Opinion – Page 567
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Comment£70k a pop
Enforcing an adjudication can be a damned expensive business, especially when there’s a proce - as one unfortunate subcontractor found out
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Natural justice, common sense
Tony Bingham’s discussion of McAlpine vs Transco, which concerned the introduction of new material in the course of an adjudication, missed a bit out
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Come on, admit it …
If you enter into ‘without prejudice’ negotiations before a trial, can you subsequently produce them in court when it comes to deciding costs?
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CABE convinced
Your coverage of the CABE review of Birmingham’s new PFI hospital (27 August, page 13) is a distortion of the tone of its report.
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Wriggling-out petitions
I read Nick Lane’s article “Don’t fall for Redmond’s wind-up” (3 September, page 52) with great interest and learned a lot from his hints to main contractors on how to avoid the consequences of receiving a statutory demand or winding-up petition.
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It’s all in the regs
What is set out in the article by Paul Morrell on the Scottish parliament building (3 September, page 40), albeit in different words, is nothing less than the need to comply with the CDM Regulations.
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Cyclists are normal – honest!
The introduction to your article about elevated composite cycle lanes (27 August, page 50) was a bit over the top, even for late August. Cycling in London is not only for the superhuman.
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What the deuce …?
We would like to clarify that Capita Symonds is the lead structural engineering as well as civil engineering consultant for the Wimbledon Centre Court project (3 September, page 16).
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CommentTalking ’bout a revolution
Construction is too important to be left to the many venerable and dignified institutions that adorn our industry. If they’re to change, drastic action may be necessary
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CommentWonders & blunders
Philip Wildman stands up and salutes a Tube station that doubles as a dystopic film set, but is bent out of shape by a museum
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At source
The claimants, Thames Water Utilities Ltd (TW) brought a claim against the defendants, London Underground Ltd (LUL) arising from a burst water main. They contended that the burst water main was caused by works carried out by LUL on the construction of the Jubilee Line extension (pursuant to powers conferred ...
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CommentA state-of-the-art cock-up
The Paddington health campus scheme has been mired in delays and confusion since last year. But that’s nothing compared with the report that set out to explain it all
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CommentWhodunnit?
I write a play and you direct it. In rehearsals, you change some of my lines. When it is performed, it is a huge success. So are you entitled to a share of my money?
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CommentThrough the looking glass
When is an agreement in writing not an ‘agreement in writing’? When, as one subcontractor found out, it takes place in the crazy world of construction law
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How to be good
Using sustainable timber is an ethical and environmental responsibility. And where the client is the government, it’s about to be a legal requirement too
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Curry’s scary stuff
David Curry’s article scrutinising the government’s thinking on the future of council housing (13 August, page 39) was one of the most frightening I have ever read in Building.
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Iron will
Davis Langdon’s article on the costs of metal roofing (Specifier, July, page 13) missed an important point.While it is true that base metal prices vary, data from the Building Cost Information Service shows that an increase in roofing cost of £1/m2 adds only about 0.1% to overall building cost. This ...