Opinion – Page 321
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Q+A from ڶ Answers
ڶ’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems from access in a shop to objecting to an extension
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Where rigans dare
Andrejs Trabo in Riga, Latvia, spotted this “mountain climbing champion” demonstrating an unbelievably stupid solution to the problem of not having a long enough ladder
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Nick Raynsford: It’s an inept beginning
So much for turning Britain into ’a nation of homebuilders’. Rather, the coalition seems hell bent on stopping the housing recovery in its tracks
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Quentin Shears: The winning mentality
“We should put the usa game behind us. We can’t do any worse against Algeria”
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Britain’s grand strategy
Open mike Find a map of the UK, spread it on a table, examine its rail links and ports, then consider how they could be upgraded to make the whole country work better. Like this, for example …
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Shepherd Construction vs Berners: Freezing orders
Can a freezing order be used to assist a claim for payment?
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50 Years of London Architecture Exhibition
A short-lived London Festival of Architecture Exhibition provides a must-see account of Modern architecture in London.
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Degrees of awfulness
George Osborne’s Budget isn’t as bad as we feared – but it’s still going to hurt
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Construction will not come out unscathed from Osborne's Budget, but it could've been worse
Construction hasn’t done as badly as some had feared as additional capital spending cuts are put in hold
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New KPIs show construction is getting more dangerous
Why do the latest construction safety Key Performance Indicators show construction has become more dangerous as the recession has bitten?
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28 degrees but Budget leaves construction feeling cold
The Chancellor said there would be ‘no further falls in capital expenditure’, the key area for construction. That sounds good but the falls are very harsh
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Aldgate vs Unibar: Damage caused by fire
This case concerns the extent to which different types of loss are recoverable
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Emergency Budget: impact on built assets
The new Budget’s efficiency measures and tax rises aim to address the deficit, but what does it mean for built assets?
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Existing contracts are next coalition target
Government says it will renegotiate key contracts by 2011
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New look output data show sharp pain in repair and maintenance sector
New figures for output show that the construction industry taking a beating in the first quarter
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Ty Goddard: Improving our education infrastructure
Money may be tighter than a camel in a sandstorm, but we still have to improve our education infrastructure somehow. Ty Goddard gives a few pointers as to what we might do
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Croydon vs the Coliseum
I read with interest former RIBA president Maxwell Hutchinson’s Wonders & Blunders (4 June, page 24)
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A fraud-free Games
In response to your recent piece, “The Salami Olympics” (28 May, page 54), the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has, since the very start of the project, been aware of the potential exposure to fraud of large construction projects
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Not in anyone's back yard ...
It is great to see that something is finally being done about “garden grabbing”