Opinion – Page 155
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CommentOne direction
As Building reveals the response to our Agenda 15 initiative, our construction manifesto for the next government has started to take shape
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CommentIs the long hot summer causing green policies to wilt?
I’m desperate for some holiday reading on green policy but it seems to be elusive
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CommentFree our regions to thrive
Boosting regions beyond the M25 could benefit the UK economy as a whole
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CommentThe calm before the storm
Westminster will soon be a flurry of activity before the general election - and construction is at the heart of the public policy debate
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CommentThe legend of the three great information tribes
Legend has it that the CAD, BIM and GIS tribes don’t play well together – but here’s a way forward
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CommentAn Egan lesson I'm applying to BIM
The purpose is to make money from satisfying customers, and that goes for BIM too
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CommentMega deals and learning from the past
This period of merger mania should prompt us to look back at lessons from the past
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CommentCity planning in the Middle East
These vast cities rising from the sand can’t just be about bling
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CommentThe Green Deal: Are we back at square one?
The sector must capitalise on customer interest now that the £120m government incentive has closed
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CommentWe must re-empower small and medium-sized housebuilders
Tthe current dominance of volume house builders has caused concerns for location and housing quality
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CommentBalfour: Another twist, but not the end
Balfour Beatty’s decision to walk away from merger talks with Carillion is far from the conclusion of this story
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CommentDifferent ways to shorten the skills gap
A reader responds to Simon Rawlinson’s column with her own ideas about how to tackle the skills shortage
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CommentA failure to plan
If housing is a long-term priority for the UK, the planning system does not recognise it
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CommentBalfour and Carillion - deal or no deal?
What would be the potential pros and cons for the industry if this massive merger were to go through?
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CommentHansom: Verse and worse
Poetry (of a kind) wins the day for WSP, placemaking finds its place (on the coffee table), Ken doll’s private bits get a once over, Germany beats Argentina (again) and Didcot A power station is blown up out of all proportion
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CommentWhat a waste of talent
Construction badly needs people with skills yet is failing to appeal both to those who have no experience of work and to those who are drawn to other industries
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CommentIs this good night for Balfour Beatty?
Balfour Beatty used to be my pin-up boys, so what has gone wrong?
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CommentRobin and Barbara Bache and others vs Zurich Insurance Limited: Interpretation of insurance contracts
Zurich’s arguments on the meaning of “fails to complete the construction” in the policy were rejected by the court because they ran against the commercial reality of the purpose of the policy
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CommentIt's a shambles now but will it get even worse?
Learning from the launch of the Project Management and Full Design Team Services framework
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CommentA black day for the industry
There was more hand-wringing embarassment for the industry this week as construction bosses gave evidence on blacklisting to MPs