Opinion 鈥� Page 233
-
CommentWonders & blunders with Paul Stallan
Paul Stallan is enlivened by Glasgow鈥檚 necropolis, whose 50,000 inhabitants enjoy a fine view of the city. But the same town鈥檚 Royal Infirmary leaves him cold
-
Comment
Portal for government construction pipeline
As announced in September 2012 , the government has teamed up with 星空传媒鈥檚 sister company Barbour ABI to collect, collate and publish the government construction and infrastructure pipeline. 星空传媒 on previous publications of the pipeline, it will help implement the government鈥檚 policy to improve the visibility of its forward work ...
-
CommentBeyond eco-bling
The Co-op鈥檚 rigorous approach to sustainability on its HQ in Manchester sets it apart as a client - so are others less willing or just less able to make such a commitment?
-
CommentRecovery? Don't hold your breath
If Mervyn King is to be believed, we shouldn鈥檛 get too excited about signs of recovery in the housing market. Construction still has a long way to go
-
CommentHousing: Simply, the best
Despite a desperate need for new ideas, the complexity of products and innovations can too often stifle entrepreneurship and creativity in the housing sector. It鈥檚 time we stopped being so risk averse, says Richard McCarthy
-
CommentHansom: What's trending
Mayor George Ferguson鈥檚 winning red trousers, the no-longer ubiquitous white van man, Gleeds鈥� celebrity lookalike and 鈥楢listair鈥� Campbell are all worthy of hashtags this week
-
CommentMy digital life ... Jo Tindall
The employment lawyer from Walker Morris on celebrity gossip, friends laughing at her phone and living in the Dark Ages
-
CommentWhy building retirement housing could help the young
Encouraging older people to move to high-quality retirement housing will free up family homes for the young to move into
-
CommentProud to be green
We helped deliver the BREEAM Outstanding rating on the King鈥檚 Cross Central development project
-
-
-
CommentHow UK construction consultants are selling themselves abroad
UK firms are picking up increasing amounts of work abroad
-
CommentWonders & blunders with Lindy Patterson
Scotland鈥檚 Forth Bridge takes Lindy Patterson鈥檚 breath away but Glasgow鈥檚 principal civic square, the scene of so many protests, is itself the subject of her protestations
-
CommentSolid foundations
Officials could do far worse than to look at Whitehall鈥檚 approach to housebuilding and seek to replicate it on a bigger scale
-
CommentConstruction is all at sea
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. Construction has a lot to learn from yacht racing
-
Comment星空传媒 on Flickr: La Defense offices in Almere
La Defense offices in Almere, Netherlands, designed by UNStudio. Photograph by Wojtek Gurak
-
CommentHansom: Complete transparency
A warning on profit that is not a profit warning, a series of 鈥榲irtual鈥� underground shops, a secret lift and a bit of dodgy sales lingo are just some of the things that we鈥檙e not entirely clear on this week
-
CommentIs a lack of new housing resulting in more multi-family homes?
Multi-family households are on the rise, especially in London, which is just one symptom of our chronic failure to build enough new homes, says Brian Green
-
CommentBig business needs diversity
I was dismayed to read that, of the 71 director positions available in Balfour Beatty鈥檚 restructure, not one is held by a woman
-
CommentStandard form contracts: Cheer up, Tony
Life has changed in the 50 years since the 1964 Banwell Report recommended the use of only one form of contract