Opinion – Page 277
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… And in other news
Lots of government policy announcements this week – how will they affect you?
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Schools PFI: we need to learn from past mistakes
We should welcome Gove’s announcement that upto 300 schools could be built using a model based on PFI, but we also need to be on our guard
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Architects and engineers workload flatlines in cash terms – suggesting pressure on jobs and pay
How will this affect the people in this very people-based profession?
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Eyewitness: Greece – it's a mess but there are chinks of light
In the second of our online series of first hand accounts from trouble spots around the world, we look at the impact of the Greek austerity measures on construction but also opportunities through funding options such as PPPÂ
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Apparent bias in adjudication: Lanes Group vs Galliford Try Infrastructure
Can a preliminary views document lead to bias in an adjudication?
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Schools of scandal
Our schools are in an urgent state of repair – let’s hope the government responds accordingly
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US foreclosure filings decline in first half of 2011, but the numbers are still scary
Should we be comforted by our housing market figures or more fearful, when we look a what’s happening across the Atlantic?
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Procuring a design team: The art of not getting shafted
What’s the best way to choose a design team? Rigid scoring systems need to change if clients are to get the best balance between cost and quality
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Employment and parenthood: Bringing up baby
Tell a prospective employer that you’d like children or prefer to work part-time so you can look after your child and they’re likely to roll their eyes. So is it best not to mention it?
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø buys a pint ... for Robinson Low Francis
When QSs get together they talk about childhood games and haircuts
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It’s time out from the working world this week as the industry shows its playful side. Chief executives DJ and do funny voices, while employees have fun with photos …
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Inbox: the blueprint
Readers are concerned with matters of design, arguing the case for crazy and silly shapes, suggesting that there are better nuclear plants on the way and voicing concerns over liability in the use of BIM
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Understanding collateral contracts
Collateral contracts form a binding contract which agrees the contractor/subcontractor guarantees his design, work, the material supplied and other specific issues - but are there hidden risks?
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Complexity risks short-circuiting energy reforms
Reforms in the Electricity Market Reform White Paper could hamper investment in energy if they become confused
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Amazing Grace?
Liverpool's iconic Pier Head finally has its 'Fourth Grace' in the shape of 3XN Architects' new Museum of Liverpool. How does it measure up?
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Jobs and pay data do little to perk up waning hopes for growth
Fewer construction vacancies put downward pressure on industry wages
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Happy Birthday Sir George!
Today is the bicentenary of the birth of Sir George Gilbert Scott, father of the Gothic Revival and one of England's greatest architects
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Book review: Architect's Legal Pocket Book
A new pocket-size guidebook aims to be the definitive legal manual for architects and students