Opinion 鈥� Page 475
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CommentDouble lives
Regarding your proposed excursion into another life (16 February, page 46), I have problems finding enough time to live a real life 鈥� how can I run a second one?
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Dont give up the fight
The frustration and inequity surrounding the employment of immigrants and the obtaining of training visas for QSs cannot be underestimated. Yet to give up trying because the hurdles seem too great will do further injustice to a vital contributor to the UK鈥檚 economy and its built environment.
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A platform for idiocy
Regarding the workers on the YouTube video 鈥� let it drop! The more space given to these clips (23 February, page 10) the more people will stage them.
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The unsung heroes lament
The unsung heroes鈥� lament I write regarding your article (5 January, page 36) with horoscopes of the 12 facets of the building industry. The contractor is one of the 12, as are the architect and the client but I鈥檓 gobsmacked engineers aren鈥檛 mentioned.
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Urban Initiatives
鈥淒eveloping the evening economy is an essential part of regeneration projects,鈥� pronounces Marcus. 鈥淎nd we鈥檙e very happy to do our bit.鈥�
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CommentBring back the DoE
Construction has been bounced around portfolios since 2001. But this industry needs a dedicated minister, working out of a strong Department of the Environment. Come on, Gordon, do the right thing
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CommentA stand-up row
Surely it was the operator鈥檚 responsibility to alleviate overcrowding on the crammed trams of Croydon? Well, not unless a performance standard was agreed in the PFI contract
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CommentFighting fit
Ray O鈥橰ourke stirs up Anglo-Irish rivalry, 星空传媒 defends itself in court and Gardiner & Theobald鈥檚 QSs battle to be the ultimate bridge-building champions 鈥� all to a backdrop of classical music ...
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CommentTo build or not to build
The fact that most local authorities, urban ones anyway, regularly accept and embrace contemporary architecture is a mark of great progress.
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CommentWe鈥檙e not just building schools here
星空传媒 Schools for the Future can be a real force for good if we tackle the flaws in the bid process. Once that鈥檚 done, says Paul Foster, we can radically change the way children learn
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Dead letters
Subcontractors too must beware of relying on a letter of intent as the courts have made clear that its use may jeopardise the right to adjudicate and thus make the pursuit of claims under the letter more difficult
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CommentThe do-it-yourself pillory
State your case聽Litigants beware! If you go to court to decide a sensitive dispute, the jackals of the press may have a right to see some of the papers you鈥檝e filed. So, Simon Brew asks, anyone for arbitration?
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Land Securities
Most of the team are halfway through their first beers by the time Steve and I arrive at 4pm on a Tuesday afternoon.
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CommentEvery little helps
How refreshing to see somebody point out the exodus of staff from Tesco鈥檚 property division at last. I spent several years as a consultant for Tesco, working almost exclusively on its developments, and saw a number of changes over the years. In the past ten years it became more 鈥渞uthlessly ...
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Poaching QSs
There is a clear shortage of well-trained QSs today, as the list of any agency will illustrate. Last week, after trying to get my equity partner to defect, an agency asked if he knew anyone else in the firm interested in moving.
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A dead loss
I was disappointed to read the article about the Dead Sea project (23 February).
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Spitting image
The artist who painted the intrepid Mr Bingham this week needs his hands breaking!