All Comment articles – Page 135
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Who is to blame for misleading energy efficiency claims?
Media reports on the performance gap have pointed the finger at energy modelling professionals but action is required from the whole industry, including clients
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Can BIM help us live longer?
It’s not so far fetched to think future BIM levels could help tackle cancer and heart disease, the key is to focus digital technology relentlessly on better outcomes for people
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NHS on life support
The NHS is in a critical condition as capital funding pots are being raided to meet a widening funding gap
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Hansom: A life less ordinary
This week, Foster + Partners’ copy writers get a bit carried away, someone has an idea for a long weekend, Liam Fox has an odd sense of what makes Britain great, and we share deep thoughts about the nature of time
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Online poll: Garden Bridge
Was Sadiq Khan right to pull the plug on the Garden Bridge? Vote here
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A question of trusts?
Subcontractors throughout the supply chain are at risk of losing cash due to the retention system. So what statutory measures should be put in place to safeguard the money?
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Hateful eight
A recent TCC judgment provides commentary on the practice of commencing Part 8 proceedings to undermine adjudicators’ decisions
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Digital natives are forging ahead
The millennial generation have the digital skills to transform construction, we should be doing even more to harness their enthusiam and ideas
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Infrastructure: Going places
Rapid advances in infrastructure technologies will transform the way we build. Construction firms need to stop dragging their feet and catch up with the pace of the new technology revolution
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Fixing construction
BIM encourages collaboration but the industry needs to go much further and change the way things are done from the start to the end of a project
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Sustainability the right way round
We’ve been setting standards to make buildings more sustainable as if they were ends in themselves
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Globalisation can be a force for good
This creeping anti-trade rhetoric threatens years of growing connectivity and collaboration - construction’s future relies on a healthy and global exchange of ideas
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It's all about human-machine collaboration
As automation gains ground we will have to redesign people’s jobs but are there essential human skills required in project management? A new report explores the issues
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Hansom: Burn, baby, burn
This week, I am disappointed by a piece of Big Apple real estate, wave goodbye to Gavin Barwell for a little while and get some expert info on how to grow a garden bridge (hint: there are no plants involved)
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Payless notices: Don’t take any chances
A string of High Court cases have underlined the importance of issuing payless notices correctly
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The Brexit election: Beating the drum
A large majority would give the Conservative more freedom in the Brexit negotiations but how would they use it? And are they listening to construction’s concerns?
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Online poll: Laing O'Rourke
Will Laing O’Rourke float on the London stock exchange? Vote here
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A slowdown in consumer spend
Retail sales fell in the three months to March as inflation has begun to outpace growth in pay
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CPA/Barbour ABI Index: Mixed fortunes continue
The rise in orders in the year to March masks variation across the sectors
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Reporting payment practices: Line of duty
Regulations have come into effect to make large firms report on their payment practices. Can the duty to report bring about a culture change in construction?