All Comment articles – Page 235
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CommentConstruction and infrastructure pipelines: Put your money where your mouth is
The Treasury wants to look like it’s ready to throw itself behind green policies – but words need to be backed up by action
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CommentLower help to buy threshold
The government should consider lowering the threshold towards the average house or flat price
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CommentWonders and blunders with Brian Teale
Brian Teale admires the futuristic Eden Project’s stately leisure domes, but derides the millennial O2 Centre as a very expensive tent
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CommentBIM for the Terrified - the new guide for manufacturers
Construction product makers are feeling the pressure to provide more information than ever before, now there’s a guide to help them
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CommentAirport capacity: No easy option
Increasing airport capacity is vital but both the Estuary and the Constellation airport ideas come with drawbacks
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CommentHousing for older people: An age-old problem
With an ever-growing elderly population - many of whom need state aid for housing - the public and private sectors must work together to find new ways to provide the amount and type of housing that our older people need
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CommentAdjudicator jurisdiction: The challenge
This case is useful in exploring issues around whether an adjudicator can have jurisdiction to hear a dispute if there is no contract in writing
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CommentRevenge of the subcontractors - coming to a building site near you?
Yes, most commentators are upbeat about the construction market but we have new problems: lack of supply and rising prices
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CommentBIM: Is this the beginning or the end?
The big challenge is improving how buildings perform post occupancy, and that’s where FM teams can take the lead
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CommentThe iniquity of 'one in, two out'
The government’s blunt effort to reduce the burden of regulation on our industry seems to be having perverse consequences
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CommentLet's use ECO extension to reshape the market
ECO is fundamentally flawed but we can build something better if we just stick to three simple rules
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CommentPPPs and global growth go hand in hand
The scale of global infrastructure projects, including those in the UK, means that finding private finance is essential
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CommentData, information, knowledge, wisdom... and BIM
Are we in danger of focusing too much on the process of creating BIM models and not enough on how the models actually affect projects?
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CommentSmart buildings need smart people
Changes in building performance technology is a huge area of opportunity for architects and engineers entering the profession
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CommentGetting energy investment is not rocket science
The government needs to provide the market confidence investors need to put money in to new infrastructure
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CommentLearning lessons from past recoveries
We need clients and the industry to work together so that as prices rise they do so gradually and sustainably
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CommentThe construction industry is holding up infrastructure development
We blame long public consultations for delaying big projects, but actually we’re at fault for not giving the public adequate data
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CommentRectification of contracts: Correction facility
Rectification of contracts is not granted lightly by the courts. But where clauses have been intentionally doctored in drafting, this remedy still has an important role to play
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CommentBuilding maintenance: Someone to watch over me
Whatever the law says, construction folk should raise an almighty stink when buildings such as hotels are not maintained to the latest standards. Public safety may depend on it
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CommentBoris needs to reassess his energy priorities
The London mayor’s focus on distributed energy generation risks missing the greater prize of energy efficiency