Opinion 鈥� Page 452
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CommentFools rush in
Open mike Graham Watts is furious that the industry is wasting an opportunity to reform the Construction Act, but Rudi Klein says we may lose the chance forever if we jump in without thinking
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CommentOpening Pandora鈥檚 box
The proposal to drop the 鈥榗ontracts in writing鈥� rule has won praise on these pages. But what this does is let the adjudicator decide what鈥檚 in the contract 鈥� with untold consequences for dispute resolution
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Early warning
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act comes into force on 6 April next year. Take a tip from us: make sure you鈥檙e ready for it
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CommentHansom Morons and swine
No, not the curses heard from Jack Pringle鈥檚 yacht as it sailed into trouble in the Fastnet race, but what one engineer has dubbed all architects and what the Finns inexplicably call the good people at the CICA
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Sturgis
Forget the Heathrow hippies; I seem to have infiltrated a table full of hardcore revolutionaries. Well, kind of.
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CommentIts 60%, but not that 60%
Further to Bill Watts鈥� Open mike column on schools (24 August, page 32), it must be made clear that the government鈥檚 plan for schools is not to 鈥済enerate 60% of their energy from on-site renewables鈥�, but to reduce carbon emissions by 60% from 2002 levels.
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Renewables on the curriculum
Bill Watts鈥� comments focus too much on the building and its cost, rather than its purpose.
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SAP method works the best
It was a delight to read Jeff Howell鈥檚 article (31 August, Page 30) on the dreaded Home information packs (Hips).
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In defence of PVC
Douglas Kent鈥檚 comments in the online article 鈥淏AA forced to remove plastic windows from listed building鈥� (23 August) are just the type of misinformed remarks we鈥檝e come to expect from the anti-PVC brigade.
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CommentFrankly, it was all a waste of energy
After watching two assessors make a right dog鈥檚 dinner of measuring the energy performance of his house, Jeff Howell suspects a little extra training may be in order
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CommentA step too far
Extending the Construction Act to embrace oral as well as written agreements is to be applauded. Expanding the definition of 鈥榓greement鈥�, on the other hand, is definitely not
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The lesser-spotted contract
Last month, Tony Bingham said construction lawyers would agree with the Court of Appeal鈥檚 ruling in SWI vs P&I. Well, Stuart Pemble doesn鈥檛, and that is because he doesn鈥檛 really believe in fixed-price deals
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CommentAt full blast
A turbulent week as Richard McCarthy delivers a stormy press briefing, a furious homeowner takes his revenge on rogue builders, and abseilers are dropped in to lighten things up a bit 鈥�