Opinion – Page 580
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CommentOpen mike: Eve of destruction
Architect Owen Luder reckons his infamous Tricorn Centre was unjustly demolished without a fair trial; now we must stop his Get Carter car park suffering the same fate
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Getting into Harvard
The business press doesn't write about construction's management strategies, universities don't study them … Are they trying to tell us something?
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A taxing issue
The defendant had a contract to remove about 425,000 tonnes of material from the site of a new warehouse and lorry park. The claimant sought to require the defendant to register for the aggregates levy pursuant to Section 24(2) of the Finance Act 2001 ("the Act"). The defendant maintained that ...
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Ann Minogue welcomes us to the tedious, futile, wasteful, aggressive, pointless, hypocritical, irrelevant, bullying, baffling and pretentious world of her top 10 pet hates
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CommentPicking the ponies
The people who hire adjudicators want intelligent, nimble beasts that cover the ground at a gallop while safely leaping legal hurdles. But how can they get them?
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The asbestos challenge
Asbestos rules are about to be updated, and they affect all those who manage business properties. And if you don't comply, you may face criminal charges
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10 years on
The review of the Construction Act is not going to be Son of Constructing the Team – there aren't enough hours in the day – but it will be timely
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CommentDiary of an architectural practice, aged 4½ months
This month staff at Make have careered from the sublimely fit to the ridiculously unhealthy, with a marathon effort and an impromptu doughnut-athon
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CommentMarketwatch: retirement housing
In 2001 there were 9.4 million people aged 65 or above in the UK, a 51% increase from 1951.
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Comment*Cosying up ...
Why you should get chummy with the rapidly expanding Pegasus Retirement Homes
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*Tips on protecting your business from terrorism
The government's security advisors, MI5, recently published advice on putting security measures in place to protect against terrorism as well as crime. Here's the top, er, 11 …
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A sharp reminder
The publication this week of the National Audit Office's report into health and safety on building sites has done the industry a favour.
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Permanent fixes
The Institution of Chemical Engineers has a model form that seems to eliminate disputes. So should any of it be adopted by the construction industry?
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Shula, I've been thinking
Using oilseed rape as a fuel, whether popularised on The Archers or not, could be the answer to getting communities to embrace renewable energy
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CommentWonders & blunders
Anthony Wilson picks two modern Mancunian buildings, one a triumph of architectural art, the other … er, you’d better read it yourself
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A pricing problem
The defendant desired to sell his property, No.1 Horbury Mews and engaged the claimant (an estate agent) to assist him. On the advice of the claimant the defendant agreed, on the 29 June 2001, to market his property at £1.5m. An offer from a third party was received and accepted. ...
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Beware their clause
An innocent-seeming sentence in a contract can have potentially fatal repercussions on your liabilities – as the following example demonstrates