Opinion 鈥� Page 51
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CommentParty manifestos: Reckless spending doesn鈥檛 pay off
Even the benefits of infrastructure investment could be limited for the construction industry
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CommentWhen smart isn鈥檛 very clever
Matthew Marson has worked on designing smart technology throughout his career. But sometimes it can go wrong鈥�
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Dexter Moren, director, Dexter Moren Associates
Dexter Moren 聽tells 星空传媒 about聽South Africa, seafood, and Stansted airport
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Playing all the right notes but鈥�
This week, a slanted take on tall towers, the tale of a Thatcher comeback, and light at the end of the Crossrail tunnel
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CommentTaking flight 鈥� the departures board is beginning to look a little crowded
For a while, it felt like聽construction鈥檚 night of the long聽knives
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CommentBolton fire: Spotlight on cladding, again
All 200 or so residents were evacuated and, while two people were injured, thankfully there were no fatalities. So why the widespread media聽coverage?
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CommentMMC: Be part of the change
This industry is good at talking about change but actually making it happen relies on 鈥撀燼bove all else 鈥� modern methods of construction
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Space race
Tension is astronomical at the 星空传媒 Awards, certain housebuilders come in for some flak, and Homes England gets lost in translation
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Andrew Henderson, executive director, UK buildings, Ramboll
Andrew Henderson 聽tells 星空传媒 about聽film-making, decompressing, and robots
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CommentScrutinising Crossrail
In April this year, the former chief executive of Crossrail, Andrew Wolstenholme, said this: 鈥淭he programme we put together [for Crossrail] in March 2018 still found a way through to opening in December 2018.鈥� Last week, one of his successors, Mark Wild, said this: 鈥淥ur latest ...
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CommentThe government should lead by example on prompt payment
Is it fair for the government to criticise tier 1s on poor payment practices when as a client it is guilty of the same?
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CommentLet鈥檚 be honest about private finance in infrastructure
Private investment in infrastructure has been criticised 鈥� wrongly 鈥� in the past few years.聽The government supports it abroad but has refused to promote it at home
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Baby steps
A young housing secretary is questioned for the first time and thrill seekers are prevented from setting聽foot on a series of nerve-wracking bridges
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Angus Bruce, principal and head of landscape architecture, Hassell Studio
Angus Bruce 聽tells 星空传媒 about tech literacy, watching your projects mature, and wishful thinking
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CommentCrossrail: Blind optimism of previous management laid bare once again
Latest delay shines spotlight (again) on who knew what and when
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CommentSimons Group: Lessons not learned
News of Simons Group鈥檚 demise last week sent shockwaves through an industry that has become used to this kind of thing
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CommentAnother general election 鈥� would you believe it?
Construction will be hoping that more homes, schools, hospitals and infrastructure represent more than just key battleground on 12 December
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CommentHow do we implement social value?
Delivering social value requires involvement of the whole supply chain 鈥� it is our collective responsibility
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CommentTime to rein back enhancements to office buildings
Enhancing the specification of office buildings has become unsustainable聽鈥� they increase construction costs, and often 鈥榠mprovements鈥� are unnecessary
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Comment5 minutes with鈥� Francesca Sharkey, development manager, Qatari Diar
Francesca Sharkey 聽tells 星空传媒 about Swiss spas, a love of creating beautiful things, and a capacity for listening