All Comment articles – Page 31

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Unstoppable BIM

    2016-04-01T06:00:00Z

    After half a decade of pressure, persuasion and investment, how successful has the initiative been?

  • Paul Morrell
    Comment

    BIM: The new way of doing business

    2016-04-01T06:00:00Z

    A 50% adoption rate is an astonishingly high level of engagement

  • Rudi Klein
    Comment

    Payment niggles

    2016-03-31T06:00:00Z

    We’ve made great strides against payment abuse over the years but further changes to the Construction Act are needed

  • Sarah
    Comment

    A Budget and its blunders

    2016-03-24T06:00:00Z

    The government’s plans to cut disability benefits has meant that last week’s Budget has come in for intense public and political scrutiny and now the government needs to find £4.4bn to balance its books

  • Rudi Klein
    Comment

    Productivity: Upping our game

    2016-03-23T11:00:00Z

    There has always been a gap between productivity levels in UK construction and those in most other sectors. Unless we focus on the reasons for this, we’ll always be underperforming

  • James Wates
    Comment

    So what do you think of it so far?

    2016-03-23T11:00:00Z

    Six months in and Build UK is already making a difference on illegal working, pre-qualification, payment issues, the skills shortage and apprenticeships. It’s also got different parts of the industry talking to each other

  • Rennie Dalrymple
    Comment

    Au revoir, Mipim?

    2016-03-21T16:57:00Z

    Will the UK property sector’s relationship to the annual event change if Britain leaves the EU?

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Budget 2016: Cold comfort

    2016-03-18T06:00:00Z

    Confirmation that the government is backing the NIC is welcome but their approach to infrastructure is still falling short of the mark

  • Richard McCarthy
    Comment

    Olympic effort

    2016-03-11T07:00:00Z

    With the Rio Olympics almost upon us, it’s worth remembering that the London Games were a shining example of British planning and development teams pulling together on a huge scale. It’s a spirit that needs to be rekindled on future projects

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    News

    Commercial shows strongest growth in four months

    2016-03-10T09:07:00Z

    London and rest of the UK experience strongest commercial activity reports Savills commercial index

  • Tony Pidgley
    Comment

    What makes good housing?

    2016-03-09T11:14:00Z

    When creating homes you have to put people first, then work on the buildings and spaces. Placemaking simply doesn’t work unless you start with a vision for the community

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Money where the mouth is

    2016-03-04T06:00:00Z

    The picture painted by the government of a fresh regeneration push as a fix to poverty ignores the complexity of the communities it is designed to help

  • Richard Steer
    Comment

    We hold the key

    2016-03-02T13:00:00Z

    Michael Gove’s recent rhetoric about rehabilitation may open the door to designing the UK’s new generation of super-prisons as institutions of redemption, a million miles away from the high-tension, low-hope jails across the Atlantic

  • Sarah
    Comment

    EU referendum: The great unknown

    2016-02-25T06:00:00Z

    The noise from Westminster on the decision dubbed “one of the biggest in our lifetimes” by Cameron has only built as the week has gone on

  • Sarah
    Comment

    A client for London

    2016-02-19T06:00:00Z

    TfL’s launch of a 300-acre development programme will promote a significant amount of investment in the built environment at a time when it is desperately needed

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Hinkley on hold

    2016-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Will next Tuesday be the day EDF finally gives the go-ahead to a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C?

  • Andrew Warren
    Comment

    The DEC decision

    2016-02-11T12:30:00Z

    The government should strengthen, not abandon, the Display Energy Certificate system

  • Jack Pringle
    Comment

    Gold Medal for the diva

    2016-02-08T13:08:00Z

    With a portfolio that pushes the limits of what is possible, Zaha Hadid proves being relentlessly demanding pays off

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Modern times

    2016-02-05T06:00:00Z

    Will Westminster finally help address construction’s skills shortfall?

  • Chris Tinker
    Comment

    Housebuilding: In the balance

    2016-02-03T06:00:00Z

    The rate and extent of change to different housing policies designed to stimulate delivery could see their desired effects cancelled out. Maintaining stability of delivery is key for the sector’s growth