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You need some armour plating
The TUPE regulations now apply to a change of service provider. Make sure the original contract protects you in the event of a change of contractor
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CommentGetting arise out of a challenge
An arbitration case might offer a way forward for the courts when asked to decide whether 鈥榓rising under鈥� or 鈥榠n connection with鈥� best applies to a jurisdiction challenge under the Construction Act
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CommentHere comes the rain again
The oft-discussed Baxall case was about negligence in designing rainwater drainage. So is the Charter case, but here the Court of Appeal has taken a very different view
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Concrete has many benefits. Add to these cost savings and sustainability ...
Concrete鈥檚 many inherent benefits, such as fire resistance, sound insulation, robustness and minimum vibration, are widely recognised. New cost model studies and research now add cost-effective construction and sustainability to that list.
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Comment9.3bn for what, exactly?
The phrase 鈥渁n inconvenient truth鈥� may have been used for Al Gore鈥檚 film on global warming, but it also serves pretty well to describe the cost of building the London Olympics.
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CommentSpace race
There鈥檚 a yawning chasm between the type of homes developers are building, and the homes people want to live in. So how do we bridge the gap 鈥� and provide that all-important storage space?
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CommentParty poopers
Multiplex boss Martin Tidd misses his own bash, while Richard Steer travels half way around the world to attend one he doesn鈥檛 want to. Thank goodness Geoff Irvine knows how to celebrate
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Not a Wise move
The photograph of Chris Wise on the Barcelona Tower (23 February, page 54) must bring back many happy memories, but should 星空传媒 be publishing images that do nothing to promote health and safety awareness?
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Let鈥檚 talk tactics
Part 36 of the rules covering offers to settle litigation will change next month. From 6 April you will no longer be obliged to tie up a chunk of cash for months on end
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CommentIt鈥檚 quiet 鈥� but is it too quiet?
It鈥檚 odd, says Steven Williams, but even though PFI schemes are invariably complicated and expensive, few seem to end up in court. So why is that? And how long will it last?
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A platform for idiocy
Regarding the workers on the YouTube video 鈥� let it drop! The more space given to these clips (23 February, page 10) the more people will stage them.
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The unsung heroes lament
The unsung heroes鈥� lament I write regarding your article (5 January, page 36) with horoscopes of the 12 facets of the building industry. The contractor is one of the 12, as are the architect and the client but I鈥檓 gobsmacked engineers aren鈥檛 mentioned.
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CommentThe green mile
The road to a sustainable future is long and hard, with tricky obstacles and high costs along the way. Here Tom Bloxham suggests how the government could lead by example
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CommentGet off the sofa
The zero-carbon revolution starts at home according to a 星空传媒 blog, so switch off that energy-devouring plasma TV or risk being shopped to Alex Smith鈥檚 web police ...
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CommentA great leap forwards
Over the past nine months it has been easy to dismiss David Miliband鈥檚 carbon rhetoric as that of a fairytale emperor convinced that his invisible clothes were the finest in the land.
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CommentPulling a fast one
Tony Bingham聽A court in Scotland was asked to give summary judgment against a builder. The judge refused because he said it was too soon to make a binding decision. What would the adjudicator have done?
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CommentDouble lives
Regarding your proposed excursion into another life (16 February, page 46), I have problems finding enough time to live a real life 鈥� how can I run a second one?
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Dont give up the fight
The frustration and inequity surrounding the employment of immigrants and the obtaining of training visas for QSs cannot be underestimated. Yet to give up trying because the hurdles seem too great will do further injustice to a vital contributor to the UK鈥檚 economy and its built environment.