Opinion – Page 265
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CommentSafety in numbers
Nobody is safe from the acquiring arms of foreign firms (apart from architects), but is this the grisly end of UK independence or just small companies fighting for survival?
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... At construction rocks
This year our industry experts let their hair down in Camden
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Inbox: On balance
This week, readers weigh up the arguments for and against PFI, decide the Green Construction Board is missing an academic voice and urge the Scottish government to reconsider its capital budget cuts
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CommentThe big time
You’ve got to be in it to win it, but who is going to win this consultant sector battle?
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CommentFITs due a haircut but government has butchered PVs
There is some merit in cutting subsidies for a technology with falling costs but a sudden U-turn seriously harms sector
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CommentIf the Government wants to a boost from construction it better be quick about it
Government rhetoric suggests long-term investment in infrastructure - it needs to act quickly before a construction recession sheds jobs and skills
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CommentPre-action disclosure: PHD Modular Access Services vs Seele GmbH
Think carefully before seeking pre-action disclosure, as it will only be granted where court proceedings are anticipated
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2011 is set to be worst year in decades for UK house sales
This could be the worst year for house sales in this recession
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CommentDon't look now
The outlook for 2012 is gloomy but key government policy initiatives could provide the boost to confidence that the industry needs
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CommentArchitectual competitions: Judgement day
Those judging architectural competitions need to be wise, ethical and very well informed. That’s why the tittle-tattle of public opinion should be ignored
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CommentHansom: Talk to my agent
Cocktails and canapes in a tent, a fish and chip supper and a spot on prime-time TV. Sounds like a lifestyle for a B-list celeb, not a day in the life of a contractor
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Karen Kirkham
Karen Kirkham uses her daily commute to size up passing buildings. She finds Battersea Power Station has a dignity even in decay whereas the MI6 building is indestructibly pompous
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Inbox: Trials and tribulations
The problems facing the industry this week are low margin rewards, high prices for utilities, fierce competition in the UK from overseas companies and the technicalities of BIM
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CommentThis decade will be the first in more than a century when Britain’s homes become more crowded
The rate we’re building homes is failing to keep pace with population growth
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CommentForecasters shade down expectations for construction on private sector growth fears
At best forecasts suggest the industry is facing two years of a second dip into recession
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CommentBIM and the QS: Better late than never
Why are the majority of QSs reluctant to use BIM? It’s time to get on board before early adopters in the contracting market get too far ahead
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CommentImpartiality of arbitrators: A and others vs 1) B 2) X
This case lead to an examination of whether an arbitrator’s impartiality was in doubt, and showed that there can be conflict during a proceedings not just at the outset
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CommentWhat is it that I apparently know that the Bank of England economists do not?
The Bank of England’s low interest rate approach may lead to a deeper repression and slower growth