All Comment articles – Page 88
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CommentGet it in writing before work starts
Failing to execute a formal contract risks severe exposure in the face of a defects claim, warns Christopher Filor
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CommentIt’s time to talk about Britain’s infrastructure much more boldly
We are great at building infrastructure, but we need a revolution to make the UK the most internet-connected country
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CommentTrailblazers: Modular homes
Joseph Daniels, founder of luxury modular homes developer Project Etopia, praises the first modular homes built in the UK
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CommentGrenfell and the Hackitt report: whisper it, but progress is being made
Against the odds it seems that progress has been made behind the scenes – with, rumour has it, the help of about 100 civil servants – to implement Hackitt’s review
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CommentDigitalisation is changing everything - but we need to give people the opportunity to explore its capabilities
It will make the whole construction industry more efficient – but it will also make it a more interesting sector for new recruits to join. And with that potential for creativity, it will start to attract different kinds of talent
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CommentAfter Brexit the construction sector must embrace international opportunities
Although you wouldn’t know it from the way we talk about it sometimes, the British construction industry is the envy of the world. We are building complicated and challenging projects, and finding innovative solutions that allow us to do so quickly, safely and cost effectively. ...
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CommentWhy do young women need senior women?
We know how vital ongoing support is for ensuring the next generation sticks with the industry. So, how do we keep these young, talented women interested?
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CommentHansom: What’s a man to do?
This week’s construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can’t even trust his smartphone not to cause offence
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CommentLegal: How to offset the risks of offsite
In the seventh part of our series on new technology, Maeve Gantley explains how offsite manufacturing brings specific risks that need to be covered by the contract
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CommentAre we creating enough in-depth learning spaces?
Helen Groves says that while universities have great areas where students can work together and interact, they lack spaces to allow quiet immersion in study
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CommentLegal: a matter of principle
Lindy Patterson on how even if the employer is partly responsible for a delay in completion, the contractor may be liable for liquidated damages
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CommentHousebuilders' salaries are healthy - but is the market as rosy as it looks?
Despite soaring salaries in the housebuilding sector, there’s an air of nervousness that the government will burst the bubble by scrapping its Help to Buy scheme
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CommentPreparing for the new dawn
As we head towards Brexit, the Construction Leadership Council continues to build foundations to ensure stability and robustness in the industry
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CommentReading into the student accommodation sector: strong steps forward
Brexit looms large on the horizon across all sectors, but the fundamentals of the student sector would appear to remain solid
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CommentHansom: Straight talkers
We hear Peter Rogers likes to get to the point, somebody isn’t very polite about 22 Bishopsgate, and a Man U fan is blindingly faithful …
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CommentSecuring our future – how to fix the pension system
The UK pension systems is broken – expensive and benefiting only the largest companies and public sector employees. Colin Harding suggests how to change that
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CommentThe human toll of poor payment practices
Business failures often seem abstract and remote. How does it actually feel to go through the process of winding up your own business?
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CommentLegal: Be careful what you wish for
Victoria Peckett describes a case where a strategy to push a contractor into insolvency to resolve a dispute seriously backfired
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CommentIt has its flaws but Bloomberg is a worthy winner
Fosters’ Stirling laureate is an environmental game-changer
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CommentCase in focus: Adjudication
Ted Lowery on the impact of an arbitration clause upon a Part 8 application