All Comment articles – Page 323
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CommentFive bold steps that would kick start UK infrastructure investment and growth
Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s UK head of building, infrastructure and construction on the government’s infrastructure push
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CommentThe trouble with handing roads to private firms
Brian Green questions whether David Cameron really understands the difference between privately managing the water supply and trying to do the same thing with the roads network
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CommentThe outlook for outsourcing
Services groups that don’t share Kier’s pessimism about public sector outsourcing might do well to remind themselves exactly how local politics works
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CommentDerelection and duty
Does a council have the right to step in if a building is falling down and the owner does nothing? It’s not quite that simple …
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CommentMy digital life ... John Davies
Twitter is out, but YouTube is in for this bargain-hunting head of sustainability
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CommentHansom: When in Cannes
Eurostar travellers arrived at this year’s Mipim event - after an extended journey - hungry and peeved
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CommentWonders & blunders with Matthew Cousins
Matthew Cousins follows the yellow brick road to the diverse Accordia housing development in Cambridge - but is stopped in his tracks by a soulless Libeskind building in Holloway
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CommentTony Bingham: Dereliction and duty
Does a council have the right to step in if a building is falling down and the owner does nothing? It’s not quite that simple …
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CommentWhat will the world look like in 2050?
The built environment may not look radically different in the future but major change is needed to meet sustainability demands - and we need a plan now
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CommentConstruction employment holds up in 2011 - but fears remain over job prospects
Flat national picture masks significant regional variations that bode poorly for the North
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CommentWhy not NewBuy to Let?
Yolande Barnes asks if the government mortgage scheme can be extended to institutional landlords
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CommentBy how many will NewBuy boost house-building numbers?
A useful bump, maybe. But the Government scheme is unlikely to have a major impact on overall home sales.
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CommentLatest construction output figures support recession fears
Broadly-flat figures should not lull us into donning rose-tinted spectacles, argues Brian Green
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CommentPublic procurement: Don't take it lying down
Challenges to public contract awards are rising - and judges are stepping in where regulators have failed to tread
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CommentDesign and build contracts: There's always a risk
Design and build contracts were meant to prevent claims arising but, as the M6 toll road project shows, the one-stop shop approach can still lead to the courts
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CommentWest Tankers vs Allianz Spa and others: Declaratory award
This case highlighted the court’s power to allow an arbitral award to be entered as judgment, a broader interpretation of section 66 of the Arbitration Act
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CommentA quick guide to creditors' voluntary liquidation
A quick guide to the process of creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL) of an insolvent company under the Insolvency Act 1986
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CommentNew refurbishment funding is a missed opportunity for energy efficiency
A pot of £70m is being distributed to bring empty properties into use - and what better opportunity to undertake a deep low carbon retrofit?
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Comment'History of mis-selling could threaten Green Deal success'
Careful oversight of the Green Deal is needed to prevent breaches of the code of conduct leading to the swift discrediting of the concept