Public-sector and publicly funded work in the UK can be irritating. PFIs, PPPs and the assorted types of non-project to which the profession has been subjected in recent years are manifold. Remarkably, most firms seem oblivious to the reality of these mechanisms for sleight-of-hand. Every firm, from the largest to the smallest, has met the private-sector equivalent. Big ideas and no money. Lots of talk - a lunch if you get lucky - and then nothing. Every private-practice architect nods wisely, knowing just how much time they do, or do not, allow for such potential time-wasters.
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