All Comment articles – Page 254
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CommentCut red tape, not green development
Scrapping the Code for Sustainable Homes risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater
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CommentGreen buildings are simply better for people
We spend more than 80% of our lives in buildings, so let’s make them good places to be
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CommentThe lack of specialist architects
Having more executive architect practices in the UK would create jobs for young people and avoid the problems that projects are running into
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CommentWhy housebuilders are trying to sell you a Skoda
David Frise starts a series where he will chart his experience of how one major housebuilder failed to build the home it promised, and then staunchly refused to do anything about it
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CommentInvest for recovery
The recovery still looks fragile but it is more likely to take root if we have faith that it will do so and act accordingly by investing the necessary resources
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CommentHansom: Guys and dolls
We compare chainsaws and sexual athletics, watch architects play with dolls houses, consider implications of the solar death ray incident, and ask the big question - are trained cats the future for the nuclear sector?
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CommentMy digital life … Stephen Melville
The Ramboll director on Facebook being evil, buying wet wipes online, and pretending to be listening while sketching on his iPad
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CommentThe GLA is prioritising gas-fired CHP
Why has the GLA not approved a scheme which uses renewables to reduce the predicted emissions by 40%? Surely reducing energy requirements should be paramount?
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CommentMandatory cost budgeting: Counting the cost
Construction legal experts debate the highly controversial subject of mandatory cost budgeting
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CommentMuseum of Liverpool: Picking up the tab
Another interesting aspect of the Museum of Liverpool case is that the architect had to pay an adjudicator’s fee for an adjudication it wasn’t involved in. Does this set a precedent?
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CommentFive years on
We need to learn from the last half-decade of pain and have a long-term infrastructure pipeline to help prevent a return to boom and bust
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CommentDon't abolish the Planning and Energy Act
Eric Pickles used to champion this legislation, why is he now trying to do away with it?
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CommentRepair the damage to the private rental sector
Politicians need to do more to stimulate much-needed growth in the private rental sector
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CommentWill collateral warranty standard clauses stand up?
Pre-recession, collateral warranties were ‘belt and braces’ protection. All that has changed
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CommentThe NHS estate: Form and function
NHS Property Services should seize the opportunity in its latest review of facilities to ensure that form follows clinical function
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