Opinion – Page 582
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Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ow
I am writing to inform you of a spelling mistake in your edition dated 2 April 2004.
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The CITB is getting there
Tony Bingham is right to say that the Construction Industry Training Board ought to have such a damn good package on offer that joinery manufacturers would be happy to pay the compulsory levy (2 April, page 50).
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A fair slice of PI
The call from the Association of Consulting Engineers to change the laws relating to joint and several liability is a bold move (2 April, page 50) – even though such a bid to reduce the costs of professional indemnity insurance would not alleviate high premiums in the short term.
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Soundtracks of our lives
I was interested to read your Hansom story regarding the careers section of Gleeds' new website (2 April, page 25).
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Atkins' 24 hour party person
So Keith Clarke has "normal" working hours of 7.30am to 7.30pm, as well as working the occasional Sunday, and is still able to say: "You've got to have a life. If you can't go out and enjoy yourself, what's the point?" (2 April, page 26).This does seem a tad contradictory. ...
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Give him an inch
If it is my chance to design a townhouse for the 21st century (2 April, page 46), why am I being briefed in square feet which we were supposed to have abandoned 30 years ago.
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Wonders & blunders
Trisha Gupta rejoices in the art nouveau interior of an unimposing Essex church, but fails to see why anybody worships the mall
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Our 75 million new neighbours
I'd like to bid a nervous welcome to the new workers joining the European Union's labour force tomorrow.
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Vital surface issues
This was an appeal by the claimant from the first instance decision dismissing a claim for damages arising from an accident. A child, K, was playing in a communal garden controlled by Portsmouth City Council. She tripped on stone in a gravel path leading to the garden and sustained an ...
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Get Cracking
"I don't know much about coding," one housebuilder told me as I researched this issue's cover feature. Lucky man.
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Legal twister
This is a game in which players pretend to be appeal court judges and then try to get themselves into ludicrous positions. Here's how it's done
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CommentKate's impossible dream
Kate Barker damned the construction industry in her report to the government. But she doesn't understand the facts whereof she speaks. So here they are
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Dear Barbara,
Just a quick note, because I know you'll be getting advice in both ears at once courtesy of everyone from Tony Blair and Sir Steve Redgrave to the drivers of Hackney carriages and those lunatics who call radio phone-ins at 3am.
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Don't get caught in cahoots
Tough anti-cartel legislation has enabled the authorities to crack down on price-fixers. To avoid hefty fines, firms must know when co-operation ends and collusion begins
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An open question
The full implications of the Disability Discrimination Act will shortly compel developers to sort out any access issues they may have – or risk paying a hefty price
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CommentForeword: Tony Blair
A message of support from the prime minister for the 10th annual Building Awards 2004
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Green light for government
The defendant approved a development of an accommodation centre for asylum seekers. The development was to be on land owned by the Home Office, but would be operated by its chosen contractor, who would be granted a lease of the land before the development commenced. There had been local opposition ...
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CommentInnocence and experience
If an adjudicator sees something they shouldn't, is there any way that they can escape a charge of bias? Here's how one adjudicator tackled the problem