a golden opportunity to drag the criminal justice system out of the Victorian era and use design to change lives
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CommentWe need more housing for all, not more council housing
The Labour Party’s focus on council housing does not address the need for good quality homes for people on average wages
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CommentThe Welsh pipeline
Jeremy Williams analyses the Welsh political and economic landscape and asks what it will take to get several key multi-billion pound infrastructure projects off the ground
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CommentHansom: No time like the present
We celebrate the Little Britain Challenge Cup, Dagenham is ready for its close up, a plan for a shared football ground in Manchester gets fans excited (but not in a good way), and the future is closer than you think
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CommentTheresa May: The record so far
The first three months of Theresa May’s tenure has seen her strong early promise soured
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CommentConstruction has reverted to its bad old ways
Since the recession contracts are tougher, lawyers dominate tendering, project risk is dumped on the weakest - in short the adversarial approach is back