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CommentIf there must be sport 鈥�
If we really have to have beach volleyball and synchronised swimming in our capital, can we get our architects to make sure that they're staged in style?
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CommentLoss leader
Marks & Spencer has won a tax case allowing it to use losses made by Europe subsidiaries to cut its UK tax bill. So what does that mean for construction firms?
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CommentMr Jackson's justice
Up until now, PFI contracts have contained clauses intended to separate contractors from their statutory rights. This is not lawful
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In imminent danger
The defendant, Canary Wharf took out a project insurance policy with the claimant insurance company, Gerling for the construction of several buildings at Canary Wharf. During construction there was a serious accident involving a collapsed tower crane. Following the accident, Canary Wharf decided to use a different method to erect ...
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CommentShot by both sides
The latest edition of the New Engineering Contract has come under fire from employers and contractors, but it is the project manager that ought to worry
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CommentNew blood and treasure
Why are QSs so obsessed about limited liability partnerships when they're facing an altogether more challenging problem from their own staff?
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Big bang theory
We all know we should have disaster recovery procedures in place, but it takes an event like the Buncefield explosion to make them a priority
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CommentJoin the job queue
They say construction has an image problem. But the bigger issue is that young people who are attracted to the industry aren鈥檛 getting the help they need
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CommentOn the way to the forum
鈥淚tem 1: If we scrapped ourselves tomorrow, would anybody notice?鈥� One suspects that this is unlikely to appear on the agenda when members of the Strategic Forum for Construction next meet. But it wouldn鈥檛 be a bad starting point for their discussions, would it?
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CommentStructural flaws
The Strategic Forum鈥檚 new structure has trimmed down its unwieldy membership, but some of the changes could damage its status
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CommentInadmissable evidence
The answer to Tony Bingham鈥檚 鈥榝uzzy edge disease鈥� is unambiguous contracts that do not rely on pre-contract transactions that will, rightly, be ruled inadmissable
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CommentWhat鈥檚 the damage?
Matthew Reed predicts a rise in professional indemnity insurance costs in 2006 and reveals what a professional with your risk profile should expect to cough up
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CommentWonders & blunders
Gill Taylor thinks the Scottish parliament is a playful masterpiece, but finds no fun in out-of-town toyshops
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The adjudicator is always right
This was an appeal from an order made on 28 April 2005 by Mr Justice Jackson in the TCC. Mr Jackson upheld the adjudicator鈥檚 decision and ordered payment for 拢12,376,454.54 inclusive of interest and VAT.
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Wonder or 鈥�?
I would nominate Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Wolfsburg Science Centre, featured in your 鈥淚n pictures鈥� article on 2 December, page 24, as a strong candidate for a future 鈥渂lunder鈥�.
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Yule鈥檚 tidings
Perhaps only a legal man could be so outrageous in his opinion but at the same time completely miss the essence of the NEC (Ian Yule, 18 November). The whole ethos of the contract is based upon communication, collaboration and co-operation centred on timely and effective good management from all ...
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A simple solution
In his article 鈥淎 fat lot of good鈥� (2 Decembe), Rudi Klein rightfully complains that adjudication has become too expensive to be appropriate for the small value disputes that it was intended to resolve.