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The woodenheaded media
A recent article in the Telegraph magazine disturbed me for displaying a conspicuous bias against PVCu windows and I wrote to the magazine to put the record straight.
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It鈥檚 the tender process, stupid
The Fair Payment Charter is brimming with good intentions but unless it gets to grips with procurement, clients are unlikely to benefit
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Here's how
I read with interest your piece 鈥淲hat鈥檚 missing is an understanding of what works and what doesn鈥檛鈥� (18 January, page 48).
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CommentPower and glory
Like it or not, nuclear is an essential, if temporary, solution to our power needs. But this time, let鈥檚 not design the stations as ominous concrete hulks
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Put your pens down
Are these firms that are imposing 5% cuts on their subcontractors (18 January, page 9) unaware of Latham, Egan and approaches such as Lean Construction to improving the efficiency of the supply chain?
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Neil Martin Ltd vs Revenue & Customs Commissioners
This was an appeal from a decision that the commissioners for Her Majesty鈥檚 Revenue and Customs (HMRC) could not be liable for breach of statutory duty or for breach of a common law duty of care in failing to process an application for a subcontractor鈥檚 tax certificate within a reasonable ...
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CommentGreat walls from China
If China hadn鈥檛 been busy establishing a stone industry while ours was sliding into decline, we wouldn鈥檛 be able to supply the natural finishes that today鈥檚 green clients want
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CommentFair payment charter: Declaring peace
Last year the Office of Government Commerce launched its Guide to Best Fair Payment Practices. It came into force on 1 January this year and applies to all public sector works contracts.
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CommentIs Prince Charles right?
Prince Charles鈥� speech on new buildings in old places last week was not the bombshell lobbed by his 鈥渕onstrous carbuncle鈥� diatribe of 1984, which precipitated a nationwide reaction by planning authorities against modern architecture.
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University challenge
Universities and employers do seem to be missing a trick when it comes to the use of construction students within the industry (18 January, page 52).
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Comment星空传媒 pulls a pint 鈥� for CMS Cameron McKenna
By the time I arrive at the Hand and Shears, a mere 10 minutes late, Henry is already staring down the barrel of an empty glass. 鈥淎 process of evaporation seems to have taken place,鈥� he says.
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CommentBiting back
This week we鈥檝e got Reservoir Dogs without the reservoir, the results of the HBG vs University of Phoenix friendly, fashion tips for cyclists, Caribbean marriages 鈥� well, what more do you want?
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CommentA diamond among the coal
The 48 pages of the Fair Payment Charter are largely made up of statements of the bleedin鈥� obvious worked up by some marketing wizard 鈥� but that project bank accounts idea is a real corker
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CommentProject bank accounts: Private practices
The project bank accounts proposed by the guide could work in the private sector 鈥� if they can be made effective
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鈥� and happy to be abroad
I am an expat QS and a member of the RICS. Please, for the sake of my sanity and that of others, do not carry any articles about the RICS鈥� desire to have visa restrictions lifted for foreign QSs.
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Who will abide by the rules?
Do clients really want another measure to regulate payment? Judging by the slow take-up so far, possibly not 鈥�