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Watch where you're pointing that
星空传媒's last "At your service" set of legal questions and answers (3 March) very helpfully summarised changes in the JCT98 standard form.
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Pack it in
I fully agree with David Brown's comments on the home information packs. Nick Raynsford's thinking, along with the government's in general, is flawed in respect of this legislation.
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The land of smiles and mass protest
An extract from 星空传媒 journalist Nick Jones' Bangkok blog 鈥�
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CommentThis Iranian job of yours
If the UN punishes Iran for its nuclear activities, UK firms out there could suffer. Here's how to limit the damage
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CommentIndustrial terrorism
When Montpellier abandoned its contract to build an animal testing laboratory for Oxford University 18 months ago, it was seen as an isolated incident.
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CommentDoing the House work
The DTI wants action, but it's not down to the DTI or the industry lobbyists. MPs must rule on the Construction Act review - if they can find the time
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CommentFight the flab
Want to slim down the social housing bill? Just form a consortium of social landlords to procure work collectively, then sit back and watch the pounds fall off 鈥�
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a bottle of Quinto do Vale D.Maria 1999 gold medal-winning port and a 拢25 drinks voucher, courtesy of door manufacturer Vicaima?
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CommentWe need closure
PFI is being undermined by delays in bringing valuable deals to financial close. Perhaps the answer is to bring in an impartial project manager to resolve disputes
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How to be clever
Intellectual property rights are vital to ensure you can exclusively exploit a technology or design, but how do you ensure you've got the right level of protection?
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CommentTime to Cannes MIPIM
MIPIM started as a harmless chance to swap business cards in the sun. That was before it all got out of hand, with parties and the rise of the sinister 鈥極rganisers'
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星空传媒 unfair to Mowlem
I would like to express my distaste at your depiction of Mowlem staff versus those of Carillion on the cover and feature in 星空传媒 dated 3 March.
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The new balance of power
A dispute arose under a construction contract between the appellant architects, Roberts and the respondent developer, Parkcare. The construction contract incorporated the model adjudication procedure published by the Construction Industry Council subject to an amendment to clause 29 made by the RIBA standard conditions. The amended clause 29 provided that ...
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Bingham back at school
Tony Bingham's typically tongue-in-cheek "nursery school" article, (3 March) was in fact a serious commentary on the recent all-day conference held by the DTI to try to repair some holes in the otherwise successful adjudication provisions, now some eight years old. There were 150 industry "all sorts" invited to inform ...
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Lighten up, Alex
After Alex Brett's letter last week (3 March "My bloody Valentine"), I can't wait to hear his reaction to the "How to survive an office romance" article featured in the same issue.
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Nothing standard about it
Retentions have been a hot topic in the construction industry for a number of years.
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CommentThai twiglets
Our thanks to Mike Catterall of Adams Johns Kennard for this photo demonstrating precarious south-east Asian improvisation.