All Comment articles – Page 92
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CommentAddressing three barriers to achieving an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM rating
Only 1.5% of buildings meet this top rating - why is it so difficult to achieve?
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CommentTokyo 2020 – same old challenges, but will it be the same old story?
The Olympic challenge for Toyko 2020 has already begun and there’s the familiar cost overruns and and a fight against time for contractors. But maybe things will be different this time
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CommentHansom: Time out
Costain’s CEO refreshingly forgets about Brexit, and Lendlease’s boss is on a well-earned break. Meanwhile, for those who are slogging away, the Spurs stadium is the place to be…
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CommentLeader: Let’s get radical
Modular construction is being touted as the as way forward for housing build, but the market is still waiting for the breakthrough product
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CommentUK is lacking fibre
Many other countries’ broadband capability puts ours to shame – and while government targets are a step in the right direction, progress is painfully slow
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CommentLegal: Draft your warranty with care
Aidan Steensma on the relevance to contractors of defects claims in developer-tenant cases
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CommentDealing with uncomfortably high - and low - temperatures in buildings: an increasingly common problem
Overheating in homes and commercial property is a real problem now - and it’s not going away any time soon
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CommentLegal: Pay it backwards
Stephanie Canham on draft legislation that will introduce a reverse VAT charge specifically for construction, to combat VAT fraud
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CommentLooking after older buildings with new technology - a modern challenge
In order to fulfil a building’s maintenance requirements, it is clear that estate owners need a better understanding of their assets
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CommentWill Birmingham be chosen as Channel 4's new home?
As the countdown to Channel 4’s decision looms the conundrum is now a choice between three but HS2 and its transport infrastructure makes Birmingham is a clear frontrunner
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CommentTakeaways from the 2018 National Planning Policy Framework
How realistic is it to expect that the government will meet its target of 300,000 homes and will the 2018 NPPF help it meet this target?
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CommentLeaving the EU with no deal would be bad for the construction industry
With over 2.3 million jobs in construction, it is critical firms are still able to attract the skills, and trade in vital goods, that enable growth and encourage investment
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CommentThe government needs to find a way out of the mess it has created
The construction’s contribution to the economy is seemingly being ignored. But ours is the sector that is going to be essential in the delivery process of large infrastructure projects post-Brexit
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CommentLosing access to skilled EU labour will only heighten constraints and costs
It’s worrying that the government doesn’t appear to read its own forecasts when setting out its position with the EU
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CommentHansom: Where the money is
Accountants charge up to £1,156 an hour to sort out Carillion, and an MP gets on stage to prove once again that politics is just showbusiness for ugly people
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CommentLegal: Renewable contracts
In the sixth part of our series on new technology, Sara Cunningham considers how building contracts can be adapted for new buildings that also are required to generate energy
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CommentConstruction needs a deal
As things stand – more than two years after the Leave vote – we still have no idea what it actually means for any sector of the economy, least of all construction.
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CommentLet’s drive industry change by questioning everything
Carillion has highlighted construction’s tendency to get stuck in a rut by sticking to what it has always done – but by asking the right questions, we can drive real change
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CommentNot just any old homes
Simply building more homes won’t help if they’re of the wrong type, in the wrong places – and built to inadequate standards
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CommentLegal: Agreed in principle
When is a contract a contract, asks Robert Akenhead – is it when a notional agreement is agreed, or does it need to be more formal?