Opinion 鈥� Page 59
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Facing up to Crossrail
Crossrail鈥檚 Mark Wild is a study in silent self-expression, while HS2 brags about a big day out for football fans
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CommentHouses of Parliament: handle with care
The multi-billion pound restoration project is in urgent need of commencing, but politicians and contractors alike are advised to proceed with caution
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CommentFight for your permitted development rights
Used responsibly, and with adequate quality safeguards, PD rules are a powerful tool for tackling the UK鈥檚 housing crisis, and must remain in place
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CommentCrossrail: The level of denial is incredible
Clearly, Crossrail bosses had trouble with facts staring them in the face
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CommentCarillion鈥檚 collapse: lessons for the industry
The public and the supply chain think the outsourcer鈥檚 collapse was not due to fundamental problems with the model 鈥� but issues with Carillion
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CommentWe need a new group for change in construction
In construction, we could do a much better job of positive promotion 鈥� a new industry body would publicise the good changes taking place and show the sector is open to everyone聽
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Comment5 minutes with... Simon Gorski, executive general manager, UK regions 鈥� Europe, Lendlease
Simon Gorski tells 星空传媒 about his love for St James鈥� Park, mountaineering and his private pilot鈥檚 licence
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: 22 Bishopsgate topping-out ceremony
The great and good flock to 22 Bishopsgate鈥檚 topping-out ceremony 鈥� although one developer is conspicuously absent
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CommentLet's improve the experience for every LGBT+ person working in our industry
Being LGBT+ in society is a different experience than that of someone who is not, so it鈥檚 not surprising that it鈥檚 a different experience for someone working within the built environment. Stonewall 鈥� a LGBT+ charity has released a report of the top 100 LGBT+ employers since ...
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CommentHeightened thinking required for London to hit its tall building aspirations
That there is no London-wide strategy for tall buildings is one of the major challenges for developers, writes Tim Fogarty
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CommentSo Scruton鈥檚 out and Boys Smith is in 鈥� but will it really make a difference?
Beauty should be something that is defined locally, not the subject of a grand commission in London, says Mark Leeson
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CommentA corruption scandal is the last thing the construction sector needs
Can the industry afford to take any more reputational damage after Grenfell and Carillion?
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CommentSqueezed margins are stunting innovation
Construction is one of the largest contributors to the economy, but productivity has barely grown in recent years
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CommentWhy construction is still getting the circular economy wrong
Many of the answers required for the shift to a restorative and regenerative system already exist, now the industry needs to start asking the right questions, says Alastair Mant of UKGBC
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CommentMoney, money, money: construction's investment and payment challenges
What鈥檚 the real answer to construction鈥檚 apparent inability to pay its suppliers?聽More investment, driven by greater innovation聽
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CommentWill new-builds be banned from connecting to the gas grid?
How feasible is the聽Committee on Climate Change鈥檚 recommendation?
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Stop, look and listen
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown鈥檚 jewels,聽and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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CommentRenovating Notre-Dame is a delicate balancing act
Decisions should not be made in haste - there are plenty of questions to be asked
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CommentCrossrail: the NAO report shows the dangers of believing your own hype
Blind belief has been this project鈥檚 undoing; realism and certainty are now the order of the day
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CommentWe're not collaborating enough because our contracts are too confrontational
A more collaborative way of working makes for better-run, more efficient projects聽鈥� and it all starts with how you word the contract, says Mark Castle