Opinion – Page 592
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Sit up and take notice
Do you have trouble figuring out whether you need to give notice of abatement? And do you know the difference between set-off and abatement? If not, read on
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Retro effect
Do the work then sign a contract. Bonkers? Maybe, but it happens all the time. If you ever do it, just make sure it’s clear the contract covers work already carried out
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Doing the twist
Judges don't like it when a party plays fast and loose with the adjudication process, shifting ground opportunistically or otherwise giving itself wriggle room
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Old-fashioned fun
My, isn't Edinburgh beautiful? It just goes to show, there's nothing wrong with revivalism and pastiche – after all, architecture used to be playful
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A matter of honours
It is little wonder that there were just nine architects, and precisely nobody from construction, among the 300 refuseniks revealed in the Sunday Times to have turned down a New Year's honour.
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Double jeopardy
If a contractor goes bust, a client can keep work on course by paying the subbie directly. But principles of insolvency law must be observed or they could shell out twice
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Guilt-free lawyer-lite
Taken a vow of abstinence? Girding yourself for the rigours of rapid detox? The lawyers among you should turn your attention some to some proper resolutions
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Foreign workers? Not a problem
Re: your article about protests against cheap foreign labour (News, 5 December, page 13).
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Superwoman speaks
I am a regular reader of your award-winning magazine and I have been a contributor before on race discrimination issues.
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Can you help stop CSCS fraud?
I read with interest your Leader article which referred to the availability of fake Construction Skills Certification Scheme cards (28 November, page 3).
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CommentWonders & blunders
Joan Bakewell gives rave reviews to an institutional home for books, but a north London theatre gets a scathing critique
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Building Honours List 2004
Only three people from the construction people were recognised in the 2004 Honours List, which is a meagre return when you consider that two million people work in the industry. Building is eager to redress the balance and acknowledge those unsung heroes who have made a significant contribution to the ...
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Street fighting
Leicestershire County council (LCC) charged Transco Plc (Transco) the sum of £111,500 for six separate failures to complete under-street works to gas pipes on time. Transco was required by statute to give a notice when its works were complete, and it had failed to do so, although it gave notice ...
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Keep it simple, stupid
Anybody of the opinion that the law is a mammal of the genus equus asinus will be nodding their heads to this plea for common-sense adjudication rules …
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CommentSuspect everyone
Look, it's nothing personal but I just don't trust any of you – and you'd be mad to trust me or each other. If we could all understand this, there'd a lot less grief
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The couch brigade
Billions have been earmarked for new schools and hospitals, but who's going to build them? Either we rely on the Europeans – or we poach a few psychiatrists
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Costa bundle
Forward funding agreements for property in Spain are almost as popular as beach resorts. But you'd better know how Spanish law treats them or risk paying out