All Comment articles – Page 158
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CommentSteps for the selector
Is it time for nominating bodies for arbitrators and adjudicators to review their appointment process?
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CommentSustainability: The vision thing
Real sustainability means a built environment that can sustain its current, and future, population
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CommentWhat makes good housing?
When creating homes you have to put people first, then work on the buildings and spaces. Placemaking simply doesn’t work unless you start with a vision for the community
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CommentOnline poll: Housing quotas
Should the government introduce fixed quotas of ‘affordable’ housing for new developments? Vote here
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CommentSpending on wellbeing pays off
A commitment to wellbeing comes at a price, but it’s well worth it
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CommentCapacity in the public sector is key
How can we ensure that a growing London is a liveable London?
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CommentReady for a reboot?
Adjudication, introduced as a quick-fix solution, has become blighted by tactical game playing. Perhaps it’s time to shake things up again
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CommentMoney where the mouth is
The picture painted by the government of a fresh regeneration push as a fix to poverty ignores the complexity of the communities it is designed to help
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CommentHansom: Known unknowns
We’re uncertain what’s happening at Google HQ, unsure if the Queen has been sticking her oar in, and doubt the wisdom of building next to a nightclub. But why anyone would buy a flat without windows is a total mystery
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CommentIs the performance gap really such a mystery?
A lack of accountability is putting building performance in the UK well behind international operations
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CommentSour taste of a sweetener
A recent case reminds those operating in the construction industry of the risks of bribery, and provides insightful guidance on how to mitigate bribery risk
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CommentWe hold the key
Michael Gove’s recent rhetoric about rehabilitation may open the door to designing the UK’s new generation of super-prisons as institutions of redemption, a million miles away from the high-tension, low-hope jails across the Atlantic
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CommentClarity begins at home
A recent case that revolved around a party’s liability in relation to asbestos has highlighted once again the importance of clear contract drafting
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CommentOnline poll: Housing
Will prefabricated housing form the next generation of affordable homes? Vote here
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CommentHansom: Just for the record
It’s been a week for the record books. Brighton is to open the world’s most slender tower, the tallest clock tower is set for India, while Zaha Hadid becomes the first female architect to appear on Desert Island Discs
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CommentRisky business
The housing sector is increasingly turning to the EU Open Procedure to procure R M contracts. But does this leave the process open to challenges from disgruntled bidders?
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CommentEU referendum: The great unknown
The noise from Westminster on the decision dubbed “one of the biggest in our lifetimes” by Cameron has only built as the week has gone on
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CommentUK infrastructure: Thinking big
What’s required to make the UK’s infrastructure fit for the 21st century? It’s important that imagination is at the heart of our thinking
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CommentOnline poll: Brexit
Would it be better for the UK construction industry for Britain to remain in the EU or leave? Vote here