All Comment articles – Page 307
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CommentFit-out needs a makeover
The sector’s fortunes have always been closely linked to those of the City, but it has been slow to adapt to the post-Lehman landscape
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CommentThe duty to warn
If a dentist treating one tooth notices that another is rotten, he has a professional duty to tell the patient. Unfortunately, the duty to warn isn’t always so straightforward
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CommentMy digital life … Paul Dollin
The iPad-loving, Patagonia-trouser-wearing UK managing director of WSP reveals his digital habits
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CommentWonders & blunders with Craig Casci
Revisiting his student days, the GRID Architects director recognises the lasting appeal of the Royal Scottish Museum. But he finds its neighbour, the Museum of Scotland, overpowering
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CommentFoster is right to think big
Architect is right about the opportunity for the redevelopment of the Heathrow Site
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CommentEnd below-cost tendering
Grassroots research needs to be done to work out how to stop this practice
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CommentBIM not the answer
Like CAD in the 80s BIM is a new fashion accessory for those who have to serve public contracts
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CommentLibya's new regime: An alarming message
A recent decree that allows Libya’s interim government to control the assets of companies with links to the old regime sends out a worrying message to foreign investors
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CommentPart 36 revisited
The Civil Procedure Rules are set up to encourage formal offers of settlement. But what if the deal is proposed by a counterclaiming defendant?
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CommentIt’s housing, stupid
There’s no better way to breathe life into the economy than to build homes. Shame the government has lost all credibility on the sector’s biggest issues…
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CommentBacking UK construction: The £1 campaign
The UKCG campaign is a chance to make a clear case for investment in construction
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CommentThe Shard: Overcoming height and heritage
How did Sellar’s tower reach its height in the face of financial and practical challenges?
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CommentHousing market hits a boggy patch
Measures recorded by the RICS and Hometrack surveys point to tough conditions for those looking to sell homes
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CommentSkyscrapers and economic crises revisited. A soothsayer’s perspective on the Shard
You couldn’t imagine a worse combination of concepts and words were you seeking an ill omen
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CommentWhat insurers think about BIM
Insurers are looking at the pros and cons of BIM usage - how will it affect your insurance?
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CommentBuilding Specifies with SAS International
SAS International: Westfield Stratford City is the first in a new series of product specification videos produced in association with Building.
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CommentLand value: No row
This week features a clarification on land value in viability testing for local planning developments, some thoughts on standardised school design and a reaction to our interview with Mark Prisk
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CommentHansom: Naming and shaming
Shameless marketing tactics this week, plus, an engineer and an architect run out of gas, what people are calling Zaha Hadid, and the latest outbreak of acronymitis at the civil service