All Comment articles – Page 182
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CommentDo the math
An increase in spending on school building now could prevent greater costs further down the line
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CommentManaging the risk structure
What happens when a design under an EPC contract is not negligent but adds expense to the project? This case explores where liability for the additional cost might lie
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CommentEyes wide shut
Companies have been ignoring applications for payment for decades even though doing so invariably lands them in a whole heap of trouble
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CommentHot-desking 2.0
The modern worker may not need a desk to sit at 24/7, but they do want staircases, sofas, reclaimed timber floors, and a new kind of urban realm
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CommentThe future of surveying
Financial benefits can be monetised but it is less easy to quantify and advocate the value of experience or the existing knowledge of a building or site
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CommentOpen letter: Lost in translation
The Housing Standards Review tried to consolidate a raft of different standards into Building Regulations. The trouble is, says architecture coalition 4HA, some important sustainable elements haven’t made it across
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CommentHansom: The young ones
This week, how watching telly can inspire the next generation of construction workers; northern youth marches south; an octogenarian architect is unstoppable; and the chancellor contemplates a career change
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CommentLetter: Scotland needs workers to drive recovery
The managing director of the Scottish Building Federation on how workers are needed to keep the recovery going
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CommentLetter: Can civilisation survive without surveyors?
A reader responds to one of Richard Steer’s columns
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CommentLetter: Help for first-time buyers and the economy
The policy advisor for the House Builders Association responds to our Budget coverage
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CommentOnline poll: What next for Balfour Beatty?
Do you think the worst is now over for Balfour Beatty? Vote here
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CommentFinal certificates: It’s not over yet
Challenges to a final certificate through the courts or by arbitration are straightforward but if a contractor challenges via adjudication then procedural mishaps can occur
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CommentA test of loyalty
Leo Quinn’s ability to restore Balfour Beatty’s former glory relies on clients not being spooked by the firm’s latest woes
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CommentCDM regs: Two steps back
As a member of the working party that drafted the 2007 CDM regulations, Rudi Klein explains why the 2015 update represents a retrograde move for the construction industry
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CommentHands-free drive time
Despite resistance to the idea from a sizeable proportion of the public, the technology to create autonomous vehicles is already with us. What does this mean for the construction industry?
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CommentSerious irregularity: Secretary of State for the Home Department vs Raytheon Systems Limited
Before Mr Justice Akenhead. Judgments delivered 19 December 2014 and 17 February 2015
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CommentSearching for a level playing field
Will regulatory changes make a real difference towards SMEs’ access to public sector work?
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CommentHansom: Party poopers
Mipim was as varied as a pack of liquorice allsorts this year with delegates from far-flung corners of the world such as Dagenham imbuing the fair with fun-filled exoticism - all the more puzzling that some failed to show
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CommentICC: There’s a new guy in town
Many employers procuring civil engineering projects have turned to the NEC reluctantly and for want of any alternative. Now the ICC has positioned itself as a genuine rival