Opinion – Page 119

  • Michael Dall
    Comment

    It’s not all doom and gloom

    2016-05-18T12:22:00Z

    A Brexit is a real economic risk but a vote to remain could see sunshine replace the gloom in the second half of the year

  • Qatar workers
    Comment

    Online poll: Qatar workers

    2016-05-18T09:14:00Z

    Is Qatar doing enough to improve construction workers’ safety? Vote here

  • James Wates
    Comment

    See you in the boardroom

    2016-05-18T06:00:00Z

    Questions remains over the government’s target of 3 million apprentices by 2020 but we owe it to generations of young (and not so young) people to change our thinking about what apprenticeships are and how we use them

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: The need for speed

    2016-05-13T06:00:00Z

    Among the travels and travails this week, the Cheesegrater lifts, an on-the-go minister, van-based job ads, a ban on holiday homes and Boris Johnson riding into the sunset. Plus, HS2 blocked by hedgehogs

  • Simon Rawlinson
    Comment

    Little to gain from Brexit?

    2016-05-12T06:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s latest survey of construction portrays an industry that expects a Brexit event to have a major impact on its business

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    Why ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø says IN

    2016-05-12T06:00:00Z

    With local and regional elections out of the way, the countdown to the poll that could potentially have the biggest effect on the country has now begun in earnest

  • Poll results
    Comment

    Online poll: Blacklist

    2016-05-11T09:18:00Z

    Do you believe that the practice of blacklisting workers has now been stamped out from the construction industry? Vote here

  • Richard Threlfall
    Comment

    PPPs: Step back in time

    2016-05-11T06:00:00Z

    Public-private partnership agreements could be used to help invigorate the UK’s infrastructure - but only if we shrug off stigma from the past around their use

  • Richard McCarthy
    Comment

    Build to rent: The home straight

    2016-05-10T10:14:00Z

    Build to rent housing has come on in leaps and bounds and now represents a great opportunity for the construction industry, says Richard McCarthy, but we have to get it right, which means a strong commitment to a positive renter experience

  • Chris Wieszczycki
    Comment

    BHS saga is a wake-up call for everyone in retail

    2016-05-09T06:00:00Z

    There needs to be a new approach to retail if the sector is to survive on the high street

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: As time goes by

    2016-05-06T06:00:00Z

    Tempus fugit, as Virgil said, or in other words, the clock is ticking, though in Big Ben’s case, not for long, it seems - mind you, 5,000 years ago they only had the sun to go by (thank goodness, that’s still going)

  • Sarah
    Comment

    London mayoral election: Knitting together

    2016-05-05T06:00:00Z

    The new mayor of London faces huge challenges, as far as the built environment is concerned

  • Colin Harding
    Comment

    Is an integrated EU an oxymoron?

    2016-05-05T10:00:00Z

    The EU is a fount of silly, restrictive and ineffective regulation

  • Richard Steer 2014
    Comment

    BIM for the masses

    2016-05-05T06:00:00Z

    While big firms are embracing BIM and the benefit it brings, a large section of the industry is made up of SMEs that are struggling to see the point. It’s time to make sure everyone in the supply chain is part of the BIM process

  • London mayor leaflets 2016
    Comment

    Online poll: London homes

    2016-05-04T10:40:00Z

    Are you confident the next mayor of London will deliver the 50,000 homes a year London needs? Vote here

  • Richard Kauntze
    Comment

    Time for a change

    2016-05-03T12:26:00Z

    With new technologies, new approaches to maximising office efficiency and increasing political uncertainty, Richard Kauntze of the BCO says 2016 could be the year everything changes in commercial property

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    In uncertain times

    2016-04-29T06:00:00Z

    The construction sector has become well used to ups and downs in economic assessments of its performance

  • Dan Jestico
    Comment

    Less regulation shouldn’t mean less green thinking

    2016-04-29T11:24:00Z

    This week marks the fifth Green Sky Thinking week – time to look at sustainable design challenges

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: One for the birds

    2016-04-29T06:00:00Z

    A theme park in Abu Dhabi dedicated to caped crusaders leaves Paramount London blushing, Cemex keeps a watchful eye on the local wildlife, while we say goodbye to a protector of Britain’s historic buildings

  • poll
    Comment

    Online poll: Forecasts

    2016-04-27T09:30:00Z

    Are you concerned by the repeated downgrades to construction forecasts for 2016 and 2017? Vote here