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CommentLinklaters Business Services vs Sir Robert McAlpine & Others: Subcontractor's duty of care
Did Southern Insulation owe Linklaters a duty of care in respect of the supply and installation of the thermal insulation to the pipework?
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A willing volunteer
So, out of 拢32.2m of public funding Persimmon boss Mike Farley paid himself a bonus of 拢406,000 (1 April, page 9) 鈥� no doubt for his excellent performance during their financially difficult period!
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On the terraces
I read that a Stirling prize winner is to 鈥渞einvent the terrace鈥� for the legacy of the 2012 Olympics
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CommentOff half-cock
You鈥檇 think that getting the contract right before beginning work was just common sense. Especially since, if you don鈥檛, the only people likely to win are the lawyers 鈥�
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And finally 鈥�
Some readers weren鈥檛 fooled by 星空传媒鈥檚 code level seven story (page 14, 1 April) 鈥�
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CommentMeditations in an emergency
What happens when, in the middle of a horrible recession, a group of engineers devotes a year鈥檚 worth of Mondays to thinking instead of working?
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Offsite doesn鈥檛 mean offshore
I read Richard Ogden鈥檚 article 鈥淔ast build nation鈥� (26 March, page 32) with interest
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CommentHansom: Controlling interest
It鈥檚 a hearts and minds battle this week, as everybody from PRs to party men try to convince us that they鈥檙e keen on Cabe, hard at work on site, and just as generous as people say they are
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Going nuclear: contracts for decommissioning work
Everything you wanted to know about the nuclear decommissioning sector but were afraid to ask 鈥� explained to you in a three-part series starting with this overview
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Commitment issues
Helen Garthwaite and Brad Fearn聽The carbon trading scheme was launched last week, and you need to know what the new rules could mean for you 鈥� including who will pay for it all
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More flock to the cause
Rydon would like to sign up to your excellent initiative and back Charter 284
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CommentThe future of low carbon
I was delighted to read about the steps being taken at Ashley primary school (26 March, page 48)
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Conamar
Have you tried to buy a tweed jacket on eBay recently? If so, you鈥檒l probably have noticed a seemingly inexplicable surge in prices.
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Thinking out of the box
The Homes and Communities Agency鈥檚 requirements are driving developers toward construction of 鈥渉omes鈥� rather than simply dwellings (鈥淣ew standards could add 拢10k to new homes鈥�, building.co.uk)
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CommentMJ coulson鈥檚 model answer
Judging construction disputes can be like sitting exams, but at least we can all learn from the results 鈥� as in this case where a builder flunked everything
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CommentCould you vote labour again?
The industry used to vote how it wanted, safe in the knowledge that it wouldn鈥檛 change a thing. Back in 2005 most of the industry thought that Labour had the best economic policies, yet felt free to vote Tory
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Victim of construction's mass redundancies?
Here鈥檚 a story: A woman called Amy Betts-Priddy was made redundant by Turner & Townsend last year. Rather than just accept it, she took the firm to an employment tribunal last week, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and sex discrimination. At the hearing she told the tribunal panel:- She was ...
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Housebuilder bonuses: have bosses lost the plot?
This week saw housebuilder Bovis Homes give 95,000 shares to chief executive David Ritchie in place of a cash bonus. The 拢282m turnover housebuilder said a cash bonus would be 鈥渋nappropriate鈥� given the state of the market.In a week when the Association of British Insurers made rumblings about the excesses ...
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Local builders still deep in recession says latest FMB survey
Evidence that construction is still far from free from the grip of recession has come from the FMB, the trade body that represents many of Britain鈥檚 local builders.The survey results show a market that remained in rapid retreat during the first quarter of this year.There is some good news as ...