All Comment articles – Page 313
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CommentProfit and loss
We are currently building half the homes we need in the UK. But if the housebuilder won’t jump in to fill the hole, who will?
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CommentMasonry as good as wood
The advantage of timber frame housing in respect of embodied carbon is marginal
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CommentWhy the scheme works a dream
The Construction Act’s payment rules have baffled many a great mind - but all you have to do is follow the ‘Scheme’…
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CommentUnlocking the commercial market
The commercial office industry meets in gloomy mood this week, but if occupiers, developers and financiers work in partnership, they could open up the sector
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CommentHansom: Break out the canapes
This week, Make’s Ken Shuttleworth puts on a good spread, RIBA throws a party at the V&A, energy minister Greg Barker gets told off, and a terrible odour reaches Building Towers
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CommentWonders & blunders with Debbie Whitfield
The country’s first council estate is a great example of people-focused architecture, whilst the Tottenham Court Road one-way system is just badly thought out
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CommentMy digital life … Blane Judd
The chief executive of the Building & Engineering Services Association likes to hoard data and confesses to being an app junkie
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CommentAmateur builders kid themselves
How will the general public have self-build loans approved with no experience of construction projects?
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CommentConstruction Act payment rules: Why the scheme works a dream
The Construction Act’s payment rules have baffled many a great mind - but all you have to do is follow the ‘Scheme’…
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CommentBCO kicks off: What makes a winning building?
London, previous winners of the BCO awards and the charity cycle ride are among the hot topics on day 1
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CommentCycling to BCO: Day 3
The agility and speed of cost consultants is put to the test in Day 3 of the charity cycle ride from London to the BCO conference
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CommentTop quotes from BCO Day 1
Amidst a frantically busy first day at BCO, here are some quotes that have turned heads
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CommentWhere the opportunities for architects lie
Simon Rawlinson discusses where the greenest shoots can be found in architecture
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CommentBCO's host city has come a long way
Davis Langdon’s head of Manchester reflects on the construction activity that has elevated the home of this year’s BCO conference
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CommentThe London real estate market is a different world
Aecom’s Phil Cusack hopes that this year’s BCO will answer some questions about the chasm between the London and regional property markets
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CommentCycling to BCO: Day 2
The cyclists on the charity ride to the BCO conference fend off cramps, warm weather and insects to break 100 miles on day 2
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CommentWhat's next for architects?
Find out what three architect bosses think the future holds for the sector
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CommentCycling to BCO: Day 1
Great Portland Estates’ James Pellat describes how the 42 participants are getting on after day 1 of their charity cycle ride from London to Manchester