Opinion – Page 578
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CommentReach and grasp
Don't believe the hype – the buildings of the future that designers imagined in the 1960s are as far beyond our ability to build now as they were then
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Bias without prejudice
Specialist Ceiling Services Northern Limited obtained an adjudicator's decision against ZBI Construction UK Limited. In this application Specialist sought enforcement of a summary judgment of that decision against the defendant ZBI.
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Miss Mediation
Is it ever permissable to bypass mediation and go straight to court? The answer is yes. A useful guide as to when emerged out of a recent appeal court case
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Let's take a closer look
By now you'll be aware that mediation is the hot topic of conversation this week. But just what did go on at the Court of Appeal to cause all this fuss?
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CommentWonders & blunders
Ian MacMillan admires the brutal emotion of a Holocaust memorial but is horrified by a riverside London apartment block
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Settling the costs of mediation
This was a medical negligence action arising out of the death of the claimant's 83-year-old husband. A post mortem examination initially suggested that the deceased had died as a result of liquid food being directed by a tube into his lung instead of his stomach. This finding was challenged at ...
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Dear John …
Colin Harding addresses an open letter to the deputy prime minister, sincerely bestowing warmest felicitations on his latest achievement – and offering a few helpful hints
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First steps
It's hard to imagine now, but when Richard Rogers and his fellow members of the urban taskforce unveiled their grand vision for revitalising rundown towns and cities, it seemed like the manifesto of some radical art movement from the mid-20th century
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CommentBrief encounter: Has Sir John helped?
We pick up where Tony Bingham left off, discussing Sir John Dyson's decision in the Halsey vs Milton Keynes NHS Trust case and asking where it leaves mediation
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Two sides of the coin
I was interested to read Gus Alexander's article highlighting the design inadequacies of the Metropolitan Police HQ in Lewisham (7 May, page 39)
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A weary hack writes
Congratulations for acknowledging – at last – that too many housebuilders treat their customers with disdain, if not contempt (16 April, page 42).
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Treasury, give us our money
The majority of articles and correspondence I have seen recently regarding the issue of late payments seems to focus on the relationship between contractor and subcontractor
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Something to hide?
It is extremely disappointing to read that yet again pressure-testing of houses has not been included in the proposed changes to the Building Regulations (21 May, page 18).
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… the experts think so
Our work at BRE has shown huge variation in the air leakage of new homes.
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You can't blame the builders …
Absolutely – pressure-testing should be compulsory on domestic properties.
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The good within us
We all like to chastise industry sinners for their unfair partnering deals, but who notices the saints? Perhaps if we took more interest in their work we'd learn a thing or two
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Nothing left to give?
A government review of construction's ability to refurbish Britain's public services is overdue (see news).
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I name the guilty men
If you want to know why your fitted kitchen doesn't fit, then read this column and discover that you are the victim of a decade of systematic incompetence …