Opinion – Page 154
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CommentRichard Steer picks 'Streets fit for people and not just for cars'
Ken Shuttleworth’s blog highlights the need for long-term infrastructure to help protect London’s cyclists
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CommentWhy it's time to go green, and how BIM can help
BIM can help us embed sustainable principles into building design
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CommentSteven Barker picks 'Call for better urban design to tackle flooding'
This news story asks some pertinent questions of the UK’s flood defence policies
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CommentPhilip Watson picks 'Out of the ashes - the Mackintosh School of Art'
Among reports of the tragic fire at the Mackintosh School of Art, Ike Ijeh’s piece asked the positive question of how the building should be rebuilt
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CommentRichard Saxon picks 'Barriers to BIM'
Joey Gardiner’s piece tackles the struggles surrounding BIM
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CommentSimon Rawlinson picks 'We can do more for unemployed youngsters'
Nick Raynsford’s blog pointed out in March that while our industry has a large and growing skills gap, the actual number of apprentices employed in construction is falling
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CommentBuilding on Egan: BIM and the three 'E's
When approaching BIM we must be economic, efficient and effective
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CommentRichard Jones picks 'Housebuilders warn of supply chain bottleneck'
While this news story taps into the economic history of housebuilding, it also looks to its future
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CommentBuildings are only as sustainable as their users
It seems the recession has had a damaging effect on sustainable FM and there is no sign of recovery
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CommentRichard Threlfall picks 'The London housing problem'
Joey Gardiner’s feature on the London housing shortage really brings the issue home
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CommentStephanie Canham picks 'Armitt proposes fast track to long-term infrastructure plan'
Armitt’s proposed National Infrastructure Commission would seek to depoliticise infrastructure delivery and remove the uncertainty of long-term project pipelines
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CommentDebbie Hobbs picks 'What clients want'
This feature pointed to a welcome trend of clients and contractors increasingly sharing information
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CommentJack Pringle picks 'Watch your optimism'
Pooran Desi’s blog confronts the realities of sustainability
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CommentGoing round in circles
We’ve all heard the mantra: ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’, but should we be doing more?
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CommentDr Sean Tompkins picks 'What next for BIM?'
The CEO of RICS picks his favourite article published in Building in the last 12 months
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CommentRupert Choat picks '2014 predictions: Wishful thinking'
Looking back at those 2014 predictions of Ann Minogue: Summer’s musings
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CommentMcLennan Architects Limited vs Jeremy Jones and Helen Roberts: Inspection of electronic devices
This case, before Mr Justice Akenhead in the TCC, provided guidance in situations involving applications for access to specific electronic data and associated metadata
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CommentHansom: Heads and tales
Land Securities’ New Ludgate office development brings up tales of headless maidens, bear-baiting and rhinoceroses, while a PV expert suggests that solar panels across the UK are facing the wrong way
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CommentBIM is getting lost in translation
Having a common industry platform, like Australia does, would go some way to solving BIM problems
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CommentLondon infrastructure: The long game
The London Infrastructure Plan 2050 will hopefully address some of the chronic shortfalls in investment