All Comment articles – Page 263
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CommentPutting on the brakes
If someone takes out an injunction against a developer, it can cause a serious delay. What are the implications and how can you best prepare to minimise the effect?
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CommentLegal brief: ABB vs Bam Nuttall
This case provides a good example of an adjudicator being held to be in material breach of the rules of natural justice.
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CommentConstruction 2025: Making it happen
The government’s Construction 2025 strategy could revolutionise our industry. But those of us who remember the Egan report will know how easy it is to let a chance for change slip away
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CommentLegal brief: Importance of site inspections
Northumbrian Water Ltd vs Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd shows how well documented site investigations may bolster a contractor’s defence when disputing a negligence and nuisance claim
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CommentMy digital life … Danny Wallace
Building surveyor Danny Wallace reveals why his emails are tricky to read and which technology would help him in his job the most
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CommentProject Horizon: The two-stage is set
Surrey council’s use of two-stage open-book procurement shows how radical changes in supply chain management can ease the pressure on the public purse
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CommentTaking a penalty
Liquidated and ascertained damage clauses for delays can see a contractor lose money - unless they can argue that the amount charged is a penalty and therefore unenforceable
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CommentIndependent thinking
Next year the people of Scotland will decide whether to cut their historic ties with the rest of the UK. What effect could independence have on the Scottish construction industry?
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CommentA stake in the ground
Labour’s warning to developers that they should use land or prepare to lose it may sound bold, but will it be any more effective than existing compulsory purchase powers?
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CommentHansom: Religious experiences
Prepare for a week of the sacred and the profane as we have some interesting times in Heathrow Terminal 2B, think on yesteryear’s architectural wonders, and see the NHF recruit the Archbishop of Canterbury
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CommentPart L delay expected
Because of the delay, it will be 2015 before any new Part L buildings get signed off
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CommentDeal or no Green Deal
The energy bills don’t go down until the losts - which won’t be that low - have been repaid
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CommentThe certainty principle
Ministers need to provide clarity rather than broad assurances over regulations and enegy targets
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CommentA foot in each camp
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
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CommentBack of the class
Whereas primary schools and universities are delivering well-designed buildings, secondary schools have fallen behind and are now in need of urgent guidance
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CommentWonders & blunders with Roger FitzGerald
Roger FitzGerald contrasts the elegance and contribution to the public realm of Rothschild Bank headquarters, with Number 1 Poultry
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CommentSweet home Chicago
Jack Pringle takes a trip to the Windy City and finds that the next generation of workers want something very different from the buildings where they do business