Adrian Barrick Editorial
Building
Stories by this contributor.
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What makes Ray run?
2004 issue 30
Out of all the hundreds of thousands of labourers in the industry, a few thousand take degrees. Out of them, a few hundred start a business. But only one has turned that business into a global power in his own lifetime: Ray O’Rourke. We spent three years chasing him to ask how he did it. He finally caught him in Dubai …
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Why we're too white
2002 issue 38
So Prince Charles thinks farmers are more victimised than blacks or gays.
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Labour's philosophical fog
2002 issue 14
So, health minister John Hutton has suddenly realised what construction knew months ago: it is already too late to deliver his new hospitals before the next election. His offer to subsidise bids, truncate tender lists and hire more Whitehall project managers has, therefore, the hallmarks of political panic (pages 28-29). The scramble to crank up the PFI is also apparent in other departments, such as education. And after the dismal failure of the PFI social housing pathfinders, officials are impl
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Where will we live tomorrow?
2002 issue 13
First transport. Then hospitals and schools. And now housing. Our latest national crisis is the shortage of affordable new homes. London is worst affected, but even Reading's prices are out of reach of nurses and teachers. Once again, we are paying for decades of underinvestment. At a time when the formation of households is growing 22% faster than predicted five years ago, we are building fewer homes than at any time since 1924. Within 15 years there will be a shortfall of 1.1 million homes, ac
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John Lewis joins rush to ditch retentions
2001 issue 38
Retail company to stop withholding payments to suppliers in order to build longer-term relationships.
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Brick makers warn of 15% price hike in next year
2001 issue 29
Companies say higher gas prices and government legislation is to blame for steep rise in costs.
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Hold tight – the downturn has started say forecasters
2001 issue 27
The good times are still rolling, but economic experts downgrade output forecasts for next two years.
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Government set to insist on training quotas
2001 issue 25
Transport minister considering quotas to head off labour problems experienced on the Jubilee Line.
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Fast food race hots up
2000 Issue 26
The top four supermarkets are battling to cut build times and costs. But, as delegates heard at a Building-organised food retail conference on 16 June, one of the sector’s biggest challenges is to make sure savings don’t come at the expense of safety.
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Does the Construction Act really work?
2000 Issue 19
According to a Building/CMS Cameron McKenna survey, subcontractors are grumbling about its payment system, lawyers are using it to sandbag the opposition, and almost everyone has reservations about its adjudication rules. Two years on and with a review imminent, should changes be made?
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Civic pride should be new motto, says prime minister
2000 Issue 16
Tony Blair tells Building Awards audience that designers and contractors must set the highest standards.
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Railtrack offers carrot, or stick, to consultants
1999 Issue 48
Bonuses of up to 20% are on offer, but professionals may lose profit if they fail to perform well.
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Raynsford may use Regs to unsaddle cowboys
1999 Issue 40
Construction minister tells conference fringe meeting that firms with quality mark may be able to self-certify.
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Fight over porters and cleaners threatens the PFI
1999 Issue 38
Contractors say the PFI is not viable unless ancillary staff transfer from hospital control to PFI consortia.
