Opinion – Page 608
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Architects Week point
Architects are 'celebrating' their very own Week, during which they will try to convince us they are about to change the world. It's a worrying trend …
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Fault lines
Blaming the construction manager has become a popular pastime of clients. They would be better off claiming against the real cause of their problems
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CommentWonders & blunders
I applaud a bank's eco-activism in Docklands but lament the wastefulness of energy-ignorant refurbishment
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Spurred on by sport
It is patent nonsense to argue that the London Development Agency's commitment to the London Olympics will undermine regeneration in the Thames Gateway (20 June, page 13).
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It doesn't get any easier
I have spent more than four decades in construction, with more than three of those in management, but your article "The dark side of construction" (27 June, page 40) still shook me.
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Off with his head!
In Edinburgh last month on business, I had a chance to look at the parliament building.
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Just do it
I was surprised to read Dermot Gleeson's comments on the Major Contractors Group's progress towards health and safety targets (20 June, page 15).
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A well-oiled machine
I hate to bring up the subject of the RICS again. I know how upsetting it is, but I had occasion to contact it, requesting any pamphlets it might have on quantity surveying.
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A wee problem with the windaes
The front cover of Building (20 June) featured a picture of a window at the Scottish parliament building.
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The expert's opinion
This was an appeal by the defendant from an order of Judge Hull QC in which he refused Katra's challenge to an order confirming a previous strike-out order. The claimant was seeking to recover the sum of £2,789.63 in respect of building works, by arguing that the quality of the ...
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CommentInstant justice
Believe it or not, some people still argue about the relative merits of arbitration and adjudication. But for ease of use, speed and cost, the latter wins hands down
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A concrete example
The widespread amendment of design-and-build contracts heaps undefined risks on contractors and breeds disputes. But soon all cards will have to be on the table
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Machiavelli's advice
What does the future hold for contractors? History can give us some of the answers – and so can a well known renaissance philosopher
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Deathwatch
It is estimated that 1.5 million non-residential premises in the UK may be affected by a new regulation to control asbestos at work. Is yours going to be one of them?
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If it walks like a duck …
… and it talks like a duck and it looks like a duck (etc) then it probably is a duck. The same principle applies to contracts. Let me explain
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A misdiagnosis?
We write in reference to your feature on the Cumberland Infirmary (30 May, page 38).