Opinion – Page 546
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CommentA tense situation
Can the party defending an adjudication give new answers after proceedings have begun? Well, it seems that depends on the language used in the question …
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CommentContext is everything
Contracts are not simply about the words on the page, as their meanings can be ambiguous and cause incorrect assumptions to be made. These cases prove that …
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Let’s not be hasty
I read the spat in your letters pages between Roger Knowles and Sarah Bourne on women in construction.
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Subbies of the world unite
In response to your question “Are specialists right to get tough?” (15 April, page 15) I am surprised that it has taken them this long.
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Blockheaded thinking
A recent issue published a letter from the president of the Brick and Block Association explaining that bricks and blocks were sustainable products (8 April, page 40).
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The Prince and the Peabody, part II
In light of your reference a while back to The Prince of Wales “loathing” BedZed and not caring about green building issues (Hansom, 7 January, page 23), I thought you would want to be aware for future reference that: The Prince of Wales has a well-documented passion for environmental concerns ...
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Beware the marketeer
Andrew Hill in his letter concerning revisions to PPG3 (April 15, page 40), dismissively and wrongly considered that local authorities do not have the ability to determine housing needs and will make prejudiced decisions.
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This kite won’t fly
The item on the early publication of a report by the government on modern methods of construction (8 April, page 24) refers to a “kitemark” scheme that is to be developed for MMC.
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Apologies to Hazlin
I have just read the article concerning radio frequency identity technology (22 April, pages 62-64. I spoke to one of your journalists regarding the use of RFID. Unfortunately, our company name has been spelled Gazlin, and not Hazlin. It would have been nice to see our name in your distinguished ...
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A cry for help
What can a small builder do when domestic clients refuse point blank to pay their bills? I found that the only option was to decide to close my business
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CommentWe want a new Labour
If a Labour government returns to power next week – and there’s little to indicate that it won’t – at least the construction industry should be pleased. It’s hard to conclude otherwise. Labour may have lost its appeal on a personal level to those working in the industry, as our ...
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Clarity counts
An employee of BT Fleet Ltd had been injured in the company workshop while lifting a tyre onto a tyre-changing machine. A health and safety inspector named Mr McKenna visited the site and issued an improvement notice under section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The ...
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CommentCome in for a chat …
Our CAD blogger files another report from the world of short-term contract employment – except that this time she finds herself temporarily between jobs
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CommentPeter’s friends
Come on, admit it – you love hearing about the birth of another industry lobby group.
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CommentSome kicks at clause 66
One of the fundamental rules of natural justice is that you have to listen to both sides of a case before reaching a judgment. Unless, of course, you are an engineer
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CommentIt’s a Pope thing
Pope Urban Vlll took a cavalier attitude to evidence in his dealings with Galileo, but things have moved on since – as this Court of Appeal judgment shows
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She never saw it coming
The JCT contract for domestic work includes an adjudication clause, but not the adjudication rules. So does this make it an unfair contract clause?
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CommentCinderella’s new deal
Repair and maintenance makes up half the industry’s output and yet is ignored by anyone who doesn’t do it, including lawyers. At least, they did up until last month