All Comment articles – Page 147
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CommentBrexit: The winds of change?
A post-Brexit UK could see new industry trends. Will construction management be back on the agenda?
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CommentTackling discrimination in construction
Diversity in our industry needs to be a concrete target, not a nice thing to have
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CommentGetting the best from lean techniques
Lean production techniques work for manufacturing and the principles for applying them to construction are essentially the same
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CommentInfrastructure should lead post-Brexit revival
Every day lost in pondering whether to push ahead with big infrastructure projects is a day that costs the country dear
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CommentUltimate road trip: The end?
Ridge’s Mat Kier on the Mongolian Rally Challenge sends an update from Uzebekistan
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CommentChronic over optimism in the NHS
If we want to avoid more healthcare projects doomed to failure we need a healthy dose of realism and pragmatism
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CommentCompanies don’t build houses, people do
With the EU referendum, starter homes initiative and various other policies throwing more uncertainty into the labour market, construction businesses can still increase skills
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CommentBIM's answer to Brexit
If Brexit is going to make it harder to win European contracts, BIM Level 3 could be a vital selling point
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CommentOnline poll: McAlpine
Is Sir Robert McAlpine right to look beyond the traditional family-run business model? Results are in
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CommentMcAlpine: Like one of the family
The decision of the intensely private, family-run business to hand control to an outsider by appointing the first chief executive in its 147-year history was a momentous shift in strategy
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CommentHansom: Dishing the dirt
It’s not that we’ve got it in for the Rio Olympics but things didn’t get off to a glitch-free start. At least there’s good news from the world of cement, a harebrained transport idea could just fly, and Northerners come clean
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CommentCase in focus: Adjudication Enforcement
In the first in an occasional series focusing on individual cases, we report on a classic case of contractual uncertainty
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CommentUltimate road trip: Reaching Uzebekistan
Ridge’s Mat Kier on the Mongolian Rally Challenge sends an update from Uzebekistan
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CommentEmbracing uncertainty in the wake of Brexit
We mustn’t let cynicism guide our response to the result of the EU referendum. Let’s stay positive and use the uncertainty of Brexit to create new opportunities
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CommentDisclosure of correspondence in litigation
Disclosure of correspondence will be sought by subcontractors in litigation with main contractors. But can they withhold details of settlement agreements?
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CommentNever stop learning: Springwell Academy
Designing a series of schools for young people with social, emotional and mental health issues has been a chance to carry out indepth post occupancy evaluation
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CommentNuclear: The powers that be
The latest delay with the Hinkley nuclear power station is, for many, the most galling of all
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CommentDesigning offices for millennials
The changing criteria for office design to attract and retain millennials
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CommentHansom: Relationship counselling
The nuclear community goes hungry, Keller explains the concept of time, HS2 anticipates complaints, some ‘concept’ artists invite you to sleep en plein air, and Derwent and ISG can’t stop giving. Plus, Mrs Trump makes a boo-boo …