Opinion – Page 577
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CommentA reader writes - Hobson's choices
John Hobson, until recently the man in charge of construction at the civil service, gives us his take on the future of sustainability and regulation
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CommentWonders & blunders
Paul Burgess praises an atrium that makes the heart soar, but missed chances just make it sore. And check out the new Back Issues …
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A profitable loss
The defendant let certain premises to the claimants under a lease within which the claimants were covenanted "well and substantially to repair renew cleanse and keep in good and substantial repair and condition and maintain the demised premises". Upon expiry of the lease the tenants claimed repayment of an amount ...
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The joy of bricks
I love brick buildings – if only the product was marketed imaginatively so that we had more of them, says architect Dr James Campbell
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The truth about the NFB
I read with interest a story on Eastern European labour in last week's Building (4 June, page 9).
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CommentThe nature of the beast
It may surprise you to learn that lawyers and academics are still not entirely sure what an adjudicator is, what they can do, and what they are like
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A sustained attack
Sustainability is at the top of the government's agenda at the moment. The industry is being bombarded with reports on how to use fewer natural resources and a sustainable buildings code has been proposed that will force designers of public sector buildings and social housing to specify sustainable materials. English ...
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CommentOpen mike: Read 'em and weep
As Jeff Howell's postbag shows, the people the government encouraged to buy their own homes in the 1980s were cut adrift with no idea what to do when they failed
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CommentThe guests are arriving
Isn’t the point of the European Union’s single market to increase the flows of goods, services, capital and labour, and thereby increase economic efficiency?
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CommentThe meddle detector
The Construction Act is coming under review but, while there are good arguments for some change, the scrutinisers should remember: if it ain't broke …
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CommentWe need some fog lights
Two years after Judge Seymour said you couldn't introduce new material once an adjudication had started, we're not much wiser about whether he was right
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A remembrance of things past
I very much doubt that I will be the first correct answer, but the building in your "In the detail" competition is Trellick Tower in Golborne Road London W10 – not to be confused with trendy Notting Hill – designed by Erno Goldfinger and constructed by Holland Hannon and Cubitts.It ...
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Against the system
I am greatly concerned by the increase in the "contributions" required from applicants for planning permission.
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Manufacturing opportunities
I am a second-year building surveying student, and an unusual one, in that I am aged 35, and from a manufacturing background.
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Adult affairs
Clarissa de Waal highlighted a number of points about adult training (Letters, 21 May, page 40) that the CITB is addressing.
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Held accountable
Your piece about the Scottish parliament (28 May, page 22) led with an inaccurate and speculative cost figure of £450m.
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NHBC, know thyself
NHBC chief executive Imtiaz Farookhi in his letter of 21 May (page 40) takes issue with Building for describing the NHBC as a lobbying organisation for housebuilders.
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Shadowing the CIS
Many of the industry's concerns over the Construction Industry Scheme have been recognised by proposals in the Finance Bill, welcomed by the Conservative Party. But the details are still in draft, and this is an opportunity chance to make sure the scheme works. I would be interested to hear from ...