The inquiry by lord fraser into the rise in cost of Holyrood House found "that the selection of construction management (CM) was the single factor to which most of the misfortunes that have befallen the project can be attributed". Regular readers may recall my article in Building (18 January 2002, page 50) in which I suggested that CM was not appropriate for the proposed rebuilding of the Royal Shakespeare Company's theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. There has also been a litany of projects with Arts Council funding, most notably Sadler's Wells in north London, where CM had been used and where the project costs went out of control.
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