Opinion – Page 265
-
CommentA quick guide to administration
A quick guide to the process of company administration under the Insolvency Act 1986
-
CommentAdjudicator's fees and failure of consideration: Systech vs Harrington
If an adjudicator’s decision is unenforceable by reasons of failing to comply with natural justice, he is still entitled to payment
-
CommentShapps needs to bring out the big guns
If the housing minister is to deliver the ‘gold standard’ number of new homes a year he’ll need to ask the Bank of England for help
-
CommentRip up the rule book
BIM is a radical way of ‘rethinking construction’ - don’t get left behind
-
CommentBuilding memories: British school design in 1948
As Willmott Dixon starts work on ‘off the shelf’ schools, we go back in time to see how Building reported on standardised school design in 1948
-
CommentHansom: Alternative lifestyle
Imagine a world where Olympic athletes excelled at board games, Britain considered surviving on a diet of ants and huge dogs rode around on top of cars … no, it’s not a bad trip, it’s this week in construction
-
CommentPFI: Long live the reformation
The PFI model is seriously damaged but now isn’t the time to throw the baby out with the bathwater, says Steve Beechey of Wates
-
Comment
Inbox: Do the math
This week a five-figure bonus for the boss at the RICS leaves one of its full paying members raging, and the firm behind our article analysing Green Deal costs has some answers about its sums
-
CommentThe year in tweets: Predictions for 2012
So much to say, so little space to say it in. Alastair Stewart, a temporary convert to cyberspace brevity, tweets his thoughts about the likely shape of the year ahead
-
CommentWonders & blunders with Ben Adams
Ben Adams finds spiritual inspiration in the staying power of the Temple Church but searches in vain for a lasting sense of community at the athletes’ village
-
CommentTable manners
According to these two, placing a ladder on a table is fine - just make sure it’s covered with a tablecloth
-
CommentBuilding memories: The Radio Times reports the 1948 Olympics
Our Building Memories campaign continues with a look at how the Radio Times reported the start of the Olympics in 1948
-
CommentBuilding Memories: 1948 Olympics and beyond
Campaign will include features and images of projects from the last century from Building’s archive
-
CommentJurisdiction and stay of execution: Partner Projects Ltd vs Corinthian Nominees Ltd
This case highlighted the issue of whether an adjudicator can award interest on top of a claim, and when a stay of interest can be granted
-
CommentSlip sliding away
Careful planning is needed to ensure the success of public sector procurement – and the cracks are already starting to show
-
Comment
Inbox: A numbers game
Readers note that a decision not to invest can be a wise one, that the big helping the small could amount to fewer accidents and that some calculations about the Green Deal could be flawed
-
CommentThe Green Deal: Sustainability suspended
The government’s half-hearted approach to the Green Construction Board and now the Green Deal suggests a worrying lack of commitment to the eco agenda, says Richard Steer
-
CommentWonders & blunders with Jeremy Till
Jeremy Till celebrates the democratic, contested space of Tent City outside St Paul’s but decries the increasing privatisation of our cities, symbolised by the gate to Paternoster Square
-
CommentBrian Green on … construction output
The sectors the industry are looking to for growth are stagnating - and the government needs to respond quickly
-
