Opinion – Page 588
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CommentWonders & blunders
Mike Driver bends a reverential knee to a Finnish church but makes the sign of the cross before a north London office block …
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You've been warned
Your article "Click to Survive" (30 January, page 36) was thought-provoking and timely.
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Marking your cards
George Brumwell’s hopes of saving lives by registering all foreign workers with the CSCS card scheme (13 February, page 14) is flawed.
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No excuses
Your lead news article on 6 February, "Multiplex warned 'safety is a serious concern with PC Harrington'" highlights just how far we have to go.
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Guarding your patch
I can imagine how some of our readers will react to this month’s cover feature on the move by commercial developers into the residential sector. Some housebuilders will be outraged at the sheer brass neck of the Lipton family and their suggestion that housebuilding is so inefficient that it will ...
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Exceptions rule
No, no, of course insurers don't try anything to avoid paying out on an all-risks policy. Still, just to be sure, apply a magnifying glass to that small print …
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CommentThe silent service
Adjudicators aren't private eyes – or inquiry judges – looking into every detail of a case. They're paid just to assess the arguments … then keep their mouths shut
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Don't build Crossrail …
it is an astronomically expensive way of depopulating our capital city. Far more egalitarian would be to spend the money on housing subsidies in central London
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Victims of the system
It's been a bad week for the paperclip posse. On Tuesday, the government and the Tories called for a mass cull of civil servants.
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Are you considering an Italian job?
Berlusconi's push to bring private finance into public works could be a nice little earner for UK firms. But there may be constitutional hitches ahead …
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A rise in pre-profit tax
Sorry about this, but there are some grim changes to tax law in the pipeline, and the effect will be to make consultants look much harder at the jobs they take on
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Very little change …
The RICS has embarrassed itself by refusing to recognise the demand for an extraordinary general meeting on the subject of subscriptions and governance.
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Yes, I have regrets
Having being a member of the RICS for some 10 years, I think the current 32% increase to be deplorable.
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What RICS stands for
I have been following with interest the debate in your magazine regarding the RICS, and after the latest issue (6 February) have been tempted to chip in regarding the institution and what it represents.
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Playing fast and loose
The claimant, Galliford Try Construction Limited, was the contractor for the redevelopment of the Wellesley Hotel in Wellington Road, Leeds, into residential apartments. Michael Heal Associates Limited provided pre-tender structural engineering services to the original developer. The development was completed on a design-and-build basis, and the appointment of Michael ...
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Cat, pigeons, pigeons, cat
Just when we thought we'd got a handle on how adjudication is supposed is to work, along comes Judge Wilcox and introduces a feline to the coop …