Opinion – Page 562
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Comment
A taste of union medicine
I was interested to read in your above article (22 October, page 10) that the TUC is stepping up pressure on the government to press ahead with its manifesto commitment to introduce corporate manslaughter legislation.
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Piling on the agony
I read your piling special (15 October 2004, page 64) and found it lacking in up-to-date information in key areas.
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CommentLet’s talk about sex
In these days of chronic skills shortages, any initiative to double construction’s pool of potential recruits is welcome.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Historian Francesco da Mosto picks two faces of La Serenissima: one a stunning fusion of styles and the other a tasteless cake
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Comment
The X factor
Every year we have the delightful task of sifting through hundreds of marvellous submissions all vying for one of the categories in the BDA Brick Awards.
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Who’s in control?
The defendant contractor secured a contract to decorate the exterior of a building. The claimant was a painter and decorator in partnership with his father and they were instructed by the defendant to carry out the work. The work required the use of scaffolding, but no ladder was provided by ...
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CommentWhat goes around …
Here’s a warning to all those clients, and their lawyers, who want to make the granting of extensions conditional on a contractor giving notice about the effects of delay
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CommentNothing comes of nothing
Contractors are forever complaining about disruption on the job, but without hard evidence an adjudicator will award them precisely zero compensation
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Is it worth it?
In recent issues of Building, the alarm has been raised about the increasing cost of going to adjudication. Now we want you to help us find out the facts
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CommentIt’s bad news, I’m afraid
Project managers and clients beware: under certain circumstances, you may fall under the Inland Revenue’s CIS scheme – with unpleasant consequences
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Comment
Why we said what we said
In your leader “Rouse … to Simmons” (15 October, page 3), CABE’s views of the proposals for the Royal London Hospital are criticised as “ill-judged” and “ill-timed”.
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Slums for the future
I wonder how many of your readers spotted that the balconies at Barons Place (8 October, page 39) have been installed upside down.
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Tweaking the act
I have just read Tony Bingham’s article in this week’s Building (8 October, page 54). I am aghast at the indecision of review panel number one – the looking at changes to the Construction Act’s payment rules – which surely must have the sense to recognise injustice and abuse when ...
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Comment
The wrong kind of demand
Nick Lane is right to sound a warning about using winding-up petitions to make debtors cough up (3 September, page 52).
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Be a record maker
I read with interest the excellent article entitled “Dear site diary” by Andrew Farrer (8 October, page 34).
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A site issue
Imposing stricter safety regulations on the architect will not make construction safer as they are too far removed from the front line of construction (1 October, page 15).
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Miscalculation
In the commentary accompanying your top 200 consultants feature (1 October, page 45), you say FaberMaunsell has 16,000 staff following acquisition of Oscar Faber in 2001.