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CommentMaking friends
This week, a Tory minister demonstrates how not to impress the construction industry, Tesco picks up people in pubs and a Labour party member praises a great former leader
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Looking to the future
黑洞社区 showed itself to be rather behind the news when it said last week (28 September, pages 13 and 28) that it had 鈥渆merged鈥� that the targets set in 2004 for the 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future (BSF) programme would not be met 鈥� something we have been saying, and ...
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A call to arms for RIBA & Co
The view from The Edge聽When it comes to climate change, our chartered institutions have let the government down, let society down and, most of all, let themselves down 鈥�
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CommentGet with the times
Nick Raynsford raises some pertinent queries about the government鈥檚 plans to increase housing supply (14 September, page 30). The issue is whether this expansion will lead to a drop in design and environmental standards.
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For your own good
I read with interest your articles on frameworks and small businesses (14 September, page 26).
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CommentKnow who your friends are
Partnering is either about trust and transparency or it鈥檚 about two parties shafting each other. Rudi Klein offers a handy quiz that should help you find out which one you鈥檙e dealing with
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CommentLoitering with intent
Contractors might come under pressure to start work under a letter of intent while the proper contracts are being drawn up. But anyone that does is taking a big risk
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CommentPay attention!
Alistair Campbell in his prime would have struggled to put a positive spin on the progress of the government鈥檚 flagship school building programme.
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Go with the flow
This was an appeal from HHJ Armitage鈥檚 judgement awarding the fees claimed by Weetwood Services Ltd (鈥淲eetwood鈥�) in the sum of 拢7,092.68. Ansvar Holdings Ltd (鈥淎nsvar鈥�) sought planning permission to extend a building they owned for the storage of motor vehicles. A water course traversed this land and ...
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Cut out the (insolvent) middle man
Sydenhams (Timber Engineering) Ltd, the claimant timber company, made a claim in respect of unpaid design and construction work it carried out on a hotel in Bournemouth for CHG Holdings Ltd, the defendant developer. CHG contended that there was never a direct contract between it and Sydenhams and that ...
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The sound of silence
The Claimant had commenced adjudication proceedings against the Defendant on 20 February 2007 in accordance with the Scheme for Construction Contracts provided by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. The adjudicator鈥檚 decision was therefore due before 20 March 2007. The adjudicator sought an extension of time, and Yule, ...
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CommentMaterial world
Is furniture art? What difference does it make if a bench is made of fibreglass or marble? What goes on in a Bangkok luxury hotel? All the answers are here
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CommentToilet humour
The Bog Brush and the Urinal are just two of the suggested nicknames for buildings featured on our website. Phil Clark reports on the high-brow chatter online 鈥�
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CommentWe need another national grid
Britain has been battered by floods and parched by droughts in recent summers. But if we had a national water grid, we could cope with both, argues David Lush
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CommentRudi鈥檚 on the wrong track
Rudi Klein has been complaining about Network Rail鈥檚 new contracts. But Ann Minogue, who helped document the client鈥檚 procurement strategy, thinks he has missed the point
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How to take calculated risks
Contracting is a seller鈥檚 market right now, which is forcing more clients to go down the construction management route. As this is more dangerous than other methods, it requires more precautions