All Comment articles – Page 282
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CommentVacant possession: Occupied territory
Redeveloping a property can become difficult if there are tenants involved. We examine the issues that landlords should be aware of before trying to start work
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CommentEcobuild preview 04.03.13
Building will this week be producing a series of special daily Ecobuild e-news editions live from the event in London. Beginning tomorrow, we will send you the latest sustainability news and policy announcements from the event, together with a daily round up of highlights and video content from leading speakers. ...
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CommentBuilding at Ecobuild: Some highlights
Highlights from this week’s Ecobuild event involving the Building team
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CommentRise in new orders provides some solace, but they remain at very low levels
Latest data shows that while there are signs of improvement the need for much greater improvement is clear
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CommentHospitals: Get better soon
Hospitals can transform a stressful situation into a positive experience or a nightmare. So if you want some civilised treatment, you should get ill in France
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CommentHere’s one I made earlier
If a project involves two separate but related disputes, is it fair for one of the parties to send the second adjudicator the first one’s decision?
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CommentRetention: DIY for law makers
Patton Group is just the latest contractor to collapse while owing millions of pounds in retentions. How hard could it possibly be for our MPs to build a ring-fence for these funds?
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CommentMy digital life … Michael Robinson
The head of building consultancy at Gerald Eve on forgetting his Blackberry, keeping in touch with relatives abroad, and what he’d do if he won the lottery
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CommentLegal brief: Resident or non-resident?
Westfields Construction Limited vs Clive Lewis shows at what point the Court should assess whether or not a defendant occupies a property
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CommentTackling Scots youth unemployment
Continued public infrastructure investment is crucially important as part of a successful youth employment strategy
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CommentSetting out our stall
The case for investment in green building solutions has never been stronger, let’s hope the government listens
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CommentImporting Passivhaus
Asking whether there is a place for Passivhaus in the UK is an odd question
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CommentHome-office reshuffle
The communities secretary’s proposal to relax planning rules around the conversion of office buildings into homes could have a number of implications for local infrastructure
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CommentHansom: Just the job
This working week, you may be asked to eat some smoked salmon, read thousands of pages on HS2, star in a Chinese sitcom, or listen to deafening drilling while trying to write your diary column
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CommentGreen for the future
Put the health of our environment first and it will stimulate the economy for years to come
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CommentNew model for education in sustainability
The time seems right for academia to realise that things are not working and it needs to change
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CommentGreen is good for business
Tim Yeo remembers when sustainability was a dirty word for the business community. Now as an MP he sees the industry taking the lead and willing the government to do more
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CommentWonders and blunders with Andy Ford
Andy Ford is thrilled by Heatherwick Studio’s UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, but infuriated by Zaha Hadid’s Olympic aquatics centre
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CommentView from my office: Jamie Crouch
It’s a bustling scene of construction amid woodland if you look out the window of this project director’s office