Opinion – Page 215
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CommentThe next 170 years
Despite gloomy market forecasts this industry is making quiet progress and continues to innovate, and that deserves recognition
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CommentWonders & blunders with Mark Legg
Mark Legg is mesmerized by the fusion of old and new at King’s Cross but finds Croydon’s ‘formidable’ Lunar house an undignified example of modernist architecture
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CommentHow difficult can it be?
Fixing our housing problems will be a hard slog - but some progress is being made, says Andrew Stunell
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CommentConstruction forecasts shaded up, but still predict recession dragging on into 2014
Revisions suggest there will be an extra one billion or so pounds worth of work flowing into construction this year than previously expected
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CommentLook back in anger
Firms involved in the blacklisting scandal now have to decide how to manage the far-reaching repercussions
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CommentMy digital life … Henry Henson
The graduate surveyor on sleeping with his iPhone, running marathons, and using LinkedIn for networking
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CommentBuilding buys a pint for … The Building Awards shortlist
Payment terms, lycra and lap dancing are discussed at the Building Awards shortlist party
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CommentMaking waves
Richard McCarthy: The Green Deal may have got off to an unsteady start but, by working with government, the industry can still turn it into a success
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CommentBe careful using design to fight crime
A replacement for Secured By Design should encourage a sense of community not just crime reduction
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CommentStill safe from head injuries
Changes at the Health and Safety Executive do not spell the end of hard hats on site
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CommentBlacklisting discoveries 'appalling'
Blacklisting practices revealed in inquiry beggar belief, says Ian Davidson, chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee
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CommentDefective Premises Act 1972: 'In the course of a business'
Niklas Zennstrom and Catherine Zennstrom vs Kevin Fagot, Helen Moseley, Deborah Patricia Wilks, Andrew Ramus and Fast-Calc Limited
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CommentThe answer is expect falling construction to prompt a triple dip – but what was the question?
Growth is pitifully poor whatever assumptions we make
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CommentThe latest construction output figures are very disturbing
The most distressing aspect is that the largest sector, commercial building, is faltering
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CommentThe drive of your life
We’re so besotted with process that we’ve lost sight of the end product. We should learn from Formula One