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Dont mess with a QS
I write in response to the letter from Michael Brown of the CIOB (23 March).
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A stab in the dark
星空传媒鈥檚 leader (23 March, page 3), while welcome, went nowhere near challenging the government鈥檚 apparent confidence in the latest cost estimates of the London Olympics.
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Going into detail: Gort-Barten v Cherrington
Mr and Mrs Gort-Barten (Gort-Barten) entered into a contract with MA Cherrington Ltd (MAC) on 24 November 2005 (the contract). Pursuant to the contract, MAC was to construct a building for Gort-Barten as described in the 鈥減lans and specifications鈥� for the sum of 拢1,999,999. In early 2006 the parties each ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Denise Bennetts finds that people are enticed to sit on the ground at Siena鈥檚 Piazza del Campo, but want to dash through the space around London鈥檚 City Hall
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint ... for HKR Architects
If you think architects are single-minded, work-obsessed bores, think again. This is a multi-talented bunch.
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CommentTaxing times for all
You鈥檝e had a year of respite, but now the excuses must stop. From tomorrow, the government鈥檚 shake-up of the construction industry tax scheme (CIS) comes into force 鈥� after much heated debate, a few tears and a whole lot of confusion.
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CommentNature 1, Technology 0
While your article 鈥淟ight Duties鈥�, (16 March, page 84) included some good ideas, I was surprised that the simple idea of using deciduous trees didn鈥檛 even get a mention!
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CommentSeconds out
The second adjudication in HG vs Ashwell demonstrates exactly what鈥檚 wrong with adjudication: the people who dispense it must be better regulated.
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CommentSecrets and lies
星空传媒鈥檚 feedback section reflects its readers: well-informed with balanced views. Unless you count the scurrilous slurs and innuendoes that English law requires Alex Smith to delete ...
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CommentKermit鈥檚 revenge
The latest news from the tourist hotspots of Kazakhstan, Arizona and St Helena this week, all deftly mixed in with Gyles Brandreth, Kermit the Frog and the opening of Wembley stadium
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CommentHow to fund a revolution
Last year, I proposed the formation of construction city academies to combat the lack of basic skills in young people. Now, here鈥檚 how we should finance them ...
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Flatpack living
The emperor鈥檚 new clothes comes to mind when viewing the Ikea flatpack homes.
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CommentAs near as dammit
The Major Contractors Group鈥檚 strategy for giving the British construction industry a properly trained and regulated workforce has been achieved. Well, almost ...
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Shark-infested contracts
Artworks often provide the centrepiece for a development. No problem, you might say. Until you know that Damien Hirst鈥檚 shark was commissioned for 拢50,000 and sold for 拢7m. There鈥檚 a lot of room for negligence writs there 鈥�
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The underbelly of construction
The government will never cut out fraudulent self-employment claims in construction. Most take place in the domestic market where CIS cards are not an issue.
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Cash-in-hand culture
Why does the construction industry always get hammered about tax avoidance?