Opinion – Page 428
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Abatec
“Building magazine has ruined my sex life,” says Tim mid-way through the evening. On the surface it’s not a ringing endorsement for the publication, but he quickly explains: “I read it in bed because I need to know what’s going on, but the missus gets fed up.” Cue jokes ...
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CommentKeep it vague
Mastering detail isn’t everyone’s strong point, of course, so it’s easy to think you’ve built more homes than you have, forget just when it was your boss left or fail to remember way back in March when T5 opened …
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New towns, same old story
Like many others, I predict that the 15 eco-town proposals (11 April, page 30) will prove contentious.
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Anglo-Saxon attitude
I am afraid Wayne Hemingway’s argument (9 May, pages 44-46) is very shallow and fails to justify why we need to destroy pretty areas of England to encourage yet more overpopulation.
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Treasury trove
Your leader column (9 May, page 3) reports that the first year for gathering figures for projects completed on time was 2001.
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Bring on the managers
The recent article on the NEC by John Redmond (2 May, page 63) missed a trick.
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Jeremy Hackett
I write to correct two facts included in your recent tribute to my late husband, Jeremy Hackett (25 April, page 14).
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Adjudication timetable: Edenbooth Ltd vs Cre8 Developments Ltd
The claimant applied for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator’s decision. The defendant was a development company who had engaged the claimant to carry out ground works at two adjacent properties. One of the properties was owned and occupied by a director of the defendant. The work was carried out. ...
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Living on the front line
Here’s the story of a solicitor whose knowledge of building was mainly from contract documents. Until she spent a week on site …
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A very expensive way of saving a few bob
Open mike - With the economy taking a dive, clients are trying to save money by ditching the main contractor. But they seem to have found no way to replace their skills and experience, says Luke Wessely
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CommentDarwin and design
A week in the Pacific archipelago that inspired the theory of evolution also inspires thoughts about survival and extinction in the architectural world
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CommentBuilding buys a pint…for GIA
First of all an apology is in order. I had been rather snearing about GIA’s original venue suggestion – an outlet of the coffee chain Benugo. I told the hapless PR that Building journalists buy PINTS not skinny lattes, and besides, we had a Benugo franchise in our office building ...
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CommentWeb watch - Twitter on
Now that spring is finally here we can enjoy the magnificent sound of a million Twitterers tweeting away on the world according to them. Phil Clark looks at the rise of yet another global internet phenomenon
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But can we trust clients?
I was very surprised, considering you are a journal for the building industry, how one-sided your coverage of the Office for Fair Trading investigation (25 April) seemed to be. The contractors are always in the wrong, while nobody else seems to be even involved.
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A call for sense
Following the story “Family of dead woman calls for carbon monoxide alarms” (25 April, page 23), if Barratt did use Corgi-registered installers then they should be contacted and the other work they’ve done checked.