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Unleash the OGC
The government cannot afford to fail to implement the Construction Commitments through its supply chain, particularly after publicly signing up to them (25 July, page 9). And why on earth would it want to?
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Prime location
Readers have been invited on your website to suggest suitable locations for the siting of Jack Pringle鈥檚 Skylon.
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Let it shine
Tom Lane鈥檚 article 鈥淗ow Vi帽oly鈥檚 Colchester arts facility lost its shine鈥� (25 July, page 24), requires clarification on a number of points.
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CommentNon payment of fees
The CaseThis was an appeal from a County Court judgment dismissing Alan Auld Associates Ltd (鈥淎lan Auld鈥�)鈥檚 claim and giving judgment for Rick Pollard Associates (鈥淩ick Pollard鈥�) on its counterclaim.Both Alan Auld and Rick Pollard were chartered engineers. Alan Auld successfully tendered to provide project advice to the United Kingdom ...
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CommentAnd the livin鈥� is easy
It鈥檚 summertime, and the industry is rising to the occasion. What would the holiday season be without some natty new shoes, daytime TV and a little bit of summer lovin鈥� as well?
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CommentLet鈥檚 ditch the training levy
The ConstructionSkills levy is making enemies and criminals out of contractors and not getting much training done either. There must be a better way 鈥�
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CommentA step in the right direction
To help ensure a contractor gets paid for a project, it can ask a bank to step in to remedy a situation before it terminates. The pitfalls are many 鈥� but so are the benefits
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CommentMy digital life: Jon Sawyer
Regeneration expert Jon Sawyer鈥檚 intrepid digital life includes championship tennis, running, karting and frequent trips to the Amazon (.co.uk)
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Modus
Chosen watering hole: The Greencoat Boy, Victoria. Ambience: Grimy but friendly 鈥� and mercifully air-conditioned 鈥� city boozer聽Topics: Love among the sandwiches, oestrogen in the water and the Frisbee family聽Drinks Drunk: 6 gin and tonics, 4 pints of Amstell, 3 pints of Heineken, 3 glasses of white wine
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CommentBridget Jones鈥� diatribe
The pressure to conform causes singleton Tarek Merlin untold grief at his friends鈥� dinner parties. It also happens to be the single greatest blight on the built environment
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CommentI admit it all! I鈥檓 a conservative!
But when you compare the glories of traditional architecture to the stuff we build now, it鈥檚 hard not to be, says Michael Gove, our man in the bicycle clips with the neatly knotted tie
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A nasty hole has appeared in the new orders figures
One set of bad orders figures provides no real cause for concern. This data series can bounce around like a drunken kangaroo. It is a feature of the lumpiness of construction projects. But a second consecutive set of duff figures does start to set a few alarm bells ringing.So the ...
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Probably the worst Halifax house price figures ever - unless you're a homebuyer
So house prices dropped a further 1.7% in July according to Halifax (HBOS). For those concerned about the depth of any correction in the housing market that will be worrying.Added to the other eight monthly falls there have been over the past 12 months that means on the Halifax "smoothed" ...
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CommentMy digital life: Mark Dudek
Mark Dudek lives his digital life as a skilled assassin in medieval Jerusalem. Or a star international footballer. Of course, he really only got the PS3 for the kids 鈥�
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A steely correction
I should like to clear up any confusion that the 鈥淪potlight on steel鈥� article (11 July, page 64) may have caused
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CommentManufacturing consent
Democracy is in trouble because politicians tell us what we want, then labour mightily to make sure we get it. Much the same is true of architecture, says Robert Adam
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Card tricks
When I applied for my CSCS technical managers card, I arrived at the test centre 15 minutes before my appointment time along with everybody else.
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CommentFramework contracts: The people vs Camden council
Government agencies are encouraging local authorities to adopt strategic procurement arrangements but the courts are taking a dim view of them
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Funny business
I read with interest your article about the formation of the new Construction Council to be chaired by John McDonough (11 July, page 13).