Opinion – Page 147
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CommentSteering through to the silver linings
Profit warnings, management team restructuring and problem jobs may be making the headlines. But there are still positives to take from the industry’s current standing
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CommentOnline poll: Due diligence
Are you increasing due diligence on main contractors you work with? Vote here
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CommentOnly connect
Young people are turning their noses up at the idea of a career in construction but it’s our industry and education providers who are to blame - we simply aren’t doing enough to engage them
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CommentFrom China, with love
Chinese companies will be looking for more than a financial return on their vast investment in UK infrastructure. But should UK construction see this as a threat or an opportunity?
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CommentBIM: Start at the end
The biggest payback for clients is in whole-life asset and facility management support - 6D BIM
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CommentWhat do you think about BIM?
Building needs your help in getting behind the BIM hype with this online reader survey
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CommentWho is measuring BIM?
BIM has a key role to play in meeting the government’s construction strategy targets - but who is measuring progress?
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CommentLooking north
The chancellor’s pledge to drive a ‘northern powerhouse’ economy and backing for a north-east-north-west high-speed rail line offer welcome prospects for work
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CommentHansom: Trick or treat
It’s a Halloween special this week: it’s revealed HLM’s chair once played with the living dead (Status Quo), a former Building cover star meets a terrible fate on the Graham Norton Show, and Frank Gehry gets a bit grisly
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CommentOnline poll: Modern slavery
Do you think that modern slavery is prevalent in the UK construction industry? Vote here
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CommentThe bigger picture
Concerns about what is, for now, a slight blip in output figures would be better directed at thinking how to build the industry’s capacity to grow
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CommentTapping into the Internet of Things
Devices that monitor appliances in buildings are a powerful way to help occupants manage their properties more efficiently and sustainably
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CommentLyons doesn't grasp planning nettle
Further simplification needed if new entrants to the industry are to be encouraged
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CommentFIDIC dispute resolution: Peterborough City Council vs Enterprise Managed Services Ltd
‘The judge acknowledged that DAB adjudication might well be “rough and ready” but he observed that the parties had agreed to incorporate the FIDIC DAB machinery into their contract’
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CommentWhy RIBA needs serious reform
New RIBA Council member Ben Derbyshire on why he stood - and what he wants to do
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CommentScouting further afield for contractors
There is no doubt that there is a strong case for new entrants in the market and it is occurring
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CommentWhat are garden cities worth?
Richard Rogers might not like them, but there’s merit in the garden cities movement
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CommentBuilding on good news
With positive sector reports published this week, it’s important that the staff are found to support these numbers
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CommentLook past the politics to Lyons Review details
On the face of it, Labour are the first party to produce a comprehensive plan to increase housebuilding