Opinion – Page 212
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CommentMissing is not failing
Carillion’s chief sustainability officer responds to our article about his company’s sustainability targets
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CommentLook to your chains
Unless companies start managing their relationships with their supply chains, recovery could prove even more damaging than recession
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CommentA client's view: British Land
British Land’s construction executive discusses the key considerations when selecting contractors, and how the firm operates
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CommentA client's view: Land Securities
Building caught up with Land Secs’ head of project management on procurement, selecting contractors and upcoming work
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CommentWonders & blunders with Luke Tozer
Luke Tozer thinks Eero Saarinen’s design for Dulles International Airport has wings, whereas his effort for the US Embassy in London represents a bad day at the office
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CommentPrivate Housing Index shows promising signs
23% rise suggests stimulus packages may be starting to work
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CommentSpring breathes new life into the market
Latest CPA/Barbour ABI Index was 8% higher in April than in March
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CommentLegal brief: When a loss of chance has a value
McCrindle Group vs Maclay Murray and Spens produces an extremely useful summary of causation and valuation in “loss of chance” cases
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CommentVideo: Is there a future for nuclear?
Former government chief scientific advisor Professor King explains what we need to do if we want to keep the lights on
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CommentA taste of Madrid
Lord Lamont’s green shoots, oven-ready transport policy and Simon Allford’s recipe for a ‘universal building’ were all on the menu at the BCO conference
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CommentMy digital life … Angela Brady
The RIBA president on Tweeting in taxis, never learning how to use a PC, and why we should support our local high street
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CommentThe realities of green refurbishment
Some lessons learnt after the exhausting task of making a clapped out Victorian house energy efficient
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CommentKeeping up standards, keeping down costs
The Health Safety Executive’s drive to cut bureacracy could compromise safety, the Association for Project Safety warns
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CommentVideo: Is BIM the saviour of sustainable design?
Experts discuss the benefits that BIM can bring in terms of sustainability as well as efficiency
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CommentContempt proceedings : Berry Piling Systems vs Sheer Projects
Was there a sufficiently strong prima facie case of contempt to allow committal proceedings to be brought against BPS’s directors?
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CommentA moving experience
Why wasn’t construction at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Global Grand Challenges Summit?
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CommentBCO Conference, Day Two: Fortune favours the brave
Alinea Consulting’s Iain Parker gives his impression of the British Council for Office’s annual conference in Madrid
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CommentBCO Conference, Day One: A brave new world?
Alinea Consulting’s Iain Parker gives his impression of the British Council for Office’s annual conference in Madrid
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CommentThe cost to construction of false optimism
How many firms have gone to the wall in construction because they took the advice of persistent optimists?
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CommentAre rich foreign investors propping up construction?
Here are some intriguing, if not disturbing, patterns in construction output