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Can鈥檛 you control yourself?
Your interesting article on self-certification (5 October, page 41) raised the question of whether the UK construction industry was efficient enough to take on self-certification?
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CommentEnergy: the big picture
Bill Watts is right to say putting renewable energy devices on buildings may be a poor investment, but I feel he does not go far enough (24 August, page 32).
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Water: the big picture
Further to David Lush鈥檚 column (28 September, page 36), a grid, or regional grids, is part of the answer to water shortages, but only after two basic problems are corrected.
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DGT Steel & Cladding Ltd vs Cubitt 星空传媒 & Interiors Ltd
In February 2006, Cubitt 星空传媒 and Interiors Ltd; the applicant contractor in these proceedings, engaged the respondent subcontractor, DGT Steel and Cladding Ltd to carry out external cladding works at Telephone House in East London. The subcontract was on Cubitt鈥檚 standard terms and conditions and contained an adjudication provision which ...
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Testing times
聽In PFI contracts, the independent tester signs off a project. If it doesn鈥檛, the contractor may have to pay damages. So it鈥檚 no wonder contractors want warranties from the tester
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CommentShort and simple
Tony Bingham (鈥淜ISS and tell鈥�, 14 September, page 56) may like to know there is a subcontract that meets his requirements 鈥� one for which he and 星空传媒 are partly responsible.
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CommentPass the parcel
When partnering was introduced, contractors tended to get landed with most of a project鈥檚 risk. In these days of high demand, they鈥檙e trying to pass it back to clients. But is that a good strategy?
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CommentGrowth, but at what price?
Wow! Pop those champagne corks. What a year it鈥檚 been for the sector鈥檚 top 250 consultants.
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Sauce for the goose
It was with interest that I read that the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) says it will not be using retentions in its contracts, but has stopped short of banning them along the supply chain.
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Theyve never had it so good
Peter Whitbread鈥檚 letter questions society鈥檚 over-reliance on academic success in preparing the construction workforce of tomorrow (14 September, page 34). I am pleased to say that, in fact, the choice of qualifications now available leaves young people better prepared than ever before.
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CommentIt鈥檚 a fit-out, not a fit-up
When your project gets to the closing stages, a host of new subcontractors and delivery people appear on site. But how do you make sure some of those strangers aren鈥檛 there to rob you?
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Not so excellent?
I have just read your article on BREEAM (21 September, page 14) and feel compelled to write to you.
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CommentA song and dance
Balfour Beatty appeases God鈥檚 wrath, Lafarge sweetens up its concrete and Yvette Cooper denies she鈥檚 a totalitarian dictator 鈥� all to the accompaniment of a Polish accordion and high-altitude dad rock
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CommentA bit of a liability
Following a judgment in which the defendants were ordered to reveal their liability insurance cover to the claimant, expect such requests to become commonplace in large claims
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CommentIt ain鈥檛 necessarily so
聽If a client presented with a payment certificate hasn鈥檛 paid up 14 days later, the dispute begins on day 15, right? Wrong. As this Scottish case demonstrates, you need to apply a little common sense