Opinion – Page 655
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Best of both worlds
The benefits of a hybrid procurement route on major projects can be lost by the failure to agree a contract sum. All that is needed is a proper strategy on risk
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The legal league
How have the top legal firms done in the past year? Chambers and Partners has just published its version of the legal Oscars – here's a rundown of who's in the limelight.
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Prestige doesn't pay
First person An architect with a stunning building concept a great job, right? Wrong. British builders just won't take the risk.
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The wandering stadium
First person Where to put a British Olympic stadium? Tony Banks says Wembley is the only choice. But don't rule out Picketts Lock.
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Privileged positions
Second opinion Why are there so few black architects? You might as well ask why there are so few from poor backgrounds.
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We are the champions
Awards build team spirit and remind clients and the public how important the industry is. In fact, we could do with a few more of them.
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The design decade
Designers won’t have to wait much longer to become a fully integrated and properly paid part of the team.
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Not a con, an icon
A theme park? 178 tennis courts? Hi-tec office space? Whatever you do with the dome, don’t dismantle it.
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Norm’s the norm
First person Love it or loathe it, at least Lord Foster’s work has a distinctive style. It’s just a shame so many architects copy it.
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An adjudicator is not a judge
The Human Rights Act has jurisdiction over those whose work is of a public nature. But an adjudicator is a private person performing a private function, so he must remain outside the scope of the act.
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Double trouble
First person After recent takeovers and mergers, it’s worth remembering that few acquisitions in construction have really prospered.
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Why I quit
First person The Construction Confederation is divisive, obstructive and dominated by the majors. So, George & Harding is saying goodbye.
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Adapt or die
Second opinion That curious animal, the quantity surveyor, is endangered. It must find a new evolutionary niche to survive.
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Divided we fall
First person - The industry s safety record has deteriorated badly, and the whole project team must share the responsibility for improving it.
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Lucky numbers
The National Lottery has bankrolled a regeneration revolution. Let's hope its new operator can keep up the good work.
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Rising above the rest
First person Works of genius are instantly recognisable, impossible to define and are, at bottom, the difference between right and wrong.
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State benefits
First person The tables have been turned on private clients as the public sector increasingly embraces partnering and best practice.
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Pass the portal
First person Construction Internet portals promise the world, but do we really need them? If we do, it may be the small firms that win.
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Casting a block vote
Second opinion Rather than sounding the death knell of aircrete, changes to energy regulations should breathe new life into it.
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Losing at Wembley
First person It s no wonder the national stadium keeps hitting obstacles: it has the wrong price, the wrong client and the wrong location.