All Comment articles – Page 31
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Down the garden path
The government still seems keen to invoke the garden city movement of the past to provide much-needed housing. Planning and innovation will be key to deliver high-quality results
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Picking teams
The Brexit referendum could transform the UK from a cultural and economic global focal point to a recession-wracked pariah
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London beckons
Three weeks from now, Londoners will head to the polls to decide who will fill the sizeable Boris-shaped void in the capital’s City Hall
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Zaha the great
Zaha Hadid broke boundaries and will inspire a new generation of young architects with her inventiveness and experimentation
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Zero Carbon RIP
Improving quality of life and tackling climate change must go hand in hand in delivering the new homes that the UK needs
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Unstoppable BIM
After half a decade of pressure, persuasion and investment, how successful has the initiative been?
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BIM: The new way of doing business
A 50% adoption rate is an astonishingly high level of engagement
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Payment niggles
We’ve made great strides against payment abuse over the years but further changes to the Construction Act are needed
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A Budget and its blunders
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
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Productivity: Upping our game
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
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So what do you think of it so far?
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
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Au revoir, Mipim?
Will the UK property sector’s relationship to the annual event change if Britain leaves the EU?
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Budget 2016: Cold comfort
Confirmation that the government is backing the NIC is welcome but their approach to infrastructure is still falling short of the mark
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Olympic effort
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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Commercial shows strongest growth in four months
London and rest of the UK experience strongest commercial activity reports Savills commercial index
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What makes good housing?
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
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Money where the mouth is
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
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We hold the key
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
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EU referendum: The great unknown
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
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A client for London
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