More Comment – Page 398
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CommentJust cause and impediment
Your subcontractor just isn’t up to scratch, so you fire him and hire someone else – but in doing so you stand accused of repudiating the contract. So what are your options?
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CommentPromises, promises
Indemnities should oblige another party to take responsibility for your loss, but not if the wording gives them room to wriggle out of paying up
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CommentHow planning can save you money
We can save costs by advanced organisation and getting those involved in a project to work together, says Greg Verhoef. But alas, we’re missing opportunities to get the best out of each other
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CommentHansom: Intriguing
We’re a bit cloak and daggers this week (apologies to the faint-hearted), what with bloodied carpets, scribbled warnings and mysterious fires. Thank goodness some people are keeping a cool head
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CommentQuentin Shears: Working women
Quentin Shears, 48, is a quantity surveyor at Newt UK, the Hertfordshire outpost of US multinational Gator Corp. Quentin rarely watches Sky Sports
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Back to clients sharing risk
Soaring commodity prices mean contractors must either play safe and miss out or take a dangerous gamble. Is it time for clients to share some of the risk again?
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Building buys a pint for…Trowers & Hamlins
This week it’s lady’s night at Building buys a pint, and conversation turns to potato ricers, un-attentive boyfriends and furry hats
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Protect our assets
There is much comment and debate at present about the actions and spending of state-owned banks but should our attention now turn to the councils who are selling off their property assets to balance their books?
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Do the maths
Regarding the suggestion that schools should have a longer day to save space (28 January, page 9), most secondary schools already have to offer sessional lunch breaks in order to accommodate all pupils into the hall
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CommentBack on track
I don’t think that Building gives enough weight to the personal commitment of Lord Coe to provide an athletics venue at the heart of the East End (Building blog, 25 January)
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CommentThe Markit/CIPS survey provides cheer for construction – but take it with a pinch of salt
How much of the increase in activity is carried over from a snow-bound December?
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CommentBribery Act unlikely to be watered down despite delay
Construction firms should put anti-bribery policies in place as soon as they can
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Public Procurement: Mears vs Leeds city council
This case illustrates the full meaning of the term, “the date when grounds for the bringing of the proceedings first arose”, and serves as a warning to parties within a public tendering process who wish to bring infringmement proceedings.
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CommentHow to stay out of hell
If we treated design as a risk management issue, we’d probably save ourselves vast amounts of time and money sorting out the mess at the construction phase
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Love thy neighbour
The Scottish planning system encourages inclusivity and good relationships between developers and communities. Now, that approach will be backed up by law
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CommentHow losers win
It truly is a topsy turvy world when some companies manage to profit from failing to win a bid for a contract. But that’s European regulations for you …
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CommentHold your nerve
When appearance is everything, taking work at any price becomes a tempting but risky solution. But signs of recovery suggest there’s no need to panic, says Richard Steer