More Comment – Page 565
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CommentBe careful what you wish for
Two very different companies are engaged in two very different battles at the moment. Keith Miller, the chief executive of Miller Group, is struggling to keep his company private. Erinaceous is fighting for bare survival. Yet could the shareholders of each learn from the plight of the other?
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CommentPoints of departure
Like many I was fascinated by the recently opened St Pancras station (19 October, page 52).
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A problem the size of Leeds
With the emphasis on new build, it is easy to forget a vitally important and sustainable weapon in the battle to provide homes.
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We can’t do it by ourselves
We welcome the approach taken by the UK Green Building Council to lobby for a change in the definition of zero-carbon homes (20 November, www.building.co.uk).
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Correction
In your article “Mini-cost model: Extra care housing” (9 November, page 62), the image of PRP’s scheme is that of Goodwin Court in the London Borough of Barnet, which is actually unrelated to the cost model in the article and is also not an example of the “extra care” model ...
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Atkin Chambers
On the way out of the office Sarah, the news editor, calls me over. “Tell them about Roger Stewart,” she says. Come again? “Roger Stewart – Multiplex’s barrister.”
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CommentThe new PR
Blogs are used increasingly by companies to find out what their customers are thinking. So why not log on to Building’s new sustainability channel and give Phil Clark a piece of your mind?
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CommentThat’s better – but not by much
The RIBA standard form has been revised and two particularly irksome clauses have been amended. But don’t go overboard. It is still biased in favour of architects. ‘Go bespoke’ seems to be the message
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ROK Build Ltd vs Harris Wharf Development Company Ltd
The claimant was constructing a primary school and twenty four 1-3 bedroom flats for Harris Wharf. The contract was the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, With Contractor’s Design 1998 Edition.Practical Completion occurred on 12 July 2005, and the professional advisers met in April 2006 in order to discuss the ...
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CommentNever mind the ethics, look at the price
It’s an open secret that stone products imported from the third world are often made using child labour. So why doesn’t anybody do anything about it? Greg Verhoef has an explanation …
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CommentTime wasters
One thing a legal dispute is good for is kicking a claim for payment into the long grass, which means all the time spent being fair to both parties is very unfair to the one that wants its money
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Different strokes for different folks
In 2006 the Housing Corporation allowed private firms to apply for its grants – and spared them much of the red tape that housing associations have to deal with
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CommentLearn the trumpet
The construction industry’s public image has seen worse days, but there is much that still needs to be done. Communicating our successes and enthusiasm to the public will bring about the change that is needed
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CommentBespoke and be damned
In the latest of our series on tricky terms and perplexing conditions, Helen Garthwaite looks at bespoke clauses to extend a contractor’s right to payment – and why they are likely to fall down
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CommentHansom The age of chivalry
A world in which property developers still offer their coats to damsels in distress, a knight of the realm remembers how to behave appropriately, and an architectural practice whisks its staff off to Paris
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Barker MCT
“Let’s meet at Nineteen Below in the Crowne Plaza hotel – we did the fit-outs for the place,” Melanie told me.
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CommentA bad case of the wobbles
We’ve known for some time now that 2008 is unlikely to be as golden a year as 2007.
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CommentRoot of the matter
I was intrigued by the construction of the courtyard and buildings around the giant plane tree at the Larmenier & Sacred Heart primary school in west London (2 November, page 58).