Opinion – Page 658
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The knife at our throats
The Revenue’s “concessions” on its new tax rules will cause major damage. This is a plea to John Prescott for help.
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Real world architecture
Architecture is self-obsessed and self-indulgent when it needs to be part of commercial and technical reality.
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Prime suspect
If the future of construction lies in the hands of today’s get-rich-quick builders, what future has architecture?
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The selective approach
Prime contracting is a great idea, but only for projects that lend themselves to the approach. Not all do.
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Reasons to be cheerful
A look at the impact of the Egan report by the man that reported on construction five years ago.
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Re-educating clients
Contractors can t make all the changes Sir John Egan called for on their own. Clients have to play their part, too.
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Green carrots, please
First person Tax breaks on green construction would encourage developers and provide a new revenue stream for QSs.
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That uncertain feeling
Second opinion The road to construction hell is paved with indecision. Thank God for people who know what they want.
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Down with designers
Architects are arrogant and have poor management skills. So, why do we give them so much power?
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Slow burner
Lengthy disputes cannot always be blamed on the courts. One case lasted five years because the parties tried to gain an early advantage.
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Wembley winner
The new national stadium will be a vast improvement on the existing dump. So, isn t it about time we built it?
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Let’s get together
Sceptics who pine for the days when Britain ruled the waves should snap out of it and embrace the euro.
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Auf wiedersehen, pet
First person Foreign labourers have always been a part of the construction industry. But what kind of workers do they make?
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Prudence is back in town
First person Self-regulation is the best regulation and the anti-cowboy taskforce report is the industry putting its own house in order.
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Let’s be Candide
The optimist says this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true. Either way, the PFI is doing OK.
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Ringing the changes
The industry is moving forward, despite protests to the contrary. Now it is our publicity that needs shifting up a gear.
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Economic cleansing
The Inland Revenue seems to be trying to drive small companies out of business with its punitive new tax system.
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Pees in a pod
First person Bathrooms prefabricated in the 1960s were a flop, despite cutting-edge design. But were they merely ahead of their time?
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For crying out loud
The ugly clutter of brutalist buildings that constitute the South Bank arts complex just makes you want to weep.
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Many happy returns
The Construction Act is one year old tomorrow, and there really is something to celebrate. It has changed the face of the industry for the better and disgruntled a few lawyers in the process.