All Comment articles 鈥� Page 730
-
Comment
Publicity is weighed, not read
I was dismayed to see the amount of publicity you gave to the racist British National Party (31 January, page 26). This serves absolutely no good purpose to either your magazine or the industry in general. Your sole reason, presumably, for interviewing him was because he is supposedly a ...
-
Comment
Ministry of silly sports
Why are we building one dual-use stadium that wouldn't be used for athletics, and considering a 拢300m athletics stadium that would only be used once?
-
Comment
Standard issue
Thank you for mentioning the formation of the Modular Society in your Back Issues section (31 January, page 34).
-
Comment
Unlikely inspiration
Your legal columnist Tony Bingham tells us that he has recently been giving a helping hand to the Malta Arbitration Centre, acting as a minor judge in an effort to reduce the huge backlog of civil litigation cases.
-
-
Comment
O'Rourke's drift
So Ray O'Rourke's fusiliers are going to make 拢55,000 a year while they put up Terminal 5, are they? Maybe, but they'll have to win some battles first 鈥�
-
Comment
Loose definitions
I was intrigued to note in this week's issue (31 January, page 38) that you have recently introduced a 星空传媒 Award that "recognises the contribution of young people in construction".
-
Comment
A future for communism?
Bull Dunster's plans to build the green homes that the traditional development market will not fund (7 February, page 15) are to be applauded, and could be the thin end of what may become a sizeable wedge.
-
Comment
Quick, pass the binoculars
Coming up to the arbitration it's Aintree, Aintree making good ground, Aintree by a length, buy my goodness, HOK's taken them to court! HOK has taken 鈥�
-
Comment
The devil's bargain
John Prescott can't cut a deal with the firefighters, but he's found more compliant negotiating partners in housebuilders.
-
Comment
Reversing ahead
Are reverse auctioning and best value legally compatible for public authorities? EU procurement rules would suggest not. But what if the rules change?
-
CommentAdjudication is king
Almost five years into adjudication, are we moving away from what parliament intended the process to be? Very likely, but that's all for the good
-
Comment
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.
-
Comment
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 拢26,000.
-
Comment
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).
-
Comment
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
-
Comment
The tip of an iceberg
I was very flattered to read my profile in 星空传媒 last week (17 January, 26-30), but this is only equalled by my embarrassment.
-
-
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 鈥�