Opinion – Page 460
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What’s the best way to build a tower?
Tall buildings are shooting up all over Britain. This raises the question: which procurement route should you use to construct them? Here’s the first of two articles on this very question
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Private investigations
Construction is a hotbed of malpractice and graft, so there’s a good chance your company will be affected. If so, how do you find out whodunnit? Angus Darroch-Warren explains
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CommentWonders & blunders
Alistair Barr picks two City columns, one a multitalented 17th-century marvel, the other a bang-up-to date failure of nerve and imagination
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CommentSound advice
Edinburgh academics explain why you should listen to your building materials before using them, plus Ed Balls’ guide to parenting and the JFK approach to dealing with specialist contractors
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Heres a plan
The recently announced Office of Fair Trading study into the UK housebuilding industry highlights two areas of concern: land supply and planning.
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Gordon’s first steps
Housing reform was rightly the centrepiece of the legislative programme unveiled by Gordon Brown.
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At the forum
Your article on the handover of the chairmanship of the Strategic Forum (6 July, page 36) refers to “the three core member bodies” of the forum.
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Quarry House
The caption accompanying the picture of Quarry House (13 July, page 37) indicates that it was designed by Sir Terry Farrell.
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CommentAllow me to present your bill
The Construction Act consultation has acknowledged that companies need payment certainty, but it is not tackling the surreal arrangement whereby the payer decides what the payee is owed
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CommentFellow travellers
The construction industry has gone cycling mad this year, with events like Cycle to Cannes and the Olympic velodrome designs being released.
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CommentWho goes there?
One of the odd things about private equity firms is just how unprivate they have become of late.
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Everyone’s a loser
Ms Tomlinson and Mr Wilson, a builder, entered into a contract for the construction of a small kitchen and bathroom extension to Tomlinson’s house in Easingwold. The parties agreed that the contract sum would be paid in stages.Wilson had constructed the extension to roof level when work ceased. This work ...
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There’s nothing to be afraid of
It is now just over two years old, and it is distinctly better than JCT98, but poor old JCT2005 still seems to be getting the cold shoulder. Why? It all seems to boil down to fear of the unknown
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Two’s company, three’s a mess
The sudden insolvency of a main contractor is always bad news. And if the contractual relationships are not clear it can be even worse, as this case shows
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Snakes and lizards
I have for many years read and enjoyed articles written by Colin Harding. However, from what he says in Talking lizards (29 June, pages 34-35), he seems to be coming off the rails.
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Erroneous arguments
I was interested to read Edward Whipp’s views on masonry and brickwork (6 July, page 78).
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More pressure
I have been reading your “Under pressure” series with interest. At Malcolm Hollis, we are undertaking a development monitoring role on the BBC’s Broadcasting House refurbishment on behalf of Morgan Stanley and are very aware of the materials shortage.