Opinion – Page 137
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CommentDesign priorities for 'Starter Homes'
Do we really need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to designing sustainable homes that first time buyers can afford?
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CommentThe affordable homes good news story
The Affordable Homes Programme for 2012/15 has finished, so who were the winners and losers?
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CommentImpartiality: Sierra Fishing Company and Ors vs Farran and Ors
Before Mr Justice Popplewell. Judgment delivered 30 January 2015
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CommentThe new and improved Brookfield Multiplex
Brookfield Multiplex’s turnaround is a remarkable one; not just because of what was achieved, but how
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CommentBig city data
Advances in data capturing are providing new insight into how people use and react to city spaces. David Partridge believes this information could be a powerful tool in the future of construction
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CommentHansom: Digging deep
This week sees an industry mired in conflict and charity, as a warrior against the Garden Bridge takes a break, Tory donors swell Cameron’s war chest, Osborne does a good deed, and Costain enters the Dragons’ Den
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CommentZeroing in on sustainable homes
With the definition of a mainstream zero-carbon target having fluctuated between governments, the industry is now likely to struggle to hit the standard by 2016
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CommentOnline poll: HS2 report
Should the government be made to release the Major Projects Authority report on HS2? Vote here
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CommentThe making of Derby Arena
The architect behind the futuristic looking cycling venue explains some of its stand out features
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CommentEPC regulations are go!
At last the Energy Efficiency Regulations have passed through parliament, so now landlords can start to put in place strategies to mitigate the risks
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CommentHansom: The weird and wonderful
Things take a turn for the strange this week. The Serpentine’s summer pavilion dabbles in psychedelia, a national memorial centre is shaped like a Spitfire, and Boris Johnson can be found tunnelling underneath London
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CommentDo the math
An increase in spending on school building now could prevent greater costs further down the line
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CommentOnline poll: Who's best for construction?
Which of the UK political parties has the best policies for construction? Vote here
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CommentCapital growth
Invest in London’s infrastructure and the rest of the UK will benefit. Hold back, and we will be repeating historic mistakes
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CommentHot-desking 2.0
The modern worker may not need a desk to sit at 24/7, but they do want staircases, sofas, reclaimed timber floors, and a new kind of urban realm
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CommentThe future of surveying
Financial benefits can be monetised but it is less easy to quantify and advocate the value of experience or the existing knowledge of a building or site
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CommentHansom: The young ones
This week, how watching telly can inspire the next generation of construction workers; northern youth marches south; an octogenarian architect is unstoppable; and the chancellor contemplates a career change
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CommentLetter: Help for first-time buyers and the economy
The policy advisor for the House Builders Association responds to our Budget coverage
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CommentLetter: Scotland needs workers to drive recovery
The managing director of the Scottish Building Federation on how workers are needed to keep the recovery going
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CommentLetter: Can civilisation survive without surveyors?
A reader responds to one of Richard Steer’s columns