All articles in Perspectives

Mozambique begins work on first ever paved road to Tanzania 5 October 2018

Mozambique begins work on first ever paved road to Tanzania
Why does the construction industry need a course on quality? 20 September 2018

Why does the construction industry need a course on quality?
Carillion: the canary in the coal mine for British contracting 27 March 2018

Carillion: the canary in the coal mine for British contracting
Why the UK needs a national housing service 11 December 2017

Why the UK needs a national housing service
If you want to follow the money on “gigaprojects”, you need a map 28 November 2017

If you want to follow the money on “gigaprojects”, you need a map
Bounty for bosses: Chinese aid to Africa favours governing elites, study shows 9 October 2017

Bounty for bosses: Chinese aid to Africa favours governing elites, study shows
With 1.5 million Brits unemployed, does construction need EU workers? 6 October 2017

With 1.5 million Brits unemployed, does construction need EU workers?
Homs is broken, but should not be erased 8 September 2017

Homs is broken, but should not be erased
China to launch fully autonomous car by 2020 16 August 2017

China to launch fully autonomous car by 2020
End of Qatar deadline triggers seismic shift in Gulf relations 5 July 2017

End of Qatar deadline triggers seismic shift in Gulf relations
Will China build tomorrow’s Britain? 28 June 2017

Will China build tomorrow’s Britain?
Dramatic shift in relations as Japan praises China’s Belt and Road 26 June 2017

Dramatic shift in relations as Japan praises China’s Belt and Road
Rebuilding Syria: 3 lessons for the resurrection of Homs 18 April 2017

Rebuilding Syria: 3 lessons for the resurrection of Homs
Basic engineering could save Somaliland’s water, expert urges 29 March 2017

Basic engineering could save Somaliland’s water, expert urges
By backing Taiwan, Nicaragua surely just lost its canal 12 January 2017

By backing Taiwan, Nicaragua surely just lost its canal
Should engineers rule the world? 6 October 2016

Should engineers rule the world?
Are the Olympics … evil? 13 September 2016

Are the Olympics … evil?
Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas? 19 August 2016

Heard the one about the man who delivered a piano to the Himalayas?
Despair, bankers and glimmers of hope in submarine art gallery off the Canaries 1 August 2016

Despair, bankers and glimmers of hope in submarine art gallery off the Canaries
Why Mexicans may welcome the Great Wall of Trump after all 20 July 2016

Why Mexicans may welcome the Great Wall of Trump after all
How UK’s top 3 mega projects may be Brexit “collateral damage” 1 July 2016

How UK’s top 3 mega projects may be Brexit “collateral damage”
Mozambique’s debt crisis: at a glance 18 May 2016

Mozambique’s debt crisis: at a glance
Property in the digital age: have we any idea what’s coming? 15 March 2016

Property in the digital age: have we any idea what’s coming?
Will China still fund Sierra Leone’s fancy new international airport? 25 January 2016

Will China still fund Sierra Leone’s fancy new international airport?
China’s new Asia infrastructure bank opens for business, but what will it do? 6 January 2016

China’s new Asia infrastructure bank opens for business, but what will it do?
The century’s most troublesome construction projects 5 October 2015

The century’s most troublesome construction projects
Is Baha Mar developer, Sarkis Izmirlian, "mad"? 11 August 2015

Is Baha Mar developer, Sarkis Izmirlian, "mad"?
Has Obama’s ‘Power Africa’ initiative shorted out? 24 July 2015

Has Obama’s ‘Power Africa’ initiative shorted out?
Subversive charity: the man who pioneered the $30 house 31 March 2015

Subversive charity: the man who pioneered the $30 house
Very cool: ‘Freezeway’ in Canada’s Edmonton would let people skate to work 25 February 2015

Very cool: ‘Freezeway’ in Canada’s Edmonton would let people skate to work