Opinion – Page 502

  • Comment

    Disputing the dispute

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The applicant charterers Exfin applied to set aside an arbitration award in favour of the respondent ship-owners, Tolani for some US$130,000. Exfin argued that there was no “dispute” between the parties pursuant to the arbitration clause in the parties’ contract because Exfin had admitted the liability, the amount of the ...

  • Comment

    Now and then - Meddling with the housing market

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    David Rogers on how the problems we face now are the same ones that defeated us 89 years ago

  • Comment

    Sharing the spoils

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The British aggregates industry may be able to recoup millions of pounds from the government if the European Court of First Instance declares the imposition of a levy to be illegal. The $64,000 question is whether customers will also benefit

  • Nick Henchie
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    Home truths about builders

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Getting home improvement projects completed on time and to budget is no mean feat – even when the client is a lawyer. The key is having the right contract

  • State your case
    Comment

    Too late in the day

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    State your case - Commentators have been quick to welcome TCC judges doubling as mediators but John Price thinks they miss the point – mediation should come long before court proceedings

  • 99% campaign
    Comment

    Time for a stock-take

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    I am certainly of the opinion that we must place greater emphasis on the need to improve the energy efficiency of the existing building stock (23 June, page 30).

  • Comment

    Educations what you need

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    In addition to the ideas listed in your article, can I suggest that creating awareness of energy use and waste through energy handbooks could contribute to erergy savings?

  • Comment

    999 needs help

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    We are a fire and rescue service, and we would like to incorporate more energy-efficient elements in our offices, but there is no (or little) support from the government for this.

  • Comment

    The campaigns already begun

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    While I support the intention of your 99% campaign, the article shows a lack of awareness of what has been happening in the field of improving the energy efficiency and reducing the carbon emissions from existing buildings in the UK over the past 10 years.

  • Comment

    Whither Sir Godfrey?

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    I know that you will have received countless observations on who was left out of the ǿմý Hall of Fame, but I have to express my disappointment, having joined Wimpey as a trainee QS in 1963, about the omission of Sir Godfrey Mitchell, when Sir John Laing and Lord Taylor ...

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    A fresher ǿմý

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations on the new format. I think the improvements are all very positive and give a much fresher feel to the magazine.

  • Comment

    Hip to be squarer

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    I wanted to pass on our congratulations on the new design of ǿմý.

  • Comment

    Students: free money here

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Students who read your piece on graduate debt and pay (23 June, page 68) may be interested to hear about the Inspire Scholarships scheme.

  • Thanks to Marcus Wroe for this one. He writes: “A friend of mine saw these two making some repairs on a wire over a busy road in Shanghai and just had to take a photo of them. What, no method statement?!”
    Comment

    Useful things, ladders

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Two cracking ladder-related health & safety blunders this week …

  • Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?
    Comment

    In the detail

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Open mike
    Comment

    Urban design with guitar!

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Open mike - Bands such as the Arctic Monkeys have put Sheffield on the pop-cultural map. Now, their energy is feeding into the debate about the city’s regeneration

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Sons and lovers

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    O’Rourke junior closes in on his old man’s job, a muscular architect dreams of forbidden love with a lady lawyer and a contractor turns its site office into an art gallery

  • Comment

    My favourites

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    This week - Julia Evans

  • Denise Chevin
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    Thank heavens for the Olympics

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    It’s been a devil of a week on the playing fields. The English cricket team was whitewashed by Sri Lanka, all the Brits crashed out of Wimbledon and the football team … well let’s not go there.

  • Comment

    Who gets the final word?

    2006-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The parties contracted on 2 May 2001 to carry out works in Perth. This comprised alterations to a building in order to produce a water-tight shell. The contract incorporated the conditions of the Scottish ǿմý Contract without Quantities, Contractor’s Design Portion (January 2000 revision), with amendments. The work began on ...