Opinion – Page 449
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CommentConsider the bat
So, the competition was to design a des res for a few hundred flying midge munchers, but the results were revelatory – and strangely important for all of us…
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Fulcrum Consulting
We’re in the Old China Hand, which is a 30-second dash across the road from Fulcrum’s Clerkenwell office.
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CommentDifferent classes
If a government adviser on education design spent a day in a modern school for boys with emotional problems, what would she learn?
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Wonders & blunders
Simon McWhirter picks two lots of housing: one a happy and healthy sustainable development, the other a decrepit and depressing tower block
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CommentMore DIY disasters
Show me a bespoke contract and I’ll show you a powerful client throwing its weight around. But having said that, are they better than standard fare? The short answer is ‘no’
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Are you making your staff’s life a misery?
Millions of days are lost each year because of stress, depression and anxiety. In addition, the quality of work suffers. It therefore makes sense to reduce the pressure on your workers
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Not good, but still the best
Charging fees for the use of a courtroom has got many people’s blood up. But in fact, even with the trial fee, litigation is a cheaper option than arbitration.
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CommentHansom Trick or treat
In this spookiest of weeks, skeletons are found lurking under old Epsom racecourse, a site manager shares his disturbing visions and Will Alsop is the wickedest man in Paris
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CommentLive from the BRE
If you can’t get to BRE’s Innovation Park yourself, log on to the Building website for a guided tour of the site, as well as in-depth interviews with the teams involved, says Alex Smith
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Time for a rethink
Your story announcing the second review into the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) procurement process is a welcome step as it recognises that there is scope for improvement (21 September, page 11).
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Leaks in the system
Ed Derrick’s views on what might be done with the proposed water grid (19 October, page 40) are interesting.
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John F Hunt Demolition Ltd vs ASME Engineering Ltd
This was a preliminary issues hearing relating to a main contract dated 30 June 2002, whereby Kier (Whitehall Place) Ltd (“Whitehall”) engaged Kier Build Ltd (“Build”) to design and construct commercial office premises at Whitehall Place, London. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor’s Design ...
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CommentThe mix master
Gordon Brown has worked hard to find a delicate balance between continuity and change since becoming prime minister, and his policies on eco-towns, Crossrail and the PGS show what a shrewd operator he is
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CommentPC or not PC, that is the question
James Bessey ‘Practical completion’, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, but if you get it wrong on a PFI project then things can turn very ugly indeed…