Opinion – Page 218
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CommentOnly big firms can lead on direct payment
A reader’s view on John Lewis’ idea to pay subcontractors directly
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CommentWhat can you do when a radical and ambitious housing strategy isn’t enough?
The government’s plan to boost housing means greater risk and the potential for higher house prices
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: The severe weather hasn’t helped, but still …
Construction output improved in February but was still 8% lower than a year ago
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CommentPublic Housebuilding Index: Austerity means less capital investment and a fall in activity
Private housebuilding may be on the rise but public housing contracts are 13% lower than last year
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CommentBuilding buys a pint for ... Pitman Tozer Architects
Cycling, celeb spotting and steam engines are discussed over a few pints with Pitman Tozer Architects
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CommentBudget 2013: Slowly, but not surely
No one really expected the chancellor to suddenly abandon austerity but many hoped he would
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CommentBudget showed no real drive for growth
This was George Osborne’s last chance to give Plan B a go
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CommentVariations of a guarantee: Aviva Insurance UK Limited vs Hackney Empire Limited
Did HEL’s agreement to make payments to STC “on account” vary the building contract and prejudice Aviva’s position such that it was discharged from the bond?
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CommentIs the construction industry 13% bigger than we think it is and does it matter?
If the figures are saying one thing and the real world is behaving in another then the assumptions driving policy will be suspect
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CommentOn a shoestring
The chancellor would be wise to look at the last remaining options for growth that will produce something for nothing
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CommentMy digital life … Charlie Laing
The managing director of Charlie Laing Project Management on tea and biscuits, the wisdom of Ben Goldacre and buying swords online for his son
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CommentTackling the energy performance challenge
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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CommentHansom: Each to their own
Ken Shuttleworth’s imagination runs wild, Ecobuild punters condemn Eric Pickles to an Orwellian nightmare, Ian Tyler bows out in style and Otto the dachshund is deselected
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CommentCentres of excellence to work with industry
How we can develop the future of sustainable construction through university education
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CommentKier results: Bellwether sounds the alarm
Kier’s results for the last six months of 2012 were more robust than many of its competitors’, but in fact they show what dire trouble the industry is in
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CommentMipim: A brighter view from Cannes
Mipim delegates talk of activity picking up this year. Our man in the French Riviera reports
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CommentWonders & blunders … with Richard Morton
Richard Morton thrills to the excitement of multi-level rail activity at Antwerp Station but the King’s Cross extension has drained the station of bustle and romance