Opinion – Page 597
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CommentWonders & blunders
I am tempted to revel in the open spaces in and around the Tate Modern but walk by the Hayward shaking my head
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Good day at the office, dear?
The claimant, Mr Horkulak, had been threatened and humiliated by his manager over a period of some months. Finally, he walked out of his job as a senior managing director in a major broking house in the City of London. He saw his doctor the next day, who put him ...
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Working in harmony
This month, a double issue of Specifier looks at doors and windows and flooring – and what dynamic sectors they are. Despite a flurry of new rules, architects are still turning out some great pieces of work – and Tinside Lido in Plymouth is one of them. The project team ...
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Now we are three
The pre-action protocol is three years old. So do we crack open the bubbly – or keep quiet and hope nobody will mention it? A new survey might help us decide
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CommentThe peacemakers
Dispute resolution boards are supposed to head off problems before they escalate into armed conflict. Question is, how do they do the heading off?
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Give it to me straight
It’s all very well designing a building whose curves have been inspired by a hippopotamus’ backside, but just how does it fit in to our rectilinear urban jungle?
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Don't get too cosy
What do Esso, Jimi Hendrix and the construction industry have in common? The answer, of course, lies with double agent George Blake …
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Stay on the ball
This case demonstrates, once again, the importance of tatooing any amendments you make to a standard form on a readily visible part of your body
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Get back here
The prospect of design work being outsourced overseas ("Good morning Vietnam", 5 September, pages 38-41) raises a number of concerns.
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Adapt or die
The correspondence that followed John Smith's column (12 September, page 29) about suicidal pricing to win work is a perfect example of the lack of innovative thinking in our industry.
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Valuable secrets
I read with interest Ann Minogue's article "Secret squirrels" (19 September, page 57) in which the disclosure of a database of customers was included in confidential trade information.
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The bits you missed
By quoting me selectively and out of context, Marc Hanson may have given the impression that I supported his view that the Be Collaborative Contract would not be widely adopted (Letters, 3 October, page 35).
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Look at the bigger picture
On reading the letter from Marc Hanson I felt I should respond to his assertions.
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Shiny and new – but not for long
I have just read your article on the Birmingham Bullring (29 August, page 30).
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What a site!
While peering out of my office window in Leamington Spa, I happened to notice upon a professional decorating team hard at work.
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Are you being served?
When people design their own offices, they create a very different product from that typically offered by spec developers. And thereby hangs a tale
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A matter of conduct
The claimant, Corenso (UK) Limited supplied the defendant ("Burnden") with coreboard from its French factory. Burnden received a number of complaints from its customers about the quality of the coreboard, which led to them making a complaint to Corenso in September 2000. Corenso's solicitors responded to the complaint, and proceedings ...