Opinion – Page 585
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Comment*Tips on voicing your confidence
Voice coach Susan White has worked with architects such as Terry Farrell & Partners, and Squire and Partners, as well as contractors such as Kajima, Interior and Mace.
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Let's reach out
One-off clients are important customers of our industry, so they ought to be in touch with the Construction Clients Groups. So, anyone fancy a spot of golf?
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On buying a pig in a poke
If you buy defective goods, how long can you wait before you return them? That's a simple question with a very complicated answer …
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Now everyone’s unhappy
It used to be simple: you lost the case, you copped the entire cost of the trial. These days the situation is so complicated that it can be difficult to tell who’s won and who’s lost
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A lesson in future school design …
I read with interest your article "Sexy Education" (20 February, page 24), showcasing "11 ideal designs for secondary and primary schools".
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The case for Castleford
I read with interest your article about The Castleford Project. This is an innovative and bold project which will bring great benefits to the people of Castleford.
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The Castleford trip
You described Castleford as "nondescript" in your profile of Sarah Wigglesworth. I think you should try a mind-expanding substance — which I've found Castleford to be, as someone involved in The Castleford Project.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Adrian Tinniswood admires an example of Wren's post-Fire reconstruction but despairs at a more recent act of demolition
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Held hostage
The appellant, Mowlem plc, had contracted with the respondent local authority, Bath & North East Somerset District Council, to carry out restoration works to the Heritage Spa Buildings in Bath. A dispute arose over responsibility for problems in the paint coating that had been applied to four pools as part ...
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Flight and fight
The new museum pavilion at RAF Hendon is home to some supreme examples of aeronautical engineering. To create a building fit for planes such as the Hawker Harrier and Sopwith Camel, architect Feilden Clegg Bradley came up with a roof made of materials associated with aviation – stainless steel and ...
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Anyone fancy a fight?
The New Engineering Contract's non-confrontational aims are making it increasingly popular – but a dispute over whether it allows late claims would be handy
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CommentBrief encounter: What did Wilcox mean?
Judge Wilcox's decision in London vs Waterman seemed to float the idea that adjudication should be restricted to simple cases. Is that really what he suggested?
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Scary stuff
A little-known law about competitive advantage could mean that your well intentioned relationship-building lands you in a heap of trouble with the law
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A salty tale
If two parties to a dispute give different accounts of what happened, courts look for something on paper. Trouble is, documents can be too persuasive
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I'll take that bet
John Smith offers to bet me that Constructing Excellence can't improve the image of the construction industry in a quantifiable way in two years (6 February, page 33).
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Just one tiny problem
I was intrigued to read (13 February, page 13) of the alleged theft of accident books, apparently to be sold on to personal injury lawyers.
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Construction superstars?
It's high time construction pushed itself forward in the way other, more "sexy", industries do.