All Comment articles – Page 33

  • Richard Threlfall
    Comment

    I must be dreaming …

    2015-11-17T15:35:00Z

    Great is the joy over the government’s announcement of a National Infrastructure Commission. But the task it now faces is equally large

  • Sarah
    Comment

    The tipping point

    2015-11-13T06:00:00Z

    With the release of a bullish set of forecasts predicting the industry’s global market will double over the next 15 years, Christmas could come early for construction

  • Julian Sharpe
    Comment

    Standing room only

    2015-11-11T12:47:00Z

    Agile working isn’t a phase; it’s here to stay. As desk-to-worker ratios become tighter, it’s essential that building designers respond to the shift in office requirements

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Watch your necks

    2015-11-06T06:00:00Z

    Five years on, Osborne’s axe has most definitely not been blunted

  • James Wates
    Comment

    Facing an uncertain future

    2015-11-03T16:54:00Z

    This government’s shift into a higher gear has presented many positives for the industry but there are still question marks around apprenticeships. How can we best deliver a new generation of skilled construction workers?

  • Richard Marriott
    Comment

    A new challenge

    2015-11-02T12:00:00Z

    Investors no longer want us asking if they need project management, quantity surveyor or employer’s agent services – they are looking for support with the bigger picture

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Is a dark season coming?

    2015-10-30T06:00:00Z

    With the summer of recovery looking in increasing danger of being over before it has really begun

  • Sarah
    Comment

    California dreaming

    2015-10-23T06:00:00Z

    Away from the glorious technicolor of the city’s central celebrity haunts, a very different setting dominates

  • Sarah
    Comment

    The clock is ticking

    2015-10-16T06:00:00Z

    The government must act quickly on energy efficiency delivery – damage has already been done

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Let's get serious

    2015-10-09T06:00:00Z

    Bringing a solution to the housing shortage under the remit of the NIC would show the Conservatives mean business

  • Richard Robinson
    Comment

    How the NIC can meet its potential

    2015-10-07T10:48:00Z

    The National Infrastructure Commission must wield binding decision-making powers

  • Chris Tinker
    Comment

    Drawing battle lines

    2015-10-07T06:00:00Z

    Under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the Labour Party differs wildly to the Conservatives in its answer to the housing crisis and attitude to social housing. It will be interesting to see how the government responds to the new rhetoric

  • Jack Pringle
    Comment

    We need answers

    2015-09-30T10:08:00Z

    World events rumble on and we must focus on the problems we can fix. Jeremy Corbyn is right that radical action is needed to resolve the housing crisis, but his plan to print money will drag us back to the 1970s

  • Birmingham New Street station
    Features

    Birmingham: New Street cred

    2015-09-28T11:42:00Z

    It was never going to take a lot to improve on the squalid eyesore of the 1960s incarnation of Birmingham New Street Station. Shame though about the whiff of fakery

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Honouring the name

    2015-09-25T06:00:00Z

    Can the loss of long-established, British construction brands ever be justified?

  • Marcus Palmer
    Comment

    Ask an apprentice

    2015-09-24T11:35:00Z

    Marcus Palmer, junior mechanical engineer at Crofton Design, reviews his time on an industry apprenticeship

  • Richard Threlfall
    Comment

    Your shout, George

    2015-09-22T15:22:00Z

    All the signs are that the chancellor George Osborne really does believe in creating a northern powerhouse

  • London City Cruise Port
    Features

    London City Cruise Port: In at the deep end

    2015-09-22T15:11:00Z

    Greenwich looks set to be home to a cruise ship terminal big enough to compete with New York’s and Sydney’s and which will be part of a much larger commercial and residential development. But its relatively shallow, narrow river setting makes the project an ambitious undertaking

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Political leadership: Bend it like Corbyn

    2015-09-18T06:00:00Z

    Commentators across the country attempt to assess the impact

  • Mark Leftly
    Comment

    Corbyn’s big idea

    2015-09-17T06:00:00Z

    Could the Labour leader’s ‘people’s quantitative easing’ kick start investment in housing and sustainable energy projects?