Opinion – Page 228
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CommentSolid foundations
Officials could do far worse than to look at Whitehall’s approach to housebuilding and seek to replicate it on a bigger scale
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CommentConstruction is all at sea
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. Construction has a lot to learn from yacht racing
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: La Defense offices in Almere
La Defense offices in Almere, Netherlands, designed by UNStudio. Photograph by Wojtek Gurak
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CommentHansom: Complete transparency
A warning on profit that is not a profit warning, a series of ‘virtual’ underground shops, a secret lift and a bit of dodgy sales lingo are just some of the things that we’re not entirely clear on this week
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CommentIs a lack of new housing resulting in more multi-family homes?
Multi-family households are on the rise, especially in London, which is just one symptom of our chronic failure to build enough new homes, says Brian Green
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CommentBig business needs diversity
I was dismayed to read that, of the 71 director positions available in Balfour Beatty’s restructure, not one is held by a woman
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CommentStandard form contracts: Cheer up, Tony
Life has changed in the 50 years since the 1964 Banwell Report recommended the use of only one form of contract
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CommentBlackfriars station: A bridge too far
Jacobs are credited with designing the station – but the idea was actually originally conceived by Will Alsop
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CommentNorthern Ireland: The bigger picture
Most people in the UK will never understand how incompetent the Northern Ireland Assembly is. What has happened to Patton is sad and disturbing. It is difficult to keep a large construction company trading when all key local markets have been decimated and below cost tendering is seen as ...
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CommentNorth-east aches while London sees growth in construction jobs
Chart illustrates varied pattern of construction work throughout the UK
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CommentWhy job shedding in the UK construction industry may be about to accelerate
It is possible that we have not yet seen in the figures an employment response to the drop in output
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CommentWonders & blunders with Hugh Petter
The new King’s Cross station concourse really makes incomers to London feel like they have arrived, while the Bomber Command monument falls short of greatness, says Hugh Petter
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CommentMy digital life ... Andrew Kneeshaw
This commercial director is an avid social media fan and keeps a close eye on his finances - just don’t spell-check his emails …
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CommentEnergy efficiency measures are a benefit not a burden
With the UK’s power capacity margin falling to low levels, demand side reduction is vital to keep the country in business
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CommentTough decisions
John Morgan’s decision to take direct control of Morgan Sindall signifies the challenges that lie ahead for construction
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CommentLending is not just needed for residential
The coalition’s focus on housebuilding ignores the perilous state of the industry as a whole. All types of project need access to funding - fast
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CommentThe extra magic money brings when you get your bank to print it and use it to buy your debt
Mr Osborne has an extra £30 billion or so in his coffers
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CommentUK construction bosses need to make government face the facts: The industry is in freefall
It is time for the construction industry to stop listening to the government and tell it some home truths
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CommentHansom: Unusual positions
A cow outside an Urban Splash development, a bridge to nowhere, A-Level students working on the US presidential election and a different kind of candidate in red trousers make up our strangely placed cast
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CommentStandardise cost plans, not school layouts
The best schools are flexible spaces developed from a site-specific brief. Standardised layouts simply won’t work, says Richard Hyams - but standardised cost plans might …