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Comment10 years is a long, long time: liability for defects or collapses
There are strict laws in the Emirates about defects that threaten a building鈥檚 stability, and you鈥檙e liable for a decade. So what can you do to avoid having to pay out?
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CommentRenegotiating tenders in Dubai
Has your UAE client asked you to take a pay cut? Here are some tips from lawyers on minimising the pain
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Red alert as new orders plunge to record low in January
January 2009: the worst monthly new orders figures ever recorded.And with little sign that February will be prove any better, the latest figures for new orders underline the collapse of construction across the board.Every sector - even public non-housing - was down on a year earlier with the exception of ...
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Window shoppers aplenty but buyers dwindle in the housing market
There has been a big surge in window shoppers, but no increase in sales. In fact they are a little worse. That is the nub of the latest housing market survey from the surveyors' body RICS.Much will be read into the surge in interest with suggestions that this represents the ...
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Are the leaders of the contracting industry fit for purpose?
My attention was drawn to a letter sent yesterday by the Construction Products Association's chairman Adrian Barden to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform regarding the current plight of the construction industry.It makes hard, clear, well researched and convincing points. It outlines the problems and makes ...
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Construction output falls off a cliff
The last time the construction industry had to puzzle out what to do with output falling as fast as it did in the final quarter of 2008 was when the Rubik's Cube was the must-have Christmas present.Official figures published today show a drop of 7% in construction output over the ...
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Words of warning
I attended an interview yesterday to train as a domestic energy assessor (DEA), which I thought was new career with great potential
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CommentWoolly thinking
I read with interest your article on the 16 January titled 鈥渇ive green duds鈥�
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I know where you could start
Open mike:聽The government is pretty keen to get us to cut carbon emissions. So why are its own buildings so lamentably unsustainable?
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Local jobs for whom?
We have a small building business in Waltham Forest, which is about four miles north-east of the Olympic site. We have been in the area for the past 27 years and we employ about 29 men
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Home improvement
鈥淪ocial housing鈥� should only be provided as a short-term solution for those in real need. The idea that someone can occupy a council house for virtually their whole adult life is ridiculous
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CommentGoing public
The government鈥檚 decision to bring out its cheque book yet again 鈥� this time for the PFI 鈥� is a massive fillip for the industry
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CommentCan you dig it?: Retaining planning permission
Money matters: Many developers are keen to retain planning permission for stalled schemes until the property market recovers, but this is fraught with complications
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CommentA confederacy of dunces
The post of a chief construction officer is a splendid idea, but it will only work if the holder has real power 鈥� and Whitehall may not be willing to let that happen
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A guide to a legal labyrinth: Claiming from the insurer
How do you make a claim against a consultant that has no money, but does have an insurance policy? Simple: you claim against its insurer. Hang on... did I say 鈥榮imple鈥�?
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We can't do this on our own
There is no simple answer to improving the energy efficiency of the UK鈥檚 existing housing stock, but it is important to take simple, practical measures that we know will make a demonstrable difference (鈥淐PA blasts energy firms on insulation failure鈥�, 20 February)
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CommentFair enough?: Breaching natural justice
The case of Dorchester vs Vivid raised the familiar question of when an adjudication breaches natural justice. Here鈥檚 what the judge had to say鈥�