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CommentVigilance at all times: When to give notice to the insurer
Insuring your building against design risks is one thing, but as the Kajima case shows, deciding when to give notice to the insurer 鈥� and what to claim 鈥� is quite another
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All they survey
I worked for many years in the engineering insurance industry as an engineer surveyor carrying out statutory inspections of lifting equipment. During the course of my job I visited many building sites each week to inspect cranes and other mobile lifting equipment. Although I am now retired, I know that ...
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CommentThe day I got a kick in the pants: The differences between adjudication and litigation
Here鈥檚 a case that should lift us up by the scruff of the neck and wring any idea out of us that adjudication is the same as litigation. It isn鈥檛 鈥� and that鈥檚 precisely why it鈥檚 so good
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Positive action
All of us here at Inbuilt are enthusiastic about the UK Green 星空传媒 Council鈥檚 report on Low Carbon Existing Homes which was published this week.
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US are repossessing more homes per head than the UK is building
Now here is a thought. Over the past months, the rate of foreclosures (repossession) per head of population in the US has been running ahead of the rate of new homes built per head of population in the UK.I haven't got the precise figures on UK completions, because they haven't ...
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OFT must act to stop suicidal bidding in the face of recession
If Mervyn King says we are about to head into recession, frankly it's pretty much a done deal.No matter how much the Government says it wants to protect construction, in reality there is only so much it can do. The industry is heading for recession, if it is not already ...
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New depths reached in housing market sales
The latest statistics from HM Revenue & Customs show that new record lows have been plumbed by sales in the UK housing market.On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in September dropped to just 38% of the peak level reached in December 2006.Taking a broad brush view, it would seem that ...
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Is this the worst time to be "more relaxed"?
I am sure I will not be the only one who draws this parallel. But I suspect it is a classic illustration of why credibility matters in both politics and economics.George Bush on the US economy, October 2008: "I have heard that people's attitudes are beginning to change from a ...
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Rightmove - wrong meaning
I'm not one for publicly criticising other journalists and their take on things. I feel vulnerable enough myself.But sometimes it is worth clearing up a bit of confusion.I read the Rightmove figures and thought no surprise there then, not worth a comment this time around.I then read various headlines and ...
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Tender price squeeze is likely to threaten construction firms
The latest projections from the cost service BCIS point to further reductions in tender price over the next two years despite expected rises in input prices.The latest figures show a fall of 1.2% in the first quarter of this year, followed by no growth in the second quarter, while costs ...
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Spend big, yes, but spend wisely on construction Mr Darling
Just over a week ago I had lunch with three economists, all with more than a passing interest in construction. Oddly, perhaps, for a group of economist there seemed to be a consensus, well at least on one topic.If construction is heading for recession then the Government is wise to ...
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Darling's bid might steer construction away from a nasty recession
Less than a fortnight ago I wondered whether we might see a return to Keynesian-style cash injections to buoy the real economy and more specifically construction. I recall other similar comments in the media.Now it seems from stories in the FT and the Telegraph that this thought may become reality. ...
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Scheming spires
Could the Royal Town Planning Institute have contributed to the shortage of qualified planners?
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CommentLet鈥檚 work together
Sir Michael Latham The business and enterprise select committee鈥檚 proposal for a chief construction offer has been taken up. Now we need to push for integrated teams
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CommentK is for key performance indicators
A-Z of construction law聽Our beginner鈥檚 guide to legal basics reaches K, and the increasingly important notion of the key performance indicator
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CommentWembley stadium: Grudge match
The Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge dispute is an example of what happens when a case gets overtaken by blind emotion: both sides lose a lot of money they could have kept
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Government: the noes have it 鈥�
Margaret Beckett will undoubtedly make just as big an impact on housing as she did during the foot and mouth epidemic: none.Mike Morgan
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鈥� and, well, you get the point
So the government may ditch its own standards on eco-towns. Ministers need to get a much higher calibre of advice on this.