Opinion – Page 518
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CommentDynamic tension …
Our thanks to Martin Thorp of Thorp Consultancy in Edenbridge, Kent, for this photo, taken at the Amber Fort near Jaipur in India last year.
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Tripped up
This was an application against an order made in the County Court dismissing the claimant's claim and directing that judgment be entered for the defendants. The claimant alleged that she had been injured when she fell after catching her foot against a raised flagstone in her back garden. She claimed ...
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CommentAt your service
This month Building relaunches Legal aid, its free advice service with a brand new panel of top construction lawyers.
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CommentWho's hungry?
We've all enjoyed the spectacle of Carillion and Balfour Beatty each grabbing a bit of Mowlem and pulling, but it doesn't mean we should expect a round of takeovers
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Multiplex's legal position
Last month's news that the FA has switched the Cup Final to Cardiff shocked the industry - it should also prompt us to question the use of lump-sum contracts
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CommentOne fell swoop
The housing minister seems to like the idea of changing the regulation-making process. Might it be, asks Paul Everall, that in future all changes happen at the same time?
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The dangers of playing safe
Your industry debate on off-site manufacturing (17 February) appears to miss a key member of the team in the delivery of any off-site solution.
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Building meets Hello!
I was disappointed to read your Valentines Day article about couples who met on site (10 February).
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Name and shame
I can understand why you elicit pictures from the readership on safety blunders. The humour makes light reading. Sadly these real-life events often go unreported - at great cost to workers and their families.
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Defending the estate
I would like to compliment you on the article entitled "No more messing about in boats" (17 February), which I found most entertaining.
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A plan submitted
There seems to be much debate and difference of opinion about how to claw back excess profits as a result of granting planning permission (17 February). Is a strategy based on the following a possibility?
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A telling comparison
The bottom line of an editorial in the Daily Telegraph on 4 February asserted that the Healh and Safety Executive should be closed down.
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CommentHow to survive... an office romance
Amaya Lopez offers lovestruck colleagues 1 10-step guide on how to avoid losing your job and breaking hearts.
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CommentCroydon - noted for its breathtaking scenery
Thanks to John Carmichael for this picture of a site in Croydon.
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Under review
This was an application for judicial review of an adjudication decision under the adjudication legislation in Queensland. JJ McDonald & Sons Engineering Pty Ltd (JJ) had entered into a subcontract with CEPM Pty Ltd (CEPM) that required CEPM to supply and install temporary framework, fix and tie the reinforcing steel ...
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CommentLook to Lisbon
The MEPs have just voted on the directive that aims to create a single market in services, but by ditching the ‘country of origin' principle they have given in to the protectionists