Opinion – Page 573
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Birkbeck finds populist excitement at an Essex town, but only prophylactic disappointment in an East End designer home
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Regulation wear
This was an appeal against a decision that an employer did not have a duty to an employee under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 Regulations 7 (1). The employer was a lorry driver collecting milk from farms. He had been supplied with steel capped safety boots, which ...
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If you go away …
It may be emotionally satisfying to walk off a job, and you may feel justified in taking this action … but the likelihood is that you aren't, and that you'll regret it
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On neutrality’s side
Long-term contracts need long-term dispute resolution. The ‘project neutral’ could be the answer, but he would have to prove he’s more than just a project passenger
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CommentOpen mike: Let me explain
Dennis Lenard caused a furore when he said construction was backward, but the resulting debate was long on indignation and short on analysis – so here are some facts
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CommentA reader writes: Why so glum?
Last week, Building reported that the death of Partners in Innovation was a disaster for the construction industry. In fact, it could be a chance to transform it
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Pidgley's gambit
So what is Tony Pidgley up to? His decision to shrink Berkeley Homes and reinvent it as a regeneration specialist has set minds and pulses racing across the city and the housebuilding sector.
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CommentJust blow the whistle
It is very important that referees bear one simple rule in mind: when organising a contest between two teams, you're not allowed to kick the ball yourself
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What Mr Pigott didn't tell you
Ashley Pigott's article a couple of weeks ago on the firm that signed a final account agreement by mistake left a few things out. A Man Who Knows All About It explains
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I scratch your back …
As a subcontractor, main contractors often tell me about the benefits of partnering.
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Look elsewhere
It seems extraordinary that nine years after the CDM Regulations were introduced, there still appears to have been no objective study of their cost and effectiveness.
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The price you pay
Your article on failures in iconic buildings (19 June, page 26) raises a number of interesting questions about the design and construction of some recent headline-grabbing structures.
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Babbling Brooke
The short article on the Brooke Report (11 June, page 14) posed the question, "Do you think the changes will end the QS rebellion?" I think I speak for most of the QS members when I answer a resounding NO!
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Ahead of the game
I was interested to read the "news" item "Experts warn of risk from unsafe window glass" (18 June, page 17).
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Damp patches affect us all
I'm sure many of your readers will have read Jeff Howell's article with the sort of gentle amusement he alludes to (11 June, page 31), smugly thinking that the issues he describes are unique to the homeowner market and do not apply in the "proper" construction industry.
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ACBEE's angels
I should correct a misapprehension in the article on Accelerating Change in Built Environment Education (18 June, page 18).
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Guilty, as supercharged
A small correction to your article "Shanghai Zoom" (18 June, page 20): while Formula 1 cars are undoubtedly flashy, they are not supercharged. That hasn't been allowed since 1988, apparently.
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Looking on the bright side
Your report on the industry's reactions to the DTI's withdrawal of ringfenced construction research funding (25 June, page 44) was so negative I was prompted to write.
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When insurers won't pick up the tab
The defendant firm of solicitors was retained by a subcontractor of Mowlem in connection with an arbitration commenced by the subcontractor against Mowlem. The subcontractor sought to recover £150,000, which they claimed was owing to them. Mowlem brought a counterclaim for a much larger sum, and the arbitrator ultimately ...