Architecture at the Edge of the World

Nissen Richards Studio, together with local Icelandic design partner SP(R)INT STUDIO, has created the permanent exhibition, interior and graphic design for the Gígur Visitor Centre in Iceland, where timber acts as a mediator between building and landscape. The brief for the project was to create a new permanent exhibition relating to the Mývatn nature reserve […] The post Architecture at the Edge of the World appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

‘Golden thread’ will have an impact on lower-tier contractors

Neil Boothroyd is an adjudicator, arbitrator and mediator at consultancy Gateley Vinden The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) enforces the importance of better industry practices – including the accurate recording and storage of building-safety information – following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire of 2017. To… The post ‘Golden thread’ will have an impact on lower-tier contractors appeared first on Construction News.

Construction dispute resolution: How to keep adjudication costs down

Neil Boothroyd, adjudicator, arbitrator, mediator at Gateley Vinden, offers a range of insights focused on construction disputes resolution. The post Construction dispute resolution: How to keep adjudication costs down appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

The complete user’s guide to mediation from Gateley Vinden

Chief executive Peter Vinden brings his decades of experience as a mediator to set out the case for pursuing mediation and provides an overview of the process in this complete user’s guide to mediation. The post The complete user’s guide to mediation from Gateley Vinden appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

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This week Reinier de Graaf, partner in OMA, publishes his latest book ‘Architect, Verb’ which his publisher says "punctures the myths behind the debates on what contemporary architecture is”. He talks to Peter Murray about the key issues that face the profession today

Vinden - A User's Guide to Mediation

The process of mediation is one of the most common forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR. The ‘Alternative’ referred to is the alternative to a trial or an arbitral hearing and the process leading up to a trial. Some may be unaware of exactly what is meant by ‘a mediation’. The PDF attachment is a simple guide to a process which is a lot less harrowing and expensive than a trial.