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CommentStuff happens
Here鈥檚 an immutable fact: the world is changing faster than we can put buildings up. So, when it comes to big construction schemes, it鈥檚 naive to expect a precise specification and no changes mid-project
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Whither Sir Godfrey?
I know that you will have received countless observations on who was left out of the 星空传媒 Hall of Fame, but I have to express my disappointment, having joined Wimpey as a trainee QS in 1963, about the omission of Sir Godfrey Mitchell, when Sir John Laing and Lord Taylor ...
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Students: free money here
Students who read your piece on graduate debt and pay (23 June, page 68) may be interested to hear about the Inspire Scholarships scheme.
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Educations what you need
In addition to the ideas listed in your article, can I suggest that creating awareness of energy use and waste through energy handbooks could contribute to erergy savings?
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Disputing the dispute
The applicant charterers Exfin applied to set aside an arbitration award in favour of the respondent ship-owners, Tolani for some US$130,000. Exfin argued that there was no 鈥渄ispute鈥� between the parties pursuant to the arbitration clause in the parties鈥� contract because Exfin had admitted the liability, the amount of the ...
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CommentUrban design with guitar!
Open mike - Bands such as the Arctic Monkeys have put Sheffield on the pop-cultural map. Now, their energy is feeding into the debate about the city鈥檚 regeneration
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CommentToo late in the day
State your case - Commentators have been quick to welcome TCC judges doubling as mediators but John Price thinks they miss the point 鈥� mediation should come long before court proceedings
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A fresher 星空传媒
Congratulations on the new format. I think the improvements are all very positive and give a much fresher feel to the magazine.
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The campaigns already begun
While I support the intention of your 99% campaign, the article shows a lack of awareness of what has been happening in the field of improving the energy efficiency and reducing the carbon emissions from existing buildings in the UK over the past 10 years.
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CommentHome truths about builders
Getting home improvement projects completed on time and to budget is no mean feat 鈥� even when the client is a lawyer. The key is having the right contract
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999 needs help
We are a fire and rescue service, and we would like to incorporate more energy-efficient elements in our offices, but there is no (or little) support from the government for this.
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Water torture
Every week brings news of another drought order and complaints that water companies are profiteering while failing to tackle leaks.
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CommentStop right there
The Wembley judgment contains all the rough and tumble we expect from a good old construction dust-up, and some pertinent lessons for the 2012 Olympics organisers
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In praise of Ray
I have been interested in tracking the responses to Ray O'Rourke's comments that a building site was not a "place where women fit" (19 May, page 14).
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CommentPlaque removal
An awards ceremony without any prizes - or our man from the BNP; Caruso and the artistic temperament; school's out in Liverpool and Davis Langdon throws its weight around in Dublin
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CommentThe perfect window seat
It takes a certain kind of bravery to straddle a plank of wood that is resting on a ladder that is resting between a narrow window sill and a strip of railings.
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CommentLet's take this inside
Inside job - In the first of a series, Tracey Wood offers insights from her role as in-house lawyer at Costain. To kick off, she explains how a savvy legal department can take risks and save money