Opinion – Page 212

  • Brian Green
    Comment

    Is the recent surge in brick deliveries a sign of rapid growth in house building?

    2013-08-13T09:50:00Z

    Whatever the data points to, technology has changed, and brick production can tell us a lot about how the housebuilding industry is moving

  • Joey Gardiner
    Comment

    Take a break

    2013-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Despite the gloom, there are reasons to be cheerful this summer

  • Jonathan Crossley
    Comment

    My digital life … Jonathan Crossley

    2013-08-09T11:29:00Z

    Architect Jonathan Crossley can’t switch off Twittter … unless he’s busy researching local pubs

  • Isabel McAllister
    Comment

    Parklife

    2013-08-09T10:38:00Z

    The recent steamy summer heat has highlighted the importance of green spaces in cities for workers to recharge. Construction’s job is to do its bit to help create them

  • David Cameron
    Comment

    The new Part L is a small step forward

    2013-08-09T07:00:00Z

    The latest changes to Part L of the ΢ÃÜȦ Regulations are welcome, but reinforce the impression that this government talks big on sustainability, but doesn’t always deliver

  • Site worker
    Comment

    Unfair advantage for bigger firms

    2013-08-09T07:00:00Z

    The playing field is not even

  • classroom education useful
    Comment

    Frameworks can deliver

    2013-08-09T07:00:00Z

    The critical issue is how school funding it spent

  • Joey Gardiner
    Comment

    The certainty principle

    2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Ministers need to provide clarity rather than broad assurances over regulations and enegy targets

  • Danny Wallace
    Comment

    My digital life … Danny Wallace

    2013-08-02T12:32:00Z

    ΢ÃÜȦ surveyor Danny Wallace reveals why his emails are tricky to read and which technology would help him in his job the most

  • hansom for i pad
    Comment

    Hansom: Religious experiences

    2013-08-02T06:00:00Z

    Prepare for a week of the sacred and the profane as we have some interesting times in Heathrow Terminal 2B, think on yesteryear’s architectural wonders, and see the NHF recruit the Archbishop of Canterbury

  • Hawkins 171px
    Comment

    Back of the class

    2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Whereas primary schools and universities are delivering well-designed buildings, secondary schools have fallen behind and are now in need of urgent guidance

  • useful
    Comment

    New model insurance

    2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Integrated Project Insurance will provide the perfect complement to BIM

  • useful
    Comment

    Deal or no Green Deal

    2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

    The energy bills don’t go down until the losts - which won’t be that low - have been repaid

  • useful
    Comment

    Part L delay expected

    2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Because of the delay, it will be 2015 before any new Part L buildings get signed off

  • safety blunder
    Comment

    A foot in each camp

    2013-08-02T00:00:00Z

    William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough

  • WB
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders with Roger FitzGerald

    2013-07-31T10:51:00Z

    Roger FitzGerald contrasts the elegance and contribution to the public realm of Rothschild Bank headquarters, with Number 1 Poultry

  • Jack Pringle
    Comment

    Sweet home Chicago

    2013-07-31T10:35:00Z

    Jack Pringle takes a trip to the Windy City and finds that the next generation of workers want something very different from the buildings where they do business

  • John Tebbit
    Comment

    Part L: This is the bare minimum

    2013-07-31T00:00:00Z

    These changes as the bare minimum to retain credibility for zero carbon from 2016

  • Sarah Richardson 236
    Comment

    Handle with care

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Uncertainty on key areas of regulation could act as brake on growth at a time when the industry looks set to turn a corner

  • Cornerstone
    Comment

    Making use of what we've got

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Central government is at last beginning to make more of its assets, but it is local government, sitting on the lion’s share of the £370bn public estate, that must now harness its resources