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CommentThe troubles we鈥檝e seen
If there鈥檚 one thing you can confidently predict about 2006 it鈥檚 that the rows that raged in 2005 will rage on. In case you needed reminding, here they are 鈥�
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Rab lets rip
I should know by now not to read Colin Harding鈥檚 regular attacks on architects as they just wind me up, but he cannot go unchallenged.
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CommentI think I鈥檓 going to sneeze 鈥�
Thanks to Anthony Widdup of Amer Architects for this picture of site life, and possible death, in Jaipur, India.
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Victorian fiction
Tony Bingham (18 November) once more goes to the heart of a big problem for the building industry: that it is still incapable of delivering a building in which design and integration of services are fully co-ordinated.
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CommentThe Shanghai express
Sir Terry Farrell鈥檚 vision for the Thames Gateway, which is largely accepted by David Miliband, is exactly what we should avoid. Instead, we should look to the East
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CommentConsider Macau
When it comes to high-rise living, the Far East has got it down to a fine art. So why can鈥檛 our own crowded little island do something similar?
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Cannes the hard way
If any of your readers are keen cyclists and are planning to go to MIPIM, they might like to know I am organising a charity ride that will do the 920 miles in three days riding in relays.
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In black and white
Mr Malnick converted his former offices in Islington into three residential units. The claimant carried out the construction work. The oral agreement was reached on 3 September for the builder to carry out the conversion work. A manuscript note of the telephone conversation recorded the price at 拢412,000 inclusive ...
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Southwark鈥檚 big plans
I am writing to correct an impression that may have been made by your article on the Beetham Tower proposal (9 December).
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CommentBosses beware
his year is going to be packed with changes to employment law. This is what you need to know on age discrimination, illegal workers, TUPE and more 鈥�
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Not bad, not biased and not barking
Depending on who you ask, the new NEC contract displays favouritism to contractors or employers. In fact, it is the lawyers who amend it who are causing the problems
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Unphased
In 2002 a plan to regenerate Hastings and Bexhill was approved. The proposals were for a mixed development that would proceed in two phases. Phase 1 included the submission of a detailed planning application for infrastructure proposals, and associated surface water attenuation measures, for part of the site. Phase 2 ...
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CommentState-of-the-art stupidity
Thanks to our readers for contributing this gallery of health and safety blunders from around the world...
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CommentA night to regret
What happened to my mate Trevor after the Christmas party? He seemed so chatty, so relaxed. And a few hours later he was banged up in a police cell 鈥�
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Studying the form
This year the JCT caused quite a stir when it decided to revamp its entire suite of contracts (see 星空传媒, 24 June), but it鈥檚 the changes to the design contracts 鈥� Design and Build Contract and the Intermediate Contract with Design 鈥� that have created most interest.
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CommentA Christmas dinner
When it comes to the economics of happiness, a guaranteed maximum price can entail unacceptable costs 鈥� as this festive tale demonstrates
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Comment2005: A landmark year
Twelve months suddenly seems like a long time in contracting. There鈥檚 long been a theoretical debate within construction groups about what a contractor is, what it does 鈥� and whether that鈥檚 worth doing.
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