Opinion 鈥� Page 514
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CommentBrown's number 10
Three months after everyone thought a recession was inevitable, all the indicators point to a resurgence of growth. Something to do with the Budget perhaps?
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Roofless
Gowlain Bulding Group Ltd entered into a contract to do some building works at a school. Part of the work included re-roofing a boiler house, which Gowlain intended to subcontract to Full Metal Jacket Ltd. Accordingly, Gowlain supplied FMJ with a simple drawing of the roof and requested FMJ ...
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CommentToday's lesson: don't fail
Will Alsop was teaching in Vienna while his practice was being sold off. So what lessons did he have for his students about the cruel facts of an architect's life?
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CommentNotes for newbies
Contract administration used to be architects' work but these days, many professions can bid for the job. Here's what the new kids need to know
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鈥� or not enough?
鈥� and in this article Laurence Cobb and Tom Wrzesien look at a case where the claim was that he didn't look at it at all. The verdict in both was the same
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CommentStub out those roll-ups
This month European judges ruled that a construction firm that awarded "rolled-up" holiday pay to workers in lieu of paid leave acted unlawfully. Here's why
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A positive step, but a small one
I have read the five proposals in your Reform the Regs manifesto (17 March) and I wholeheartedly agree with them.
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Old joke, new punchline
There is an old joke about engineers being good with numbers but remaining illiterate.
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The wrong guests
Before you get too excited about the 星空传媒 Regulations "summit", let's get back to earth.
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London lags behind
In London there is still confusion over the London 星空传媒 Act and the national 星空传媒 Regulations.
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One careful owner?
The Home Information Pack is yet another area where the government is introducing poor quality legislation. It should be repealing regulation by the tonne, not introducing it.
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Too many umbrellas
Construction Confederation = representative body for medium-sized and large contractors
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Northern sulk
Groan 鈥� another London architect wheeled in to put up proposals for yet more iconic buildings (17 March).
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CommentHow To Survive鈥� a CV overhaul
Make sure your CV survives the purgatory of the HR filing cabinet by adding sparkle, dash and dare to your written credentials. Amaya Lopez shows you how.
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CommentImpressive feet
Thanks to clerk of works Alan Clark for this interesting approach to working at height.
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Define your terms
Rugby Group Ltd manufactured and supplied cement for use by the construction industry. Since 1997 ProForce had supplied temporary workers to Rugby for work at a site located in the Rugby area.In July 2001 ProForce and Rugby entered into a written service cleaning agreement for a fixed term. During that ...
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CommentKing's ransom
Consider for a moment the amount of hassle involved in a party wall dispute in Sidcup. Now, dear reader, consider the reconstruction of King's Cross Tube station 鈥�
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CommentA position of power
The challenge of energy generation in the future has to be met by policy decided today. Well, by 14 April. And the government needs your help to do it