All Comment articles – Page 193
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CommentI applaud Labour's energy ambition
The Labour party has good ideas but the question of where the money is remains
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CommentDon't write off small associations
There’s an opportunity for small developers to help realise social housing construction
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CommentLandlords - the new pariahs
The private rented sector gets a bad press, but it’s time to shine a little light into the darkness
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CommentNEC3: Awareness is preparedness
Like most contracts, the NEC3 contract deals with risks and might present some too
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CommentBeyond BIM tools
Industry-wide adoption of BIM is about more than software - we must also change the way we manage projects
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CommentRetentions: On the money
What happens to cash retentions if the contractor goes bust and there is no provision in the contract stating that the money was to be held in trust?
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CommentThe wage gap
The CBI is right to say we need fair rates of pay to secure economic and social stabiity, and in construction this approach could also help secure the next generation of workers
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CommentWhat now for Scotland?
The ‘no’ vote in the Scottish referendum was supposed to have created certainty for business, but it seems to have only raised more, and very fundamental, questions about Scotland’s future
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CommentRefurbishing Bush House
It’s a privilege to work on historically sensitive refurbishments and it takes the very best talent in our industry to do it well
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CommentOnline poll: SBS framework
Is the government right to re-tender the UK SBS consultants framework? Vote here
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CommentClone traders
Apple has won a European court ruling that dramatically widens the scope for retailers to trade-mark their store layouts. But what are the implications for designers?
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CommentThe whirligig of time
Is momentum finally starting to swing the way of the specialist contractors?
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CommentFrom shambles to fiasco
This week’s bad news story about the government’s £750m consultants framework is just the latest in a series of disasters
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CommentHansom: All Atwitter
This week, barely containable excitement at Canary Wharf as the Qataris try to buy up the whole show, things are going nuts at the Cheesegrater, BIM is top trump, and Sir John Soane’s classical Rome is a corker
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CommentThe price is not right
Despite the upturn, consultants are still making unrealistic, low-margin bids on new work. This must be reined in if the market is to truly gain strength
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CommentThe next home technology revolution
Technology in the home is about to take a giant leap forward, but are developers ready to take advantage?
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CommentDesign obligations: Much obliged
If a contract contains a clause requiring reasonable care and skill and another stating strict design obligations, can once cancel out the other?
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CommentThe nation's golden years
The country is getting older, and by 2050 one in four of the UK population will be over 65. The need for accommodation that provides additional care is an opportunity for the sector
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CommentSteering through to the silver linings
Profit warnings, management team restructuring and problem jobs may be making the headlines. But there are still positives to take from the industry’s current standing
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CommentHansom: Every breath you take
London’s Battersea Power Station development gets its first celebrity tenant, a huge game of Monopoly raises a shedload of (real) cash and polystyrene goes the way of Opal Fruits and Marathon bars with a rebrand