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Top 2007 construction cases: The best of the worst
聽This year was a relatively quiet one for King Kong vs Godzilla contests. But there were a few 鈥� so here鈥檚 six of the longest, bitterest and most important to brighten your Christmas. Unless, of course, you were actually in them
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CommentHow to survive... the Christmas party
The 星空传媒 office christmas party is tomorrow. We'll let you know on Monday if we took our own advice
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A.R.T. Consultancy Ltd vs Navera Trading Ltd
A.R.T. were engaged by Navera to carry out design and construction work to a property in London. They made claims for payment and then commenced adjudication. The adjudicator ordered a payment of 拢100,369 to A.R.T. together with the interest and fees. In these proceedings A.R.T. sought to enforce that decision.
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CommentHow to survive... Christmas lunch
A chance to savour overcooked turkey and rock-hard sprouts, only this time it's with your colleagues...
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CommentHow to survive... Christmas cards
It's a political minefield - decide not to send any and you risk offending friends and family. Just don't leave it so late that the only cards left have cats dressed as Santa...
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CommentHow to survive... contributing to charity
Feeling bad about indulging in Christmas consumerism? You could assuage your guilt by opting for Present Aid instead of frivolous gifts
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CommentHow to survive... Secret Santa
Looking forward to the Christmas party? Well, first you've got to buy that ever so witty, but not offensive, present for your colleague...
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CommentWeb watch 鈥� 鈥楾is the season 鈥�
鈥� to grin and bear enforced office jollity, misuse of mistletoe and the ritual of Secret Santa. But don鈥檛 despair, Amanda Lopez is here with building4jobs.co.uk鈥檚 survival guide to Christmas
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CommentTalking yourself out of a job
Alright, love, I鈥檒l rebuild your bungalow in 17 weeks for 拢130k. Agreed. What, you want a kitchen? That鈥檚 extra. And where鈥檚 my dosh? All of it! Of course I need more time, I can鈥檛 work in the rain, can I? I鈥檝e been what? !!拢**@!!!*
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CommentNames can be hurtful
Nicknaming buildings just reduces complex ideas into simplistic soundbites. Having said that, the Vol-au-vent does seem quite appropriate for HOK鈥檚 vile Olympic stadium 鈥�
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High standard
The criticism of the new RIBA Standard Agreement 2007 by Ian Yule (23 November, page 59) is inaccurate and self-serving.
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CommentGet stuck in
HOK Sport鈥檚 Olympic Stadium Vol-au-vent is merely the hors d鈥檕euvre. We鈥檙e about to tuck in to a rich feast of design excellence at reasonable cost. It鈥檚 a victory for common sense
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CommentFight fire with sprinklers
I object to some of the comments made by Paul Timmins regarding the Local Government Association鈥檚 call for sprinklers to be fitted to all new buildings (16 November, page 36).
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Competition comment
The quote in your article 鈥淐hoose Wisely鈥� (16 November, page 72) was inaccurate 鈥� we had won the RIBA鈥檚 Brooks Road Low Rise housing competition run for Newham council.
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CommentRule Britannia
There is cause to celebrate, because 鈥� despite efforts to prove otherwise 鈥� ours is still a country of mad dogs, prudish, tea-gulping Englishmen and the best, if not cleverest, eco-warriors in the world
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CommentA no brainer
Less than 10% of construction firms train apprentices and only eight of the 63 largest companies offer regular employment to an apprentice through ConstructionSkills.
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for BPTW Partnerships
Those good folk at architect BPTW know how to have a good time 鈥� as you can see from the roll-call of booze above.
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CommentNot much agreement here 鈥�
Rachel Barnes聽Ian Yule was less than enthusiastic about the revised RIBA agreement for the appointment of an architect, claiming it was biased in favour of the profession. Well, guess what? Architects aren鈥檛 happy about it either 鈥�
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CommentOne over the eight at 8am
Christmas means parties, and that means drinking alcohol, which is okay as long as you aren鈥檛 out first thing with a forklift or using heavy tools while still under the influence