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CommentWeb watch - Twitter on
Now that spring is finally here we can enjoy the magnificent sound of a million Twitterers tweeting away on the world according to them. Phil Clark looks at the rise of yet another global internet phenomenon
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CommentParadise postponed
You don鈥檛 hear much about Sir John Egan these days. Integrated teams, lean construction, innovation 鈥� all the great doctrines he set out in Rethinking Construction back in 1998 have faded with the years. It鈥檚 not hard to see why.
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CommentAre you listening?
Put four fabulous speakers in a room and get some of the country鈥檚 top adjudicators to sit down in front of them. The result is a fascinating conference we can all learn from
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Living on the front line
Here鈥檚 the story of a solicitor whose knowledge of building was mainly from contract documents. Until she spent a week on site 鈥�
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CommentDarwin and design
A week in the Pacific archipelago that inspired the theory of evolution also inspires thoughts about survival and extinction in the architectural world
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CommentConflict zones
This week we get into a swordfight with the ODA, a bunfight with Nigella Lawson and a turf war in the West Country before getting ourselves mixed up in some kind of Russian espionage mission
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But can we trust clients?
I was very surprised, considering you are a journal for the building industry, how one-sided your coverage of the Office for Fair Trading investigation (25 April) seemed to be. The contractors are always in the wrong, while nobody else seems to be even involved.
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CommentExclusion clauses: A chink of light
Are exclusion clauses enforceable? Hitherto, the courts have shed little light on the matter, but a recent Court of Appeal decision makes things much clearer
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A call for sense
Following the story 鈥淔amily of dead woman calls for carbon monoxide alarms鈥� (25 April, page 23), if Barratt did use Corgi-registered installers then they should be contacted and the other work they鈥檝e done checked.
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint鈥or GIA
First of all an apology is in order. I had been rather snearing about GIA鈥檚 original venue suggestion 鈥� an outlet of the coffee chain Benugo. I told the hapless PR that 星空传媒 journalists buy PINTS not skinny lattes, and besides, we had a Benugo franchise in our office building ...
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A very expensive way of saving a few bob
Open mike - With the economy taking a dive, clients are trying to save money by ditching the main contractor. But they seem to have found no way to replace their skills and experience, says Luke Wessely
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Adjudication timetable: Edenbooth Ltd vs Cre8 Developments Ltd
The claimant applied for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator鈥檚 decision. The defendant was a development company who had engaged the claimant to carry out ground works at two adjacent properties. One of the properties was owned and occupied by a director of the defendant. The work was carried out. ...
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Pump it up
Your recent article on the Code for Sustainable Homes (18 April, page 52) makes a good point. There is indeed much confusion around the code and SAP ratings, mostly because, in important areas, the formulae used in SAP are based on historic data and are not up to date with ...
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Sexual politics
Sometimes it鈥檚 hard to be a man. They must use tact when persuading partners not to drive off a cliff and are cruelly judged on the colour of their shirts. Still, at least they don鈥檛 have to give birth鈥�
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Talking ourselves into it
The media hype around the looming recession merely serves to perpetuate the problem.
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CommentNEC: Smooth operator
The Olympic Delivery Authority has chosen the NEC contract in the hope that it will keep the job moving efficiently. But it will only work if it鈥檚 well enough resourced
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Shurely shome mishtake
I am led to understand that the glulam option (widely and imaginatively used around the world for swimming pool structures) for the roof structure of the aquatics centre has been rejected in favour of steel 鈥� on grounds of cost! Is this information accurate?