Opinion – Page 463
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CommentThe boomerang effect
This is a cautionary tale of a court doing its best to assist the parties to resolve their differences through mediation, and finding itself embroiled in a Court of Appeal case. Here’s what happened …
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CommentHousebound
You can’t believe your luck! You’ve been given a meaty project to undertake entirely from the comfort of your own home. No battling with public transport, no rising at the crack of dawn, no working late. Here’s how to actually get some work done.
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CommentHaving a flutter
You couldn’t move for the likes of Rogers and Stefanou at Ascot last week … but if the gee-gees aren’t your bag an intrepid threesome are preparing to tee-off for a 24-hour Scottish golfing challenge
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CommentDog help dog
I felt your article on recruitment, referred to in the leader as the “dog-eat-dog world of the headhunter”, was imbalanced and it was interesting that you only approached one source for a response – Hays, which is not a headhunter but a recruitment agency.
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Get the best out of them
While I find it unhelpful to lay the blame solely at the door of the headhunters (what did the industry do in the nineties to attract school leavers?), I would like to point out some fundamental truths of the industry:
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A helping hand
Your article “Does the industry still need Women in Property?” (8 June, page 54) fails to address the fact that in construction, barriers still exist for those who don’t fit the mould.
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Blesséd are the peacemakers
Rather than bringing in mediators after things go wrong, the ODA is appointing dispute boards as a cost-effective and informal way of resolving squabbles before they become rows
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CommentGive yourself up
Make no mistake, the Office of Fair Trading and Competition Appeal Tribunal mean business when it comes to the construction sector. So best be aware of the leniency rules …
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CommentHow hard can it be?
Heart transplants are routine, information can cross the world in milliseconds and modern aviation lets us fly anywhere for a pittance. So why can’t we build half as many houses as we did in the sixties?
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CommentWonders & blunders
Charles Graham-Marr celebrates the glory that is Greece but bemoans unenlightened additions to the Edinburgh streetscape
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An appealing decision
This was an appeal from an order that an adjudicator’s decision be enforced summarily. The first instance judgment is dated 17 March 2006. A dispute arose between the parties in respect of fees. That dispute was referred to adjudication. The adjudicator decided that certain fees were due and owing. The ...
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CommentCaps: they’re the height of fashion
One way of limiting liability is to impose a curb on the amount that can be claimed under a contract. Hence caps are de rigueur. But, as this article makes clear, they’re far from simple
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CommentA sit-in protest
What do we want? A register of checks on cranes to prevent more deaths, without having to go down to Westminister to protest. When do want it? Now! Alex Smith gets his virtual placards out
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A false move
Connolly Ltd sought rectification of a contract for the sale of a piece of land for mixed commercial and residential development or damages for deceit. The purchaser was Bellway Homes Ltd. Connolly contracted to sell Bellway a development site subject to planning permission being granted. It was agreed between Connolly ...
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Dialogue coach
Competitive dialogue looks set to replace the competitive negotiated procedure for most PFI contracts. The bad news is that it is unlikely to reduce costs. In fact, it will probably increase them
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CommentA little light relief
A revised Treasury document on PFI contracts makes some useful changes – for instance, on variations and on dispute resolution. It should make life slightly easier for building contractors
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Join our gang
I read with interest the article about contractors speaking with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) about creating a trade body to discuss procurement of maintenance work for social housing (18 May, page 14).