Opinion – Page 482
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CommentAbout that Olympic stadium deal ...
According to J Parrish, the director of sport at Arup, creating a large stadium is like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle.
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CommentWhat’s YOUR anti-bullying policy?
SECURITY ALERT — Bullying is not limited to the playground, it is alive and well in the workplace, too. Part of the problem, says Angus Darroch-Warren, is that managers often fail to spot the signs
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What REITS mean for you
REITs became a reality this month, and they are about to become a force in the property development world. But what do they mean for the firms that work with them?
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CommentHuman life is cheap in Dorking
Thanks to Philip Sears of Philip Sears Designs for this shot of genteel, leafy Surrey at its most deadly ...
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Off with their hats
In the nineties I was marketing director of Watson Steel, then owned by Amec (“Amec quits construction after £90m writedown”, 15 December, page 9).
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A kink in the chain
I refer to the column “An offer you can’t accept” by Rudi Klein (1 December, page 45).
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Greased palms
Recent research from the Chartered Institute of Building (10 November, page 58) has significant implications for construction professionals.
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Expert answer
As an adjudicator, I disagree with four points made by Nick Henchie (5 January, page 56):
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How to miss the 2012 deadline
While I share the opinion of Frances Alderson (17 November, page 60) that London 2012 will obviously gain from the advanced planning of construction projects, I take issue with the idea that the NEC3 contract is appropriate, because of the excessively bureaucratic procedure for compensation.
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Hidden identity
This was an appeal against a decision that some third parties were entitled to enforce a transfer agreement between two individuals and The Bathroom Trading Company under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. Avraamides brought a claim against The Bathroom Trading Company in respect of a refurbishment ...
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CommentA call to arms
Forget new year’s resolutions and good intentions, our new columnist reveals the biggest challenge facing the UK economy in the 21st century
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CommentPause for thought
As we complete another lap of the calendar, our diarist stops to consider the effects of time on the vanity of human wishes, before moving smartly along to a story about Keith Clarke and nipple piercing
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CommentHomage to Helsinki
As a regular visitor to Finland for more than 40 years, I was taken aback by Amanda Levete’s ill-informed comments on Finnish culture and design (24 November).
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Don’t fiddle
Your article regarding the implications of the Colindale fire (1 December) rightly stresses this is no time for fiddling.
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Two questions
Two issues for further discussion arise from the Colindale fire. The first is the extent to which steel-framed buildings are different from timber. I am watching a steel-framed retirement home go up locally and there is a lot of timber in the secondary structure.