Opinion – Page 574
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Don't, don't you want me
The JCT appears to have rejected the idea of incorporating the SCL delay and disruption supplement into its contracts – which has provoked a bit of a debate …
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Damned if you do …
Doubts are growing about whether adjudication can deal with professional negligence claims, the reason being that it struggles to cope with expert witnesses
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Lend Lease replies
Your feature article "Down Under" (2 July, pages 24-27) demands a response, if only to put your readers' minds at rest that Bovis Lend Lease is not for sale.
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We're all German now
Until 1993, I was responsible for the Department of the Environment's construction research programme.
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A call to arms
I am becoming extremely frustrated with the mainly positive press that adjudication receives and which in my view is not deserved.
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Howdy partner
I sympathise with the views expressed by Oliver Raymond (Letters, 2 July, page 32) regarding unscrupulous main contractors who, under the guise of partnering, still persist in going to the open market in an effort to drive down cost.However, I can provide a simple answer. Seek out ...
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Jarvis on the brink
There won't be too many tears shed in the construction industry this week over the spectacle of Jarvis teetering on the edge of the precipice.
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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.