Opinion – Page 621
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CommentGo whistle
You may think that recent court cases mean you can add a clever payment clause to your contract and wriggle out of the referee's award. Think again …
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Right plan, wrong man
There's nothing the matter with Ken Livingstone's vision of a city the size of Leeds in Thames Gateway, but he could never build a political coalition to bring it off
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Intercontinental comparisons
Adjudication has many supporters but few of them would claim it's perfect. So perhaps we could learn a few lessons from how it's done in other countries?
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Balance of payments
Whack a huge interest rate on late payments and it may be considered an unenforceable penalty. Go too low and you fall foul of the Late Payments Act
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Some rights and wrongs
I am sorry if John Smith thought that my letter of 17 January was "a collection of anodyne platitudes" (24 January, page 34).
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OK lads, just, er, do your stuff
In the light of the recent correspondence on training, particularly John Smith's last letter (24 January, page 34), may I draw your attention to a parallel problem facing site managers?
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The tip of an iceberg
I was very flattered to read my profile in Building last week (17 January, 26-30), but this is only equalled by my embarrassment.
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What drop in numbers?
I am very concerned at your news article (24 January, page 11) claiming that there has been a big decline in entry to construction courses.
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Teaching's not so tough
In your article on salaries at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (17 January, page 9), under the subheading "How T5 salaries compare", the salary for a teacher in London is quoted as £26,000.
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Top-heavy success
The article entitled "We love you" (24 January, page 22) reaches some shocking conclusions about how much building consultants contribute to the economic well-being of the UK.
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O ye of little faith
If God is in the details, then there are one heck of a lot of buildings going up devoid of the least sign of the divine presence …
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Held to account
The pursuers, Va Tech and the Miller Group, entered into a construction consortium agreement. In accordance with that agreement they were to jointly offer to design, procure and construct a sludge treatment centre at Daldowie and, if their bid was successful, carry out those works. The offer was successful: Va ...
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John Armitt's coup
Network Rail wants to end the contract culture by taking on the role of contractor and subcontractor. Could this be the end of the line for disputes?
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Back to basics
What is a construction contract? Oddly enough, we're still struggling with that one – and as for agreeing what constitutes reasonable remuneration for work, well …
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Seize the day
So far we've missed every opportunity to turn the derelict Thames Gateway region into the solution for all our housing problems. Now is the time
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The perils of Poland
Continuing our look at the peculiarities of law codes in Europe, it seems that, in Poland, developers have to protect themselves against their architects
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Blame it on Bingham
Tony Bingham's article (20 December 2002, page 40) referred to the "axiomatic effect" of an adjudication whereby a contractor can be held liable for liquidated damages during a period of time not covered by an extension of time award.