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CommentThe solution
For the past 50 years we鈥檝e fretted and failed to find a way to make the most of prefabrication. Now we鈥檝e cracked it, thanks to China, the humble shipping container and a way to make the most of both of them
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CommentThat was then, this is now
So once the project team have finished sighing with relief, no doubt their chests will swell with pride: Terminal 5 has come in on time and to budget.
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CommentThe price of intransigence
Mediation can be used as a ploy to cut down on costs at a later trial. But if a party is suspected of playing along with no intention of compromising, everyone can end up losing a lot of money
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No excuses
The government has taken considerable flak for its plans to reduce Health and Safety Executive (HSE) funding, but the construction industry mustn鈥檛 this as an excuse for rising accident and death rates. After all, this is an industry-wide responsibility.
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CommentIt鈥檚 just not good enough
Public authorities have to treat all bidders with perfect impartiality. As perfection is quite a high standard to meet, many are judged wanting. Like this client here 鈥�
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No company for QSs
Further to Jon De Maria鈥檚 assumption that both he and the cockroaches will be left standing after an apocalypse (Inbox, 25 January, page 30), I regret to inform him that if the apocalypse is of the nuclear type, he will surely be standing alone.
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CommentOpen mike: Are you sitting comfortably?
You鈥檝e built your office and handed it over in all its pristine glory, but whether those actually working in it are happy 鈥� well, that鈥檚 not your business is it? Oh, but it is.
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What鈥檚 changed?
Having just read an article by Rupert Choat (16 November, page 80), my mind returned to a report compiled by the late John Huxtable.
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Challenging times
There will be a lot of legal change this year, with major revisions to immigration law, more stringent health and safety regs and a move to increase new homes鈥� energy efficiency
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CommentHansom Eye candy
This week, why the Candy brothers鈥� 拢1bn Fitzrovia scheme is a no-no, subcontractors are put in their place and sex, politics and housing policy become strangely conjoined
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Constructing Excellence
The Phoenix isn鈥檛 always this busy on a Tuesday night in January, apparently. Despite the markets going into freefall a few hours earlier, every chair and table in the room is taken and it鈥檚 standing room only at the bar.
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Reinwood Ltd vs L Brown & Sons Ltd
This appeal raised a point of interpretation of a standard JCT form of contract on which there appears to be no previous authority. The point turned on the relationship between clauses 24 (damages for non-completion), 25 (extension of time), 28 (determination by the contractor) and 30 (certificates and payment). ...
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CommentCan I have your attention, please?
It鈥檚 not so difficult to open young people鈥檚 eyes to the excitements of the built environment. All it takes is a little creativity, hard cash and the ability to surprise
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The softly, softly approach
Regarding the article 鈥淗ousebuilders scramble to tackle credit crunch crisis鈥� (18 January, page 9), while it is right that all organisations 鈥� clients, housebuilders, local authorities 鈥� have a focus on cost reduction, it is important to consider how best to go about it.
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CommentYou can鈥檛 always get what you want
聽Here鈥檚 the story of a PFI scheme that caught fire. And it鈥檚 the story of how the parties then strained to construe their contracts in the most favourable way. Some were not successful
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CommentTop 25 architect websites: Flash blindness
Do you glaze over every time you have to navigate through endless animations on architects鈥� websites? Well, you鈥檙e not alone, says website expert Martin Hornagold
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CommentWhat鈥檚 yours is mine
聽A retention may be held by an employer, but the money does not belong to it. This inconvenient fact is often overlooked by clients and main contractors 鈥� it鈥檚 so good for business, you see