Opinion – Page 120

  • Sadie Morgan
    Comment

    Total infrastructure

    2016-04-27T06:00:00Z

    Specialist skills are valuable assets for any profession but they work most creatively when they’re flexible and adaptable

  • Andy Wates
    Comment

    The social network

    2016-04-26T06:00:00Z

    The launch of the Buy Social Corporate Challenge - which will see a group of companies spend £1bn with social enterprises by 2020 - is a catalyst for change. But the concept needs more than money to thrive

  • Crane
    Comment

    Online poll: Crane safety

    2016-04-22T09:02:00Z

    Are tower cranes in the UK safer now than they were a decade ago, at the time of the Battersea crane collapse? Vote here

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: Sports and leisure

    2016-04-22T06:00:00Z

    It’s kick around time in Qatar, UK housing targets look increasingly unlikely to be met (though one BBC audience member disagrees), and hotels are coming to Earth’s orbit. Plus, a car placed onto a roof for no explicable reason

  • Sarah
    Comment

    A tragedy we cannot afford to forget

    2016-04-22T06:00:00Z

    The level of complexity involved in the safe operation and maintenance of cranes is underlined by the length of time taken to reach a verdict over the Battersea tragedy

  • Bill Wright
    Comment

    Get up-to-speed with BIM

    2016-04-22T06:00:00Z

    The ECA is providing guidance for firms trying to engage with building information modelling

  • Kerstin Sailler
    Comment

    Evidence-based design: It’s complicated

    2016-04-21T06:00:00Z

    Five key points around using evidence-based design for workplace environments

  • Helen Gough
    Comment

    Property and the Bard

    2016-04-20T07:36:00Z

    Property is a surprisingly well-explored theme in William Shakespeare’s works

  • Chris Tinker
    Comment

    Down the garden path

    2016-04-20T06:00:00Z

    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

  • Michael Dall
    Comment

    Brexit strategy

    2016-04-20T06:00:00Z

    Uncertainty around the EU referendum is hampering commercial activity while private housing continues to grow

  • Jack Pringle
    Comment

    Picking teams

    2016-04-19T14:16:00Z

    The Brexit referendum could transform the UK from a cultural and economic global focal point to a recession-wracked pariah

  • Julian King
    Comment

    All change for retail estates

    2016-04-18T07:00:00Z

    As online shopping grows a new type of property portfolio is arising

  • Sarah
    Comment

    London beckons

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    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

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: Where the wild things are

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    Croydon is Dancing with Wolves, the City may become wooded, Pidgeon and Berry are misrepresented and political animals need to be rehoused. Meanwhile, one team is being threatened by a massive gorilla

  • Darryl Murphy
    Comment

    Our infrastructure needs

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    What role will private investment take in the long term?

  • Peter_Murray
    Comment

    Dear mayor …

    2016-04-13T06:00:00Z

    Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan have said lots of lovely-sounding things about making London better. But how much do they understand about what the city needs?

  • Poll City Hall
    Comment

    Online poll: The fight for City Hall

    2016-04-13T09:07:00Z

    Who would be best for London’s built environment - Zac Goldsmith or Sadiq Khan? Vote here

  • Simon Rawlinson
    Comment

    Steel yourselves

    2016-04-12T14:04:00Z

    As the UK steel industry takes a body blow at Port Talbot, commodity prices for construction are set to rise

  • Hansom HT
    Comment

    Hansom: Eureka!

    2016-04-08T06:00:00Z

    In a week of discoveries, war-time plans to rebuild the Forth Bridge are uncovered, a translucent wood for housing is invented, and the top engineer of the natural world revealed

  • Mark Leftly
    Comment

    Portcullis House: A clear decision

    2016-04-07T06:00:00Z

    The cost of fixing the leaking roof of Portcullis House is potentially horrendous, but it is essential if we want our represenatives to do their job properly