All Comment articles – Page 149
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CommentIn a state of fluctuation
With inflation levels low, construction contracts are now less likely to offer fluctuation provisions. But the question as to where the risk of price changes should lie has not gone away
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CommentLooking for the ‘Brexit effects’
Some businesses may be feeling the effects of a downturn already but it will take months for it to show up in official statistics
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CommentContract awards: Waiting for impact
Contract awards rose in June but that’s less of a surprise when we look at the sector driving that rise
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CommentWhy is there such cost variation in social housing?
An HCA report signals a change in how it scrutinises value for money achieved by housing associations
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CommentBuilding cost managers need to keep up
In an age of smart tech, the role of the building services cost manager is changing fast
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CommentWellbeing: Going mainstream
It’s time for all of us to talk the language of health and wellbeing
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CommentReading the signals from our new PM
Theresa May’s abrupt arrival in Britain’s top job should, at the very least, restore some sense of stability to the country’s leadership
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CommentHansom: Going up in the world
Despite crashing markets, many things are on the rise, from the social climbers at The Ivy, to house prices for Europhiles, the appeal of upping sticks for New Zealand, and a really massive pile of cous cous
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CommentPost-Brexit: Time to get on with things
After last month’s shock Brexit vote, how will the development market be affected? Now more than ever, firms will need to be proactive
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CommentBrexit: Leaving the environment behind?
What environmental regs will be in the firing line after Brexit, and will Theresa May be a green PM?
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CommentOnline poll: Theresa May
Will Theresa May be a good prime minister for the UK construction industry? Results are in
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CommentWhy can't builders and architects work it out?
Topping out ceremonies present builders with an irresistible opportunity to throw the architect off the top of the building but we need to collaborate
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CommentAdjudication: The corrections
Judges in the TCC will usually say that adjudicators’ decisions are there to be enforced. But a Part 8 procedure can be used to alter final decisions on self-contained legal points
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CommentHansom: Corridors of power
This week, the industry considers the legacy of Boris Johnson, eyes a career serving a khaleesi, props up the bar in the Commons and treads in the footsteps of Winston Churchill
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CommentBrexit: Dominoes start falling
Just a fortnight after the UK voted to leave the European Union, the construction industry is starting to feel a nasty pinch
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CommentArtificial intelligence: Frankenstein’s lawyers?
AI programmes are becoming part of legal process. Could construction lawyers could be facing obsolescence?
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CommentFuture of SMEs after Brexit
What does the future hold for SME’s in the wake of the UK’s vote to leave the EU? It’s not quite all doom and gloom
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CommentOnline poll: Pension worries
Are you worried about how Brexit will affect your pension? Results are in
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CommentBrexit could move Scotland's economy forward
We are seeing more enquiries from the public and the private sector north of the border, so perhaps we have reason to be optimistic
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CommentClaims for distress: Bit of an upset
Can you put a price on the distress and anxiety caused by a building project that goes awry? Some previous cases provide guidance