All Comment articles – Page 86
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Q&A with … Charlie Woodley from consultant HKA
New research shows that while digitalisation is creating a plethora of opportunities for construction it also adds complexity that can contribute to disputes
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Slavery – construction needs to clean up its act
Current modern slavery laws fail to do enough to interrogate supply chain details, writes Francis Ho
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Fatally flawed - the standard method is a case study in how not to change planning policy
The current standard method is fatally flawed - yet not as flawed as the way it has been introduced, says The Strategic Land Group’s Paul Smith
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Business in well-regulated markets trumps politics. That’s a good thing
As our politicians prepare to cut the UK from its neighbours, the world of commerce continues to march the opposite way – towards ever greater international co-operation
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The real deal on skills: why we must stop UK construction falling behind
The UK construction sector is in many respects less flexible, less efficient and less innovative than in those countries where sustainable training and employment practices have continued to be supported, says the ECA’s Andrew Eldred
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Thought for tomorrow: social value
Durkan’s Kevin O’Connor sees the investment worth of social value
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We need to ensure that there is a straightforward path for young people into the construction sector
To win new recruits to construction we must all get behind a shared industry plan – changing perceptions and building a seamless talent pipeline
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Construction industry gossip: Awkward questions
Clients experiment with a Cold War approach to contractors’ broken promises, Persimmon struggles to find a new boss unembarrassed by its own largesse, and the door staff get prickly at the Building Awards
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Legal: The scariness of vicariousness
The courts have held an employer liable for a rogue data breach by an employee – although the company broke no rules. James Bessey explains why
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Brexit: the stakes are too high not to shake our bad habits
We are not going to meet the economic shock of Brexit by building in the way we’ve always done. We have to embrace radical change
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Talent on the move: there's a tug of war for skills in the contractor market
Will we have enough of the right people to build our projects to the right standards and at the right price?
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Is altering the green belt the key to solving the UK’s housing crisis?
News of green belt boundaries being altered can often result in an element of local opposition, but amendments to national planning policy provide opportunities for better engagement
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It’s OK not to be OK. But how do we make people OK?
With men making up the vast majority of the construction industry, a fair conclusion is that it is male behaviours around mental health that most need to be tackled: by training people in non-judgmental listening and saying it is “OK not to be OK”.
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Grenfell – a question of trust?
If the Grenfell fire teaches us one thing, says Colm Lacey, it is that the construction and development sectors need to create a culture of trustworthiness and humanity
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Construction industry gossip: tall tales
Workers at 22 Bishopsgate reminisce less than fondly over their summer sauna and the NHBC struggles to contain its laughter over government housing targets
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Legal: Cost conscious
Steven Carey looks at how third-party funding and ATE insurance can help lighten the financial burden of litigation
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Thought for tomorrow: Conservation areas
Tony Barton suggests how to put nimbyism to more constructive use
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Brexit: Any certainty in sight?
Even firms that are scenario-planning for Brexit admit that predicting what will happen is a massive guess, so no wonder commercial architect Lee Polisano told Building he spends a lot of time worrying about it all