All Comment articles – Page 75
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: 22 Bishopsgate topping-out ceremony
The great and good flock to 22 Bishopsgate’s topping-out ceremony – although one developer is conspicuously absent
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CommentSo Scruton’s out and Boys Smith is in – but will it really make a difference?
Beauty should be something that is defined locally, not the subject of a grand commission in London, says Mark Leeson
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CommentCase in focus: fraud allegation
Ted Lowery looks at an enforcement application involving an allegation of fraud
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CommentAdjudications: make an early reservation
When making a jurisdictional challenge in an adjudication, it pays to be quick off the mark
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CommentA corruption scandal is the last thing the construction sector needs
Can the industry afford to take any more reputational damage after Grenfell and Carillion?
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CommentWhy construction is still getting the circular economy wrong
Many of the answers required for the shift to a restorative and regenerative system already exist, now the industry needs to start asking the right questions, says Alastair Mant of UKGBC
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CommentSqueezed margins are stunting innovation
Construction is one of the largest contributors to the economy, but productivity has barely grown in recent years
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CommentMoney, money, money: construction's investment and payment challenges
What’s the real answer to construction’s apparent inability to pay its suppliers? More investment, driven by greater innovation
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CommentWill new-builds be banned from connecting to the gas grid?
How feasible is the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Stop, look and listen
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown’s jewels, and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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CommentWhat constitutes practical completion
Lindy Patterson examines the conclusions of an appeal court ruling between Mears and Costplan
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CommentWhat new changes to off-payroll rules mean for contractors
Coming changes to off-payroll rules are a major challenge for building firms
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CommentRenovating Notre-Dame is a delicate balancing act
Decisions should not be made in haste - there are plenty of questions to be asked
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CommentCrossrail: the NAO report shows the dangers of believing your own hype
Blind belief has been this project’s undoing; realism and certainty are now the order of the day
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: In your own words
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown’s jewels, and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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CommentWe're not collaborating enough because our contracts are too confrontational
A more collaborative way of working makes for better-run, more efficient projects – and it all starts with how you word the contract, says Mark Castle
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CommentCrossrail: Regrets, it has a few
Today’s NAO report shows a litany of very costly programming mistakes, can the new bosses get it back on track?
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CommentLegal: When it's over, it's over
Clarity on liquidated damages claims for delay after termination
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CommentThe space race: can legacy buildings meet our future challenges?
With a growing population, we must look to refurbish our existing building stock to suit our future needs
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CommentAre we building the kinds of homes we want to live in?
“The homes we are building today will be the homes that you will live in in 30 years”. So are we building the right homes?