All Comment articles – Page 73
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Construction industry gossip: Show me the money
Kier’s outgoing finance director displays uncanny vision in his purchasing restraint and Sisk’s chief exec offers a fair excuse for at least one late payment
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If offsite construction is to work for us, we need to get the logistics right
Without this, we will never entirely realise the full potential for maximum productivity
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Grenfell - the slow road to change
Two years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, there is still anger at the lack of progress from the industry and goverment to change
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Case in focus: RGB P&C Ltd vs Victory House General Partner Ltd
Ted Lowery considers a case in which the adjudicator carried out his own delay analysis
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When a black hole stays black: the limits of the transferred loss rule
The transferred loss rule can fill the black hole of damages claims where parties have no direct contract, but it has its limits
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2070 vision: why we need a long-term view on regional infrastructure
Regional inequalities have long been exacerbated by poor decision making on infrastructure projects. Now it’s time for that to change
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The Larkhill housing scheme is a lesson in collaboration
Two rival firms working together to deliver homes for the British Army can teach the industry a thing or two
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Is it the further education sector’s turn to be in the spotlight?
It has long been recognised as the Cinderella of the education sector but this is put into stark relief by a recent report
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Legal: When is fraud relevant?
Fraud can be raised as a defence in adjudication case or to avoid an enforcement, but it must be strictly relevant
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London's flats need to live for the future
Decaying buildings littering any skyline are obviously unacceptable; we also shouldn’t cling onto the past
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Top 5 take-aways from BCO at Copenhagen
Some of the highlights from last week’s conference in the Danish capital
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Legal: A boost for third-party rights
The Court of Appeal has confirmed a robust approach to third-party rights in contracts
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Time to end our complacency about climate change
Construction needs fresh thinking from every participant in a building’s lifecycle
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Construction Innovation Hub: if only we'd had it sooner
The industry has been talking about reform for decades, but we may finally now be at a turning point
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Legal: BIM standards made simple
The new international standard on BIM could take some getting to grips with – but guidance is being developed
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Construction industry gossip: Strait is the gate
A cities of the future event prompts a dodgy way to travel and a council aiming for decor neutrality ends up rather off-colour
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Making Hackitt happen
Creating a competence framework to respond to the Hackitt report has brought about the biggest-ever alliance of construction organisations
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European elections: Watch out for splinters
Construction looks set to lose out from the political fragmentation surrounding Brexit – we need fast action to prevent the worst possible consequences
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5 minutes with... Richard Flisher, managing director, CPMG Architects
Richard Flisher tells Building about late payments, staying positive and flying