Opinion 鈥� Page 448
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CommentWhat the war taught us
The industry launched a campaign three years ago to persuade the government to junk plans for a planning gain supplement and, lo and behold, it succeeded. Now we need to learn the lessons
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Bennett (Electrical) Services vs Inviron
This was a summary judgment application to enforce an adjudication award. A dispute had arisen between the parties in the course of electrical installation works that the Claimant was carrying out for the Defendant. The Claimant referred the dispute to adjudication, however the Defendant asserted that the adjudicator did not ...
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CommentThe many lives of Richard Rogers
He may have made his name as an architectural disemboweller, but he has cemented it with a constantly evolving style and widening interests. Tarek Merlin assesses his career
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The Lords鈥� diagnosis
Joe Griffiths聽Can an employer be found negligent if the presence of asbestos fibres in a former worker鈥檚 lungs causes clinical depression? The House of Lords thought not
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CommentC is for copyright, D is for defects
The A to Z of construction law聽Our instant course in legal concepts continues with some advice on how to protect your design ideas and what to do if defects come to light on your building
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CommentStrong language
What Roger Madelin calls King鈥檚 Cross protesters, why Constructing Excellence would like to learn Japanese swear words 鈥� and what is that terrifying noise coming from the bathroom?
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星空传媒 buys a pint for鈥� Anshen + Allen
We meet on a dark autumn鈥檚 evening. The clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in and it鈥檚 Halloween tomorrow. Spooky goings-on are afoot.
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CommentConstruction takes centre stage
This week offered a fantastic shop window for construction. First there was the glamour surrounding the Queen鈥檚 opening of St Pancras and the high-speed rail link.
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Bad, bad, bad
The suggestion of a 10-15% reduction in the UK鈥檚 renewable energy target is bad news on many levels.
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Spread the risk
My first thought on reading your article on the 拢1bn defence training academy in St Athan, south Wales, (26 October, page 15) was 鈥渘ever put all your eggs in one basket鈥�.
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Hotpants
In your article about BAA being forced to remove plastic windows from listed buildings, Douglas Kent says 鈥減utting plastic double-glazed windows into an old building is like dressing your great granny up in hotpants,鈥� and 鈥渇rom an energy conservation viewpoint is one of the least effective measures you can take.鈥�
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CommentConsider the bat
So, the competition was to design a des res for a few hundred flying midge munchers, but the results were revelatory 鈥� and strangely important for all of us鈥�
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Fulcrum Consulting
We鈥檙e in the Old China Hand, which is a 30-second dash across the road from Fulcrum鈥檚 Clerkenwell office.
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CommentDifferent classes
聽If a government adviser on education design spent a day in a modern school for boys with emotional problems, what would she learn?
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Wonders & blunders
Simon McWhirter picks two lots of housing: one a happy and healthy sustainable development, the other a decrepit and depressing tower block
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CommentMore DIY disasters
Show me a bespoke contract and I鈥檒l show you a powerful client throwing its weight around. But having said that, are they better than standard fare? The short answer is 鈥榥o鈥�
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Are you making your staff鈥檚 life a misery?
Millions of days are lost each year because of stress, depression and anxiety. In addition, the quality of work suffers. It therefore makes sense to reduce the pressure on your workers