BLAST FROM THE PAST

摘要

Doing a deal at the front end of the contract is one thing - and easily leads to trouble after the honeymoon. Doing a deal at the back end of the contract is yet another. This is a story about one of those back-end deals thought by the contractor to put the account and job to bed for good. But it reared an ugly head. The old West London air terminal in Cromwell Road, London, was ugly too. It went 10 years ago when developer Point West contracted with Mivan Ltd to build 400 apartments for about £10m. Added to that, eventually, was a fit-out to the posh penthouse occupying the top three floors and known as Flat 1601. Global practical completion was achieved in June 2001; not before some excitement required the curtain walling up there to the penthouse to be renewed.