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Greased palms
Recent research from the Chartered Institute of 星空传媒 (10 November, page 58) has significant implications for construction professionals.
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CommentWhat鈥檚 fair is fair
If you follow the gold rush to Dubai, what are your chances of surviving a contractual dispute with the client? Well, about the same as in Dorking ...
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CommentHuman life is cheap in Dorking
Thanks to Philip Sears of Philip Sears Designs for this shot of genteel, leafy Surrey at its most deadly ...
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A kink in the chain
I refer to the column 鈥淎n offer you can鈥檛 accept鈥� by Rudi Klein (1 December, page 45).
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CommentJames Brown
WEB WATCH - Your spirit lives on, as Alex Smith gets down to a dance video about low-energy light bulbs, then jumps up, turns around and offers some sage legal advice from Fenwick Elliott. Oh baby ...
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CommentBitter fighting on the home front
Forget road rage 鈥� it鈥檚 during disputes between homeowners and builders that the claws really come out. Fortunately, there is a way to make sure that this doesn鈥檛 happen
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CommentWhat鈥檚 YOUR anti-bullying policy?
SECURITY ALERT 鈥斅燘ullying is not limited to the playground, it is alive and well in the workplace, too. Part of the problem, says Angus Darroch-Warren, is that managers often fail to spot the signs
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Expert answer
As an adjudicator, I disagree with four points made by Nick Henchie (5 January, page 56):
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CommentAbout that Olympic stadium deal ...
According to J Parrish, the director of sport at Arup, creating a large stadium is like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle.
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How to miss the 2012 deadline
While I share the opinion of Frances Alderson (17 November, page 60) that London 2012 will obviously gain from the advanced planning of construction projects, I take issue with the idea that the NEC3 contract is appropriate, because of the excessively bureaucratic procedure for compensation.
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Setting the record straight
Your story 鈥淢arks Barfield starts work on Olympic spike鈥� (8 DecembeR), was inaccurate and misleading.
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Two questions
Two issues for further discussion arise from the Colindale fire. The first is the extent to which steel-framed buildings are different from timber. I am watching a steel-framed retirement home go up locally and there is a lot of timber in the secondary structure.
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CommentReflections and predictions
Wembley remained incomplete, third-party rights grew in popularity and we awoke to the importance of sustainability last year. So what will 2007 hold?
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CommentPause for thought
As we complete another lap of the calendar, our diarist stops to consider the effects of time on the vanity of human wishes, before moving smartly along to a story about Keith Clarke and nipple piercing
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Hidden identity
This was an appeal against a decision that some third parties were entitled to enforce a transfer agreement between two individuals and The Bathroom Trading Company under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. Avraamides brought a claim against The Bathroom Trading Company in respect of a refurbishment ...
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CommentHomage to Helsinki
As a regular visitor to Finland for more than 40 years, I was taken aback by Amanda Levete鈥檚 ill-informed comments on Finnish culture and design (24 November).