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CommentDo the right thing
Pursuing the bottom line at any cost is a quick route to extinction in today鈥檚 business world. It鈥檚 time we all embraced the new era of corporate responsibility, says Richard Steer
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CommentStripped for part
We aim to bring you the best bits of the week鈥檚 drinks parties, Olympic gossip and satellite TV at a knock-down price. And if you鈥檙e lucky we鈥檒l throw in a 10ft wind turbine, no questions asked 鈥�
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CommentIt鈥檚 yesterday once more
Sir John Egan must have felt a bit like Detective Inspector Sam Tyler from Life on Mars when he first encountered the 1998-era construction industry, filled as it was with firms dressed in metaphorical kipper ties and brown leather jackets who weren鈥檛 afraid to cut a few corners to get ...
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A fledgling workforce
David Cameron鈥檚 back to work initiative, raises the memory of the Leeds council community programme of the eighties.
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Fear not the NEC
Tony Bingham gave us a light-hearted Christmas reminder of the benefits of the employer having on site people who understand the sharp end of construction (14 December, page 56).
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CommentIf you want to make money by exploiting migrants, say so
Just before Christmas, the Construction Confederation wrote an article in this slot arguing against the regulation of gangmasters. Here, Alan Ritchie puts the unions鈥� case
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CommentSpeed isnt everything
As a south Londoner and a frequent user of the Waterloo terminal (below), I am one of that band of travellers for whom the journey time to Paris has increased as a result of the move to St Pancras, so I might be viewed as being somewhat jaundiced in my ...
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An elementary lesson
Following the Bali summit in December there appeared to be an overwhelming agreement that we need to act now to reduce the impact of climate change.
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Michael John Construction Ltd vs St Peter鈥檚 Rugby Football Club
In October 2003, St Peter鈥檚 Rugby Football Club, occupiers of a clubhouse and sports field in Cardiff, engaged Michael John Construction (MJC) under a JCT IFC 1998 contract. The club required that their site be cleared of the former clubhouse in order for it to be sold to developers. The ...
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IChemE international contracts: international A chemical solution
Contract update聽鈥� Cecily Davis guides us through the Institution of Chemical Engineers鈥� suite of contracts for international projects. Not only are they as clear and as simple as their domestic forms, but they also come in pretty colours
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Comment星空传媒 buys juices and coffees 鈥� for CBRE
Going out for a drink with a trio of property consultants is not normally an engagement one expects to return home sober from, but it seems 2008 is very different from 2007. Or perhaps the first Monday in January is just not the occasion for flamboyant excess.
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How a quirk became a cause
A Russian shipping dispute about bribery may seem little more than an oddity, but the Lords鈥� ruling gives a clear indication of how far the courts will go to enforce arbitration clauses
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Happily floating along
I noted with interest the comment in the Hansom column (14 December, page 27) that we at Baqus must hate Turner & Townsend for stealing our thunder by announcing the day before our flotation that it was planning to do the same.
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CommentWhat it all comes down to
How do we decide what is a reasonable extension of time? This basic question gives rise to all sorts of astonishingly complex answers, at the end of which we鈥檙e left with 鈥� common sense
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CommentTop 50 contractor websites: Web watch 鈥� Restricted access
星空传媒.co.uk鈥檚 survey of the top 50 contractors revealed that many of the biggest names in the industry are failing to make their websites accessible to all users.
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CommentThe 拢40,000 fix
Here鈥檚 a chilling tale from the year gone by. It鈥檚 about what happened when a subcontractor on a fixed-price contract was asked not to do some of the work it tendered for 鈥� but had to be paid for it all the same
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Terrorism and you
The prime minister recently suggested a need for architects to help 鈥渄esign out鈥� terrorist opportunities.
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CommentSuspended sentences
Chris Addison聽If you held a Mancunian upside down until he thought of something nice to say about Liverpool, what might he come up with? Well, here鈥檚 one we dangled earlier