All Comment articles – Page 94
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Why is construction so adverse to tech evolution?
While there has been some introduction of innovative approaches, cases of sustained incorporation of technology in construction are few and far between. So why is the sector so adverse to tech?
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Strategies, reports and the future of the industry: just do it
There’s no lack of holiday reading for those interested in how the industry needs to change, but perhaps it’s time to move on and put all these recommendations into action
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Commissioning – the forgotten part of rail
Issues around the completion of the Crossrail project have highlighted the lack of attention to detail commissioning is given in such large-scale infrastructure schemes
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NPPF - no game-changer, but cause for optimism
For all the criticism, the NPPF has, in reality, worked quite well. It could lead to a significant increase in supply overall – and that is something we can all feel optimistic about
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Recruitment and training: how will the construction industry measure up to market needs?
There are plenty of skills challenges facing the industry. But if we get it right, we have the opportunity to build a next generation equipped with the practical skills to build the infrastructure and developments the country needs
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Building for life, not age
Population ageing is one of the most critical challenges facing the built environment industry - and an issue wider than the concerns over an ageing construction workforce
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Hansom: Confusion reigns
Willmott Dixon’s suppliers confront their inner rubber ducks, and the waters rise at the Houses of Parliament
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The new NPPF: will it deliver the numbers?
The latest updates to planning policy need to be seen in the context of a slew of recent reports and analysis, suggesting development is likely to continue to be subject to local interpretation and testing
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Leader: Living on the margins
The big story in this year’s Top 150 league tables is contractors’ pitifully low margins compared with housebuilders’ surging profits
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Low carbon technologies: how do we ensure installed performance?
Terry Keech says it’s time to end the disconnect between ‘intended performance’ and ‘actual performance’ of low carbon technologies installed in social housing
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There is only one path to decarbonising heat – we must realise that now
The only way to decarbonise heat generation is by going all-electric, says Barny Evans. And we need to start working on it now.
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Legal: a knotty problem
James Bessey explains that a recent case showing nuisance can be caused by omission as well as action has implications for cladding fires
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Legal: Cyber Security: smart buildings
Paul Glass and Jill Hamilton of Taylor Wessing’s cyber security team consider the benefits and risks of internet-enabled technology
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Better by design
We need to embed design into the DNA of our built environment and ensure infrastructure connects on a human scale. A new assessment from the NIC points to how it might be done
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You can’t design out risk – we must manage buildings better post-Hackitt
We need to design, commission and build differently, but fire risk doesn’t end at completion – far from it
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How smart cities can become reality in the UK
The UK needs to take considered but bold steps into the smart city revolution
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Have we reached collaboration nirvana?
After years of talk about how important collaboration is in the engineering industry, the team working on Crossrail’s Farringdon station believe they’ve reached the summit. Ken Davis, project director at SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business, talks about how they got there
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Legal: A different kind of model approach
Daniel Garton and Ralph Goodchild on using system dynamics as evidence in delay and disruption claims
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Leader: South-eastern promise
Consumer products giant LG’s new super laboratory on the edge of South Korean capital Seoul has to be seen to be believed.
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Thought for tomorrow: An end to fixed-price contracting
We ask readers to share their visions of the construction industry in 25 years’ time