All Leader articles – Page 12

  • Sarah
    Comment

    McAlpine: Like one of the family

    2016-08-12T06:00:00Z

    The decision of the intensely private, family-run business to hand control to an outsider by appointing the first chief executive in its 147-year history was a momentous shift in strategy

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    Nuclear: The powers that be

    2016-08-05T06:00:00Z

    The latest delay with the Hinkley nuclear power station is, for many, the most galling of all

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    London 2012: A belief in the afterlife

    2016-07-29T06:00:00Z

    A tour around the Olympic park in Stratford gives instant proof that east London has avoided having its ambition trampled by the blight of many past Olympic legacies

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Paddington pole gets cut down to size

    2016-07-22T06:00:00Z

    From the Paddington Pole to Theresa May’s cabinet, both appear to be busily wielding an axe

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    Reading the signals from our new PM

    2016-07-15T06:00:00Z

    Theresa May’s abrupt arrival in Britain’s top job should, at the very least, restore some sense of stability to the country’s leadership

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    Brexit: Dominoes start falling

    2016-07-08T06:00:00Z

    Just a fortnight after the UK voted to leave the European Union, the construction industry is starting to feel a nasty pinch

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Brexit: The aftermath

    2016-07-01T06:00:00Z

    Whether this is simply a knee-jerk reaction to economic uncertainty or a sign of things to come for the sector remains to be seen

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Brexit: What happens next?

    2016-06-27T10:07:00Z

    The result is in, but what will be the long-term effect for construction?

  • Sarah
    Comment

    EU referendum: Get ready for the day after

    2016-06-23T06:00:00Z

    Whatever the result of the EU referendum, we cannot afford to opt out on diversity

  • Chloe McCulloch
    Comment

    EU referendum: On a knife edge

    2016-06-17T06:00:00Z

    Six days out from the EU referendum and the result is too close to call

  • Dave Rogers
    Comment

    Down memory lane

    2016-06-10T06:00:00Z

    A takeover can be a good thing, even if the name disappears

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Laing O’Rourke up close

    2016-06-03T06:00:00Z

    It has now been a decade and a half since then-concrete boss Ray O’Rourke pulled off what is still the biggest M A coup in construction

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Khan's balancing act

    2016-05-27T06:00:00Z

    The Bishopsgate Goodsyard site is an unpromising advert for London’s supposedly vibrant development pipeline

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Stamping out abuse

    2016-05-19T06:00:00Z

    Amid a flurry of evidence about the horrific conditions some workers in Qatar have faced, it is easy to say that workers’ rights and their enforcement need extensive reform

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    Why ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ says IN

    2016-05-12T06:00:00Z

    With local and regional elections out of the way, the countdown to the poll that could potentially have the biggest effect on the country has now begun in earnest

  • Sarah
    Comment

    London mayoral election: Knitting together

    2016-05-05T06:00:00Z

    The new mayor of London faces huge challenges, as far as the built environment is concerned

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    In uncertain times

    2016-04-29T06:00:00Z

    The construction sector has become well used to ups and downs in economic assessments of its performance

  • Sarah
    Comment

    A tragedy we cannot afford to forget

    2016-04-22T06:00:00Z

    The level of complexity involved in the safe operation and maintenance of cranes is underlined by the length of time taken to reach a verdict over the Battersea tragedy

  • Sarah
    Comment

    London beckons

    2016-04-15T06:00:00Z

    Three weeks from now, Londoners will head to the polls to decide who will fill the sizeable Boris-shaped void in the capital’s City Hall

  • Sarah
    Comment

    Zaha the great

    2016-04-06T06:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid broke boundaries and will inspire a new generation of young architects with her inventiveness and experimentation