All Industry comments articles – Page 33
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News2008 predictions: "sleeze, football and more sleeze"
The CIC chief executive is excited by Beijing and believes the government can keep the economy on track
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NewsBuilding's favourite Christmas card
Architect ORMS wished Building a Merry Christmas with a festive health and safety assessment
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NewsHow Britain can survive the flood
Planning for flooding should have the same priority as terrorism according to a new report. So what can industry do to stem the rising tides?
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News2008 Preview: Housing
Boom or bust? It’s hard to say. What we do know is that eco-towns and the new housing super-quango will feature prominently over the next 12 months
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NewsLocals breath a sigh of relief after crane collapse
As specialists struggle to remove the jib of the crane residents express shock at their lucky escape
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NewsConstruction sector R&D bids just not good enough
Our industry is losing out on R&D funding because of poor quality bids - these must improve if we are to get a larger piece of the pie
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NewsOffshore wind power is not a magic solution
Government may believe all UK homes could be powered by offshore wind farms but any investment should not be at the expense of other sources of renewable energy
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NewsGovernment must apply more thought to R&D funding
The government must fund applied research at modern universities as well as the old guard if technical challenges are to be met
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NewsChristmas comes early for Carillion
Carillion has beaten a potential flurry of competitors with its £572m purchase of Alfred McAlpine, but has it paid too much?
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NewsCameron's renewables plan will put wind up Labour
David Cameron's brilliant proposal for boosting domestic renewables could force Labour to adopt the policy for itself
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NewsRedeploy frontline QSs to win construction battle
A shortage of QSs is holding up the upgrade of the Ministry of Defence's £18bn estate. The chairman of Rider Levett Bucknall says a smarter deployment of QS resource could ease the problem
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NewsSt Pancras: nice station despite the hype
After watching the TV series our architect visits the station for the first time and pays tribute to its saviour
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NewsTV Show hits the buffers with arrival of St Pancras' Upper Crust
Watching contractors fitting-out a baguette food outlet failed to stir our columnist last night but at least he missed the football
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NewsErinaceous board offers handsome reward for ugly failure
A leaving present of £736,000 ensures Erinaceous' two bosses a secure future, something not guaranteed for the 4000 employees
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NewsDrama and conflict: The St Pancras saga continues
Last night's BBC 2 docusoap on St Pancras focused on an engineer who looks 14 and another who can't wait to resign. But who are these people and why should we care? Gus Alexander is as unmoved by the programme as he is by the project itself
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NewsTV confessions: St Pancras laid bare
Until last week we all thought St Pancras was the ultimate smooth-running construction project. Then BBC 2 lifted the lid on the blood, sweat and tears behind the scenes
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NewsNot exactly bowled over
The hoo haa surrounding the unveiling of HOK's 'compelling bowl' at the Olympic site left Building's reporter feeling strangely umoved
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NewsCan London's big top become the main attraction?
HOK Sport's temporary stadium will be taken down once the Olympic circus leaves town but will its design capture the public imagination
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NewsSt Pancras brings a tear to the eye
The glitz and pomp of last night's royal opening was a fitting tribute to a real engineering achievement