All Comment articles – Page 288
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CommentThe 2013 legal calendar
What legislative and regulatory changes are due to take effect in 2013? Here’s a list to look out for over the coming year and their likely impact
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Comment10 wishes for 2013
As a new year begins and pantomime season draws to an end it’s time for us to put an order in to construction’s fairy godmother …
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CommentWonders & blunders with Mark Middleton
Mark Middleton finds Eero Saarinen’s Gateway Arch in St Louis truly inspiring and reflects on the unimpressive and impractical Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
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Comment2013 kicks off with some unwelcome bad news for construction
The latest Markit/CIPS construction survey shows the sharpest drop in construction output since June 2012
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: David Chipperfield's D197 and D199 buildings
David Chipperfield’s D197 (left) and D199 (right) buildings in Barcelona, Spain. Photograph by Fernando Prats ( fernandoprats.com )
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CommentFrom the archive: Tony Bingham's first Building column
Read an extract from long-servng Building columnist Tony Bingham’s debut comment piece from 25 years ago
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CommentInternational law: 2012 round-up
Building’s international legal experts reflect on a year where arbitration has been increasingly promoted in developing economies
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CommentMy digital life ... David Lomax
The GRID Architects associate on keeping up to date with the latest designs, having too many browser windows open, and Xmas shopping
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CommentTop 10 news stories of 2012
Our pick of the biggest news stories in construction this year, and how they made an impact on the national news agenda
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CommentHansom: Top industry gossip of 2012
Gossip columnist Hansom has been reporting on the more weird and wonderful antics of the industry all year, from swimsuit calendars to giant cakes and circus acts
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CommentBetter building performance is a stimulant to growth, not a barrier
Keeping consequential improvements would have meant more jobs, cheaper bills for home owners and less reliance on energy imports
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CommentThe good, the bad and the ugly to be found in the latest construction data
The latest figures are interesting but do little to shift the reality of a pretty grim picture for construction
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CommentThat was the year that was
A largely dispute-free Olympics Games were the triumph of the year but elsewhere construction lawyers had plenty to keep them occupied
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CommentOver-regulation is the problem
The UK is less attractive to infrastructure investors than rivals because of the burden of regulation here
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CommentA missed opportunity
The chancellor could have done more to help SMEs and get the industry back on its feet
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CommentJuggling budgets
There was a gloss of sorts on the Autumn Statement- people actually involved in construction tell it like it is
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CommentMore needed to boost housing
Incentives in the Autumn Statement are a step in the right direction but not enough
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CommentIt's behind us
The London 2012 Olympics were the undoubted highlight in a year that had its fair share of setbacks
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CommentHansom: Goodwill to all men?
This week, Oliver Letwin says humbug to the Association for the Conservation of Energy, Cabe is compared to a certain Russian-owned London football club and ISG has a problem with spelling
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CommentAecom not the only ones
Other engineering consultancies are working on the Wood Wharf Development too