More Comment – Page 478
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CommentThe wrecking crew
Oscar Wilde said a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Gus Alexander suspects that much the same is true of value engineers …
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CommentTurning navvies into staff
Will we look back at the summer of 2009 as a defining moment in construction?
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Can public sector capital projects really stimulate the economy?
With all the talk not on 'if' there will be public spending cuts, but 'where' - what are the choices and pressures facing this Government, and whichever Government picks up the reigns following the next election?At the very top level, total government receipts this year are expected to be circa ...
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Turning navvies into staff
In parts, the industry still resembles the one depicted in McAlpine’s Fusiliers. Can it be turned into one that is truly professional – where workers all pay tax and where it’s no more acceptable for someone to be killed than it is in a well-run factory?One reason for thinking it ...
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Collado Collins
At the end of the evening there are only two of us standing. In several inches of sand in the boisterous balloon-filled basement of a Soho bar. “I think it’s time to go,” says Jonathan wisely
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CommentAngry old men
The Prince of Wales loses another friend, the Shard team unwind to a bunch of gnarled old punks and a senior architect has reason to feel aggrieved/flattered after a judge draws an unlikely comparison
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It’s just not tennis
I read your articles about the dispute between the All England Lawn Tennis Club and Building Design Partnership (BDP) with a deep sigh of frustration (26 June, page 10)
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Will we never learn?
A few years ago now I recall a Building front page very similar to that of 26 June
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Brace! Brace!
I was sad to read the views of Steven Morgan at BAA. I suspect there will be a lot of claims specialists and lawyers rubbing their hands at his belief in “the bracing effects of competition”
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It’s simple, really
I am writing in regard to your “two steps backwards” letter (26 June, page 33)
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The perfect contract
It was interesting to read the letters in response to Tony Bingham’s article (3 July, page 28)
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Let’s have a heated debate
I would like to bring to your attention the worrying practice of organisations that fill the CDM co-ordinator (CDMC) role on projects at fee levels that cannot facilitate the proper delivery of the CDMC function
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CommentDon’t listen to the media
In the recent programme Property Snakes and Ladders (Channel 4, 9 June) presenter and property developer Sarah Beeny recommends replacing the use of tested and certificated fire doors by ordinary doors painted with intumescent paint
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Sounding out
Your recent articles on school acoustics (10 June, building.co.uk) really caught my eye
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CommentBe careful what you wish for: Supplemental agreements
The dire economy is prompting many parties to alter their contracts with supplemental agreements. But if you’re not careful, they may be worse than nothing
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CommentWealth and safety: Risk shifting on Terminal 5
Steven Morgan, the former admiral who runs BAA’s procurement, wants to shift all risk to his contractors and consultants. That’s fine and good, but there are costs …
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Secrets and lies: Aukett Fitzroy Robinson's fraudulent misrepresentation
A court has found architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation for failing to inform its client that a team member had quit
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What an amazing spike! Any thoughts on the causes?
Here's a mystery.I have my own theories, and admittedly have the advantage of the data to test them, but I was wondering if there are any of you out there who have any views as to what might lie behind this rather surprising effect of the credit crunch.I will refrain ...