Opinion – Page 96
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CommentDigital natives are forging ahead
The millennial generation have the digital skills to transform construction, we should be doing even more to harness their enthusiam and ideas
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CommentA question of trusts?
Subcontractors throughout the supply chain are at risk of losing cash due to the retention system. So what statutory measures should be put in place to safeguard the money?
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CommentOnline poll: Garden Bridge
Was Sadiq Khan right to pull the plug on the Garden Bridge? Vote here
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CommentFixing construction
BIM encourages collaboration but the industry needs to go much further and change the way things are done from the start to the end of a project
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CommentInfrastructure: Going places
Rapid advances in infrastructure technologies will transform the way we build. Construction firms need to stop dragging their feet and catch up with the pace of the new technology revolution
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CommentSustainability the right way round
We’ve been setting standards to make buildings more sustainable as if they were ends in themselves
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CommentGlobalisation can be a force for good
This creeping anti-trade rhetoric threatens years of growing connectivity and collaboration - construction’s future relies on a healthy and global exchange of ideas
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CommentThe Brexit election: Beating the drum
A large majority would give the Conservative more freedom in the Brexit negotiations but how would they use it? And are they listening to construction’s concerns?
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CommentIt's all about human-machine collaboration
As automation gains ground we will have to redesign people’s jobs but are there essential human skills required in project management? A new report explores the issues
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CommentHansom: Burn, baby, burn
This week, I am disappointed by a piece of Big Apple real estate, wave goodbye to Gavin Barwell for a little while and get some expert info on how to grow a garden bridge (hint: there are no plants involved)
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: Mixed fortunes continue
The rise in orders in the year to March masks variation across the sectors
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CommentOnline poll: Laing O'Rourke
Will Laing O’Rourke float on the London stock exchange? Vote here
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CommentA slowdown in consumer spend
Retail sales fell in the three months to March as inflation has begun to outpace growth in pay
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CommentFeeding into the industrial strategy
The construction and development industries have a special part to play in the government’s industrial strategy. We have to optimise how we approach infrastructure and asset-use to make sure it is a success
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CommentWill Laing O'Rourke go public?
Firm plays up FTSE experience of new chairman Sir John Parker
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CommentUntapped technology
Brexit and the skills crisis could be what the construction industry needs to make some really innovative break-throughs that will improve efficiency and productivity
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CommentWhat's the social value of an office building?
A recent study has tried to quantify the social impact an office development can have on a local area, the theory being if you can measure it you can maximise it
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CommentSnap election: Construction’s chance
The general election is a chance for the industry to make its case to politicians of all parties
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CommentHansom: A touch of class
This week, a sheikh is inspired by Shepherd’s Bush and Westfield (who could not be?), Joanna Lumley is perhaps too close to her champagne-quaffing alter-ego, and Pink Floyd’s guitarist gets a luxury home in Hove
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CommentBarwell is ridiculously optimistic
The housing minister’s assertions that Brexit will not affect the speed and quality of reforms outlined in the housing white paper do not match up with the reality of a depleted and overworked civil service