Opinion – Page 616
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Why don't we build more houses?
Despite record growth in house prices, the number of new homes we build continues to decline. Housing output per head of population in the UK is lower than in any other major western economy. This trend is unlikely to reverse in the next few years. It is the ...
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Imhotep & Sons
The first ever architect was so successful, his descendants became pharoahs. Now, 4500 years later, the profession is still plagued by the unreliability of dynasties
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Lost clauses
An architect can't just put the RIBA adjudication provisions into a contract with a homeowner and hope for the best. If he doesn't draw attention to them, they may be worthless
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At the mercy of the panel
The combustibility of cladding panels is a hot topic, and it's left one architect facing millions of pounds in damages and building owners struggling to afford insurance
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It's still all to play for
I want to respond to Steve Elkin's letter (14 March, page 34), which criticised the Construction Industry Training Board for "pulling the funding" of Regional Construction Careers Groups.
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Vote of no confidence
Harking back to Tony Bingham's "Blair vs Hussein" article (28 February, page 50), I would find in favour of Mr Hussein.
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Lawyer: know thy stuff
Philip Harris says the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations are unpopular and ineffective (14 March, page 54), and asks the question, what if they came in the form of contractual terms and the right to compensation?
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Just deserts, on two counts
I would like to respond to two of your articles. Firstly, I am troubled by environmental matters – I see all the energy we use and the waste we generate and wonder how can we sustain this?
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Middle classes welcome
In the first of a new series, Brian Moone accuses columnist John Smith of inverted snobbery
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Let's be Bold
Britain is full of boring-looking, traditionally built houses, so what's so bad about an equally boring-looking house that has been built in a factory?
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We’re all key workers now
The good news is that the government's communities plan announced an overall increase in investment in affordable housing for 2003/4 and beyond, with at least £1bn set aside for key worker housing over three years.
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Alphabet soup
If you want to be sure your scheme doesn't get into trouble, make sure the wording of any planning agreement is clear
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An appealing offer
This was an appeal and cross appeal from the first instance judge's order in respect of costs. The case itself related to physical and sexual abuse at the defendant's children's home, but the point in this appeal relates to costs and Part 36 offers. Royal & Sun Alliance was the ...
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The tao of GC/Works 1
The GC/Works 1 contract has had an overhaul, and is probably now the best in the business, but projects only work when oneness is achieved …
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Never trust a copper
Mr and Mrs Venables found that the water pipes in their new home were ruined, so they sued their plumber. What followed illustrated an important legal point
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Brief encounter: When can you kill people?
Are the US and Britain be within their legal rights to invade Iraq? The second in our series of chatrooms tackles their motives and the nature of the UN debate
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A paradise for parasites
To shut out small firms, the Treasury made the PFI process so adversarial that it got captured by lawyers, who are now eating us out of schools and hospitals
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You're forgetting someone
Your editorial on the Congestion Charge (7 March, page 3) came as something of a surprise to the manufacturers and distributors in the construction industry.