All Comment articles – Page 85
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CommentI’m a contractor... get me out of here!
Tony Bingham cheers the appeal court judges who have hacked away 20 years growth of confusion around payment notices
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CommentGreat infrastructure requires more than nuts and bolts - it needs vision
Great infrastructure, led by design, can shape a town or city and transform the lives of communities but it takes vision, collaboration and leadership
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CommentRelaxing permitted development rights has potential, but concerns remain
Authorities, developers and residents alike should be careful, says TLT’s Katherine Evans
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CommentCan softer skills solve construction’s perpetual productivity puzzle?
There is growing acknowledgement that soft skills, collaborative behaviours and a more relational model of procurement contribute to better performance. Are these the missing pieces of the construction industry’s comparatively poor productivity jigsaw puzzle?
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CommentMaking promises is easy – delivering them is something else
If only we had politicians who, instead of promising the impossible, focused on what can really be delivered, and then got on with it..
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Wouldn’t it be lovely?
An optimistic Kit Malthouse introduces the ‘slimby’ and the water cannon debacle makes us look back at some of Boris Johnson’s other great ideas
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CommentPFI: The ghost of contracts past
PFI contracts were meant to rebalance risk more fairly but didn’t – and we haven’t seen the last of the disputes over them yet
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CommentThought for tomorrow: New departures
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, John Puttick sees public transport buildings becoming a place for the community
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CommentIs your workplace holding you back?
Mace Macro’s managing director Ross Abbate explores how better offices could transform our productivity
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CommentImmigration after Brexit - what do you need to know?
Vikki Wiberg considers changes to foreign worker citizenship rules and how they affect construction
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CommentPreparation might not deliver a better Brexit, but it will ensure a much better response
It’s still impossible to predict the outcome of the Brexit talks, but that’s no excuse not to be ready for the uncertainty ahead. Here’s a five-point plan for how to do it
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CommentIf we fail to see the role of planning and design in places, we will never solve the productivity debate
Productivity improvement is the only real way to pay ourselves more, says WSP’s Barny Evans
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CommentIn the scramble for more sustainable construction methods, could green concrete be the answer?
Barry Mellor of Aggregate Industries on how greener construction materials are key to achieving ever-ambitious sustainability targets
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Loads of old rubbish
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, Gpad London’s Charles Bettes sees considering waste becoming part of every decision
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CommentSir Stuart Lipton: A spring in his step
Rather than settling down to a well-earned retirement at the age of 76, the developer of what will be the City’s tallest tower is turning his attention to something rather more low-rise: housing
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CommentFire and heat will shape our future homes
Chris Stanley, housing manager at Modern Masonry, says overheating and emissions are as important to consider as fire protection in homes post-Grenfell.
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CommentSecuring a greener future for public sector estates
As the UK moves away from a centralised energy system, a more agile, distributed approach to energy will play a key role in bringing down the UK’s emissions
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Undercurrents
Tension is bubbling – opinions differ on what makes ‘beautiful’ architecture, an MP ignores political plots and one of my hacks encounters Corbyn on the road
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CommentHow is London going to accommodate all those who want to live in it without concreting over the green belt?
One solution to increase housing supply in London is to build upwards, says Alan Davison
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CommentDiscussing air rights is no hot air
With land only becoming scarcer, air rights will become a more important consideration for developers and freeholders in the coming years