Opinion – Page 260
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Closing the energy performance gap
The government’s proposal to accredit housebuilders as part of its Part L consultation should raise standards
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Stack 'em high
This photo looks impressive, but there’s also a worrying lack of hard hats …
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We can deliver cost-effective schools while keeping BREEAM
The subtext to the debate over scrapping the BREEAM standard for school buildings is that it costs too much, but, says Sean Lockie, that ignores our ability to deliver schools efficiently
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My digital life: Neil Dower
The iPhone, Spooks and Meat Loaf tick all the boxes for this managing director
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A quick guide to administration
A quick guide to the process of company administration under the Insolvency Act 1986
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Adjudicator's fees and failure of consideration: Systech vs Harrington
If an adjudicator’s decision is unenforceable by reasons of failing to comply with natural justice, he is still entitled to payment
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Shapps needs to bring out the big guns
If the housing minister is to deliver the ‘gold standard’ number of new homes a year he’ll need to ask the Bank of England for help
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Rip up the rule book
BIM is a radical way of ‘rethinking construction’ - don’t get left behind
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø memories: British school design in 1948
As Willmott Dixon starts work on ‘off the shelf’ schools, we go back in time to see how ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø reported on standardised school design in 1948
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Hansom: Alternative lifestyle
Imagine a world where Olympic athletes excelled at board games, Britain considered surviving on a diet of ants and huge dogs rode around on top of cars … no, it’s not a bad trip, it’s this week in construction
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PFI: Long live the reformation
The PFI model is seriously damaged but now isn’t the time to throw the baby out with the bathwater, says Steve Beechey of Wates
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Inbox: Do the math
This week a five-figure bonus for the boss at the RICS leaves one of its full paying members raging, and the firm behind our article analysing Green Deal costs has some answers about its sums
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The year in tweets: Predictions for 2012
So much to say, so little space to say it in. Alastair Stewart, a temporary convert to cyberspace brevity, tweets his thoughts about the likely shape of the year ahead
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Wonders & blunders with Ben Adams
Ben Adams finds spiritual inspiration in the staying power of the Temple Church but searches in vain for a lasting sense of community at the athletes’ village
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Table manners
According to these two, placing a ladder on a table is fine - just make sure it’s covered with a tablecloth
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø memories: The Radio Times reports the 1948 Olympics
Our ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Memories campaign continues with a look at how the Radio Times reported the start of the Olympics in 1948
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Memories: 1948 Olympics and beyond
Campaign will include features and images of projects from the last century from ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s archive
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Jurisdiction and stay of execution: Partner Projects Ltd vs Corinthian Nominees Ltd
This case highlighted the issue of whether an adjudicator can award interest on top of a claim, and when a stay of interest can be granted
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Slip sliding away
Careful planning is needed to ensure the success of public sector procurement – and the cracks are already starting to show
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Inbox: A numbers game
Readers note that a decision not to invest can be a wise one, that the big helping the small could amount to fewer accidents and that some calculations about the Green Deal could be flawed