Opinion – Page 508

  • Michael Latham
    Comment

    A civil partnership

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    We all know partnering works, so why isn't everyone doing it? We should be setting a better example to the young people joining the industry

  • Robert Akenhead
    Comment

    Courtly love

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    The furore surrounding Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge has thrown the spotlight on the TCC, which after a bad patch is now winning the hearts of litigants

  • Comment

    Ignorance is no excuse

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Many small firms flout environmental regulations because of a mistaken belief they won't be prosecuted. Now there's a website that spells out your obligations

  • Stuart Pemble
    Comment

    Very damaging

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    There are signs that the courts may get even tougher on cartels by imposing a more stringent definition of compensation

  • Comment

    Bland aid

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    The article on healthcare building in Wigan (5 May, pages 48-51) seemed to be trying to find fault with LIFT as a mechanism without being terribly successful. There seemed to be an uncomfortable acknowledgement that it was better, but not necessarily good.

  • Harding (left) and Bennetts: Both had a point to make
    Comment

    The plywood

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    In a former life as a site manager, I was charged with carrying out £800,000 of modifications to a building designed by a signature designer of international renown. I had an outline programme, budget and a designer novated, for want of a better word, to the main (negotiated) contract. At ...

  • Comment

    83 workers, 0 CSCS cards

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    There is nothing new in anything Suzannah Nichol says about the ease of obtaining CSCS cards (21 April, page 46).

  • Comment

    The view from The Edge

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    A series of debates on the looming energy crisis has concluded that UK construction can lead the way in developing ‘Kyoto Plan B’.

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

    In the detail

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

  • Seeking guidance from above? Tony Blair at St Francis of Assisi Academy in Liverpool, which opened in February
    Comment

    Leave school building to the professionals

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Your articles "The big question" (13 April, page 30) and "For whom the (school) bell tolls" (28 April, page 24) highlight the problem schools face today. We have a government keen to improve the facilities in which we deliver education and learning for our children, and in my case grandchildren, ...

  • Comment

    How to build a successful city academy, part I

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    I have now seen three articles in Ðǿմ«Ã½ identifying failed or overspent academy projects (13 April, 21 April and 5 May). I would like to redress the balance.

  • Comment

    Flawed on floors

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    As a regular reader of Ðǿմ«Ã½ I was particularly interested in the article "Recyled content" (31 March, page 71).

  • Comment

    A small, but important, omission

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Thank you for publishing my letter about tax breaks for cleaning up contaminated land and buildings (12 May, page 37).

  • Paul Davidson
    Comment

    Trust us: it's going to work

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    The software for Part L has got a bad press, but as BRE explains here, it will make compliance easier - even if the results might surprise a few people

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Could Wembley have a future as a volleyball court? Is the office market inspired by communists? We have the answers to these questions and more …

  • Ken Allinson
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Architect Ken Allinson finds a London police station arresting, but asks what's going on ‘ere with security guards

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    Where are we now?

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Skills shortages, prefabrication, health and safety, equality.

  • Comment

    EU environment ruling causes headache for developers

    2006-05-12T11:21:00Z

    Lawyers warn that developments could face expensive delays after the European Court of Justice rules that a local authority was wrong not to require an environmental impact assessment.

  • Simon Massey
    Comment

    Reasons to detox

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Decontaminating land is hard work but a little-known tax relief can ease the burden on half your costs. Simon Massey continues our tax breaks series by explaining how …

  • Comment

    In deep waters

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    The claimant's house was subject to flooding from the river Torridge in Devon. He argued that the flooding was caused by the Taddiport bridge, since the arches and plinths of the bridge restricted the flow of water under it. The claimant claimed that such restriction was a statutory nuisance.He maintained ...