All Comment articles – Page 316
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CommentThe solution is construction, but not any old construction (Part II)
Ministers should cut VAT on housing repairs and maintenance and introduce a construction-centred form of QE, argues Brian Green
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CommentThe solution is construction, but not any old construction (Part I)
Brian Green argues that construction’s power to help the nation’s economy out of recession is being lost in the middle ground between corporate vested interests and ignorance on the part of politicians
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CommentPassivhaus goes global
Chris Herring reports from the 2012 International Passivhaus conference in Hanover
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CommentIn defence of imperfect Design and Build
Points made in a recent attack on design and build could have been applied to any procurement route - and failed to recognise the many good things that D&B brings to the table
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CommentA quick guide to the Party Wall Act 1996: notice requirements and dispute resolution procedure
A quick guide to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (PWA 1996), explaining the Act’s notice requirements and its section 10 dispute resolution procedure.
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CommentAs official figures point to decline, Markit/CIPS survey suggests the good times are back
Brian Green questions whether too much expectation is being placed on an index with an overly positive track record
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CommentObliterated by obsession
The amusingly acerbic judgment from a Canadian case offers a darker reminder of what happens when reason fails
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CommentWhy Labour must think long term
Most political crises come and go in a short period, which is why it is more important than ever for the opposition to focus on the big issues if they are to regain power, writes David Blunkett
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CommentWhen judges let rip: Obliterated by obsession
The amusingly acerbic judgment from a Canadian case offers a darker reminder of what happens when reason fails
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CommentEPCM: Win-win procurement
Engineering procurement and construction management is widely used abroad. Is it time for UK companies to look at how they can benefit from this model?
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CommentMy Digital Life… Robert Deatker
The Turner & Townsend project director on why he doesn’t own a Mac, vaporizing Network Rail employees and dancing around the sitting room to David Guetta
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CommentThe UK economy: Kill or cure
Recent figures show the UK economy is back in recession - and it’s the construction sector that put it there. In the first of a two-part look at the handling of the economic situation Joey Gardiner examines why the government’s course of treatment is failing to deliver a recovery
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CommentHansom: Critical condition
It’s all a bit confrontational this week as Giles Coren offers his opinion on the Shard and David Lock takes on Nick Raynsford… let’s hope Sir John Armitt finds more satisfaction in his role as wedding planner
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CommentPrivileged position: How claims consultants can protect themselves from disclosure
Claims consultants may not have the same legal professional privilege as practicing lawyers, but they can explore another route to protect themselves from disclosure
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CommentTime for change
The government’s policies for economic recovery aren’t working, and if ‘getting Britain building’ is the answer, a new course of action is needed now
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It could be like buying a car
We could choose the right base model for a building off the shelf and personalise it by colour, alloys, fabric, and so on
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VAT rules cripple business
Essentially we’re paying someone else’s tax for the privilege of acting as unpaid tax collectors for HMRC
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CommentWonders & blunders with Matt Lown
Matt Lown hails the impressive comeback of a sixties icon, and blows the whistle on a former MI6 building unconvincingly disguised as an apartment block
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CommentCrystallisation of disputes: Working Environments vs Greencoat Construction
In this case a Judge examined whether it was possible to severe an adjudicator’s decision to exclude issues that fell outside of a crystallised dispute