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The pleasure principle
First person Functional buildings are all very well, but thank goodness we can still erect structures just to cheer ourselves up.
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Please relieve me
Second opinion Public toilets may be out of sight but they shouldn’t be out of mind – so why so many drastic design faults?
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The knife at our throats
The Revenue’s “concessions” on its new tax rules will cause major damage. This is a plea to John Prescott for help.
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Prime suspect
If the future of construction lies in the hands of today’s get-rich-quick builders, what future has architecture?
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Real world architecture
Architecture is self-obsessed and self-indulgent when it needs to be part of commercial and technical reality.
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The selective approach
Prime contracting is a great idea, but only for projects that lend themselves to the approach. Not all do.
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Re-educating clients
Contractors can t make all the changes Sir John Egan called for on their own. Clients have to play their part, too.
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Reasons to be cheerful
A look at the impact of the Egan report by the man that reported on construction five years ago.
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That uncertain feeling
Second opinion The road to construction hell is paved with indecision. Thank God for people who know what they want.
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Green carrots, please
First person Tax breaks on green construction would encourage developers and provide a new revenue stream for QSs.
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Down with designers
Architects are arrogant and have poor management skills. So, why do we give them so much power?
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Slow burner
Lengthy disputes cannot always be blamed on the courts. One case lasted five years because the parties tried to gain an early advantage.
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Wembley winner
The new national stadium will be a vast improvement on the existing dump. So, isn t it about time we built it?
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Let’s get together
Sceptics who pine for the days when Britain ruled the waves should snap out of it and embrace the euro.
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Auf wiedersehen, pet
First person Foreign labourers have always been a part of the construction industry. But what kind of workers do they make?
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Prudence is back in town
First person Self-regulation is the best regulation and the anti-cowboy taskforce report is the industry putting its own house in order.
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Ringing the changes
The industry is moving forward, despite protests to the contrary. Now it is our publicity that needs shifting up a gear.
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Let’s be Candide
The optimist says this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true. Either way, the PFI is doing OK.
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Economic cleansing
The Inland Revenue seems to be trying to drive small companies out of business with its punitive new tax system.
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Pees in a pod
First person Bathrooms prefabricated in the 1960s were a flop, despite cutting-edge design. But were they merely ahead of their time?