Opinion – Page 442
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CommentDo the right thing
Pursuing the bottom line at any cost is a quick route to extinction in today’s business world. It’s time we all embraced the new era of corporate responsibility, says Richard Steer
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IChemE international contracts: international A chemical solution
Contract update — Cecily Davis guides us through the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ suite of contracts for international projects. Not only are they as clear and as simple as their domestic forms, but they also come in pretty colours
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Happily floating along
I noted with interest the comment in the Hansom column (14 December, page 27) that we at Baqus must hate Turner & Townsend for stealing our thunder by announcing the day before our flotation that it was planning to do the same.
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An elementary lesson
Following the Bali summit in December there appeared to be an overwhelming agreement that we need to act now to reduce the impact of climate change.
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CommentSpeed isnt everything
As a south Londoner and a frequent user of the Waterloo terminal (below), I am one of that band of travellers for whom the journey time to Paris has increased as a result of the move to St Pancras, so I might be viewed as being somewhat jaundiced in my ...
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Fear not the NEC
Tony Bingham gave us a light-hearted Christmas reminder of the benefits of the employer having on site people who understand the sharp end of construction (14 December, page 56).
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A fledgling workforce
David Cameron’s back to work initiative, raises the memory of the Leeds council community programme of the eighties.
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CommentTop 50 contractor websites: Web watch — Restricted access
Building.co.uk’s survey of the top 50 contractors revealed that many of the biggest names in the industry are failing to make their websites accessible to all users.
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CommentStripped for part
We aim to bring you the best bits of the week’s drinks parties, Olympic gossip and satellite TV at a knock-down price. And if you’re lucky we’ll throw in a 10ft wind turbine, no questions asked …
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CommentBuilding buys juices and coffees … for CBRE
Going out for a drink with a trio of property consultants is not normally an engagement one expects to return home sober from, but it seems 2008 is very different from 2007. Or perhaps the first Monday in January is just not the occasion for flamboyant excess.
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CommentIt’s yesterday once more
Sir John Egan must have felt a bit like Detective Inspector Sam Tyler from Life on Mars when he first encountered the 1998-era construction industry, filled as it was with firms dressed in metaphorical kipper ties and brown leather jackets who weren’t afraid to cut a few corners to get ...
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CommentWeb watch — Culture clashes
When you suddenly become one of the great cities of Europe, there are always going to be a few doubters. Alex Smith reports on the bloggers putting a damper on Liverpool’s moment of glory
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CommentMy Liverpool wonders and blunders with Roger McGough
Roger McGough knows he’s home when he sees the Royal Liver Building, but the Radio City Tower makes him want to take the next ferry out
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CommentMy Liverpool wonders and blunders with Edwina Currie
Edwina Currie fondly remembers the Victorian splendour of her old school – in the days before she had to put up with grim government office blocks
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CommentSuspended sentences
Chris Addison If you held a Mancunian upside down until he thought of something nice to say about Liverpool, what might he come up with? Well, here’s one we dangled earlier
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CommentSay you’ll be there
At Candy & Candy’s new luxury development in Chelsea, at Heathrow’s Terminal 6, at the White House with America’s wannabe president-cum-architect or in Alderley Edge where eerie events are afoot …