All Industry comments articles – Page 38

  • Mark Leflty
    News

    Blair's Basra gamble

    2007-02-21T11:33:00Z

    Having been to Basra to witness reconstruction ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's blogger wonders whether Basra's police force is ready for a British withdrawal

  • Second Life's Smudger Monro
    News

    Design ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's office in Second Life

    2007-02-16T09:20:00Z

    If you’re fed up with the planning restrictions in the real world enter our competition to design a virtual ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø office in Second Life

  • News

    Isn’t it time for a little bit of discrimination?

    2007-02-16T06:00:00Z

    Allowing overseas project managers and QSs to stay in the UK would be a surefire way of bridging Britain’s talent Gap

  • Denise Chevin
    News

    NG Bailey pays for cult of YouTube

    2007-02-16T06:00:00Z

    Morrison suspended dealings with NG Bailey this week because of the infamous YouTube footage. It could happen to others, warns ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's editor

  • Tom Broughton
    News

    Figures of fun

    2007-02-14T11:34:00Z

    Wild speculation over Olympic budgets will only come to an end when the ODA announces the final figure says ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's deputy editor in his first Olympic blog

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    Oughton's last outing

    2007-02-13T12:55:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's flinty assistant editor rarely reveals his sensitive side but his heart softened on news that John Oughton was leaving the OGC

  • Tony Bingham
    News

    A bed of thorns

    2007-02-09T10:13:00Z

    If you were the victim of a bed delivery mix-up would you remain sanguine or serve a writ? Our legal columnist considers the options and sees parallels in the construction industry

  • News

    Cameron's debt to Brown

    2007-02-02T12:27:00Z

    Gordon Brown has been forced to adopt accounting practices that will reveal the Treasury's liabilities. A victory for common sense, and perhaps, one day, for David Cameron

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    MPs take up the fight for safer cranes

    2007-01-26T12:04:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's Safer Skyline campaign gained more momentum yesterday when 35 MPs backed our call for safer cranes.

  • Tony Bingham
    News

    Always read the small print

    2007-01-23T08:00:00Z

    Terms & Conditions may not 'protect you, the customer', says Tony Bingham, in fact they can be packed with limitations

  • Sarah Richardson
    News

    Wembley resolution not even close

    2007-01-22T11:00:00Z

    Even Justice Jackson cannot figure out what exactly Multiplex and steel contractor Cleveland Bridge are demanding this time round

  • News

    David Morrell

    2007-01-19T10:07:00Z

    David Morrell, formerly Chairman of Mitchell Construction, died on Friday 12 January, at the age of 92. He leaves two daughters, Christine and Judith, and a son, Paul (former senior partner of Davis Langdon), who writes below of his father's contribution to the industry.

  • Alex Smith
    News

    Web Watch

    2007-01-12T07:01:00Z

    James Brown, your spirit lives on, as ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's web editor gets down to a dance video about low-energy light bulbs, then jumps up, turns around and offers some sage legal advice from Fenwick Elliott. Oh baby ...

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    Jason Millett surprises with latest move

    2007-01-10T12:00:00Z

    Ex-Bovis Lend Lease UK boss ignores the call of industry giants to join upwardly mobile Artisan as deputy chief executive

  • Alex Smith
    News

    Wikimania

    2007-01-05T09:00:00Z

    A new addiction is sweeping across the world – Wikipediholism. Just beware the compulsion to make 70,000 updates about the Cheeky Girls

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    Eat, drink and be wary

    2006-12-21T15:57:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's assistant editor has over-indulged this Christmas and is wondering if he and the rest of the construction industry should be cutting down on the demon drink

  • Alex Smith
    News

    Mobilise!

    2006-12-15T06:00:00Z

    It’s time for the construction industry’s luddites to join the mobile revolution – especially as, according to a recent survey, it could save you up to 136 hours a year

  • Alex Smith
    News

    Higgins & Co

    2006-12-08T10:09:00Z

    WEB WATCH — While the mainstream media takes care of negative hype, the Olympic Delivery Authority’s home page puts London’s preparations for the Games in rather rosier light …

  • News

    At last Paris wakes from its slumber

    2006-12-04T07:00:00Z

    Paris may not be celebrating the Olympics in 2012 but presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy is promising to build a string of sensational new buildings

  • Alex Smith
    News

    Bird's Eye View

    2006-12-01T09:04:00Z

    With virtual planning and architectural critics judging from on high, Google Earth may transform the way we view buildings - and force us to make roofs more attractive