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Pleural plaques: Kicking up a dust
In 2007 the Lords ruled that sufferers of pleural plaques could not seek compensation through the courts. But claimants could still succeed if they base their case on a breach of contract
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Non-compliance with pre-action protocol: Orange Personal Communications Services vs Hoare Lee
This judgment arose out of an application by the remaining defendant in the claim, for a stay of the proceedings pending the implementation of the process laid down by the pre-action protocol for construction and engineering disputes.The claimant engaged Kier Regional Ltd to carry out the fitting out works to ...
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Lets be civilised
I find 星空传媒鈥檚 unbalanced response to proposals for the statutory provisions for disabled access to new build-homes disturbing (28 March, page 3, 54-57).
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for the Timber Trade Federation
It must be thirsty work at the Timber Trade Federation. Their chosen watering hole is directly opposite their front door in Store Street, just off Tottenham Court Road.
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CommentReinwood vs Brown: Why their lordships were right
The latest House of Lords decision to spell out the rights and wrongs of the Construction Act, and the JCT, was based on sound commercial logic
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CommentHansom: Takes all sorts
What do pukka builders, tap-dancing penguins, Russell Crowe and the Grand National have in common? Yep, you guessed it: they all appear in this week鈥檚 Hansom鈥� Clever, isn鈥檛 it?
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Base rate cut provides some relief as property-related orders slide
The Bank of England's much expected decision to cut interest rates by 0.25% to 5% will provide a little short-term relief to worried managements within the construction and property sectors - although there will have been many crossed-fingered directors hoping for a 50 basis point cut.And certainly the contracting fraternity ...
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Will UK construction follow the US into recession?
The latest construction research note from the surveyors' trade body RICS takes an interesting look at the current state of the US and UK construction sectors. The underlying question RICS asks is whether the UK industry will follow the US into a recession.The headline grabbing data from the US are ...
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Halifax house price figures show biggest drop since 1992
As I speculated late last month there was a potentially nasty blow in the pipeline for the sales teams of house builders and at estate agents when the Halifax house price index was published.Well the figures have been published and show a monthly fall of 2.5%, the fastest since September ...
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Style or substance?
To quote your article on the industry鈥檚 websites (20 March, pages 40-41): 鈥淔lash is the best way to show images because it uses mathmatical formulae to draw graphics very quickly, while HTML draws images one pixel at a time.鈥�
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CommentWeb watch 鈥� And so it spreads
Since we observed a few weeks ago that architects were suffering from the Flash bug, one perfectly healthy HTML site seems to have been infected.
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CommentPromises, promises
The Olympic project will be built by small businesses, so let鈥檚 have some genuine 鈥榗onstruction commitments鈥� to allow them to get on with the job
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Too little, too late
Admirable though the issue of regulations for sustainable homes is, I fear it is all a little too late when one considers the vast amounts of energy wasted in other locations.
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CommentIntroducing McPFI
A new form of PPP model is being tried out in Scotland that will affect the way projects are refinanced and how profits are distributed
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CommentDough well spent
If writing a bad review of a pizza restaurant can land you in court, just think what writing a review of a book by a leading construction judge does to the old ticker. Luckily, it鈥檚 a fabulous book 鈥� no, really
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The death sentence is getting tougher
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act comes into force on Sunday. Best to know what it entails now
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Collective blunders
My heart sinks each time a body rushes to tell us that it is setting up a committee to show how refurbishment or anything else should be done, like Kate Symons of BRE does in her column (28 March, page 41).
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CommentWonders & blunders
The decorative, anti-modernist efforts of Goodhart-Rendel excite Alan Powers but the patterned facade of the Blue Fin 星空传媒 is a damp squib