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Clear as mud
The House of Lords鈥� ruling in the Melville Dundas case confused everybody about the Construction Act鈥檚 payment rules. Now the courts are trying to get things straight again
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CommentNever work again
At the moment Facebook is the number-one workplace distraction, says Alex Smith. The next big thing may be 3D real-world maps. Just make sure you don鈥檛 end up using them to find the dole office
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CommentThe naked quango
In the first of a new series in which professionals reveal what they really think, a regeneration expert tells us just how much help agencies and quangos are 鈥�
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CommentMind your language, minister
The government鈥檚 latest attempts at spelling out the Construction Act鈥檚 payment rules are a triumph of impenetrable gobbledegook. It鈥檚 time for some plain English
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Ivory tower
Colin Harding returned to his architect bashing with his article on 鈥淭he Prince of Wails鈥� (20 July, page 30). Usually I disagree with his extreme opinions, but this time I had to agree with most of what he said.
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CommentIt鈥檚 the heat!
A London council is checking up on the energy use of its residents thanks to a nifty web map from Ordnance Survey that details every building. Alex Smith takes a look at his own four walls
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It never happened
Your article on the extension of membership of the CSCS board to housebuilders and civil engineers (3 August page 16) was not correct.
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CommentHansom Sign 鈥榦鈥� the times
The silly season is heralded by Serbian 鈥榝olk-pop-dance鈥� acts, mix-tape morris dancers and those pocket-sized icons of the 21st century, Prince and Hazel Blears
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Get it fixed
SWI Ltd entered into a subcontract with P&I Data Services Ltd for building works. SWI鈥檚 and P&I鈥檚 subcontract specified that a price would be paid for works listed on the tender documents. It was common ground that if P&I required works to be performed that were not the subject of ...
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Pay your dues
The defendants, Mr and Mrs Johnston, engaged the claimant contractor, Pierce Design International Limited, to carry out construction works at the property. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of 星空传媒 Contract (With Contractor鈥檚 Design), 1998 edition. During the contract the defendants failed to make interim payments to the ...
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Forum for debate
Your interview with Mike Davies, the new chair of the Strategic Forum, and his predecessor James Wates (20 July, page 36), refers to the role of the chairman rotating every year between the 鈥渢hree core member bodies鈥�.
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What does 鈥榙ispute鈥� mean? When are two disputes linked? When are they not linked? If an adjudicator decides unlinked disputes, is his decision invalid? For one or both? How much sense does all this make 鈥�?
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The code breakers
The Office of Fair Trading has, up to now, reserved its fire for contractors that cross the line during tendering. But it is not all on one side, as this case from Northern Ireland shows