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CommentBrown's number 10
Three months after everyone thought a recession was inevitable, all the indicators point to a resurgence of growth. Something to do with the Budget perhaps?
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CommentHow To Survive鈥� a CV overhaul
Make sure your CV survives the purgatory of the HR filing cabinet by adding sparkle, dash and dare to your written credentials. Amaya Lopez shows you how.
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Take some responsibility
I applaud your Reform the Regs campaign and welcome much of what is proposed (17 March).
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CommentA position of power
The challenge of energy generation in the future has to be met by policy decided today. Well, by 14 April. And the government needs your help to do it
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CommentStrong medicine
So the PFI has been booked in for some much-needed surgery. For years it has been getting more unwieldy, more expensive and less attractive to the private sector. Finally, Gordon Brown is to do something to save an essential method of upgrading public services.
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A league of their own
I was quite amazed to read that some architectural firms in this country are so arrogant about their own status that they expect students to work for free ("Exploited youth", 10 March).
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CommentKing's ransom
Consider for a moment the amount of hassle involved in a party wall dispute in Sidcup. Now, dear reader, consider the reconstruction of King's Cross Tube station 鈥�
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Some hits, some misses
Tony Bingham was clearly at a different DTI conference to discuss the review of the Construction Act than the one I attended (3 March).
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CommentImpressive feet
Thanks to clerk of works Alan Clark for this interesting approach to working at height.
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Salary engineering
Your article about the alleged exploitation of architecture students is a warning to us all; it is not just their problem.
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CommentNil desperandum
If a contractor's request for more time is knocked back, it is free to try again on different grounds - a principle that also applies to so-called 鈥榦pen' adjudications
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Lumbermens' demon
Last year, Judge Colman said global settlements did not trigger insurance payouts; now Judge Aiken has looked at the same issue and taken the opposite view
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Define your terms
Rugby Group Ltd manufactured and supplied cement for use by the construction industry. Since 1997 ProForce had supplied temporary workers to Rugby for work at a site located in the Rugby area.In July 2001 ProForce and Rugby entered into a written service cleaning agreement for a fixed term. During that ...
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CommentThe magic bullet
Wembley has sent a frisson of fear through the construction industry - is it a portent of what will happen at the London 2012 Olympics? Well, it ain't necessarily so
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CommentWonders & blunders
This week Bob Stanley of St Etienne composes a hymn of praise to a Tube station, and a protest song about a block of flats
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星空传媒 on beauty
So to enjoy the fresh air and natural beauty of the Lake District, it is proposed to build "landmark culture projects across Cumbria" (17 March).
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CommentMuch ado about nothing
Pundits have suggested that the way JCT05 handles extensions of time has radically changed. Are their concerns well founded? Or do they protest too much?
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CommentAn unlikely story
According to the JCT, certifiers are supposed to be impartial even though they're being paid by the client. So does anyone on Planet Earth believe that they are?