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Nothing personal
Ian Abley鈥檚 column got me to challenge my thinking as a proponent of non-adversarial teamworking.
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CommentHang on, Ken
The latest column by one of our graduate panel asks how you square the London mayor鈥檚 renewable energy targets with planning rules 鈥� and the developer鈥檚 bottom line
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CommentA waste of energy
When you put out a tender, you often get a bid that comes in 40% lower than the rest. The thing to do is to save yourself a lot of trouble and bin it 鈥�
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Don鈥檛 look up 鈥�
This is a photo from Khan el-Khalili in Cairo. The public (including us) thought nothing of walking under this JCB while it was in operation 鈥� it was being used for lifting concrete drainage sections. (It was a nice gesture that the guys stopped to smile at the camera.)
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鈥� Crossed wires
鈥� Crossed wiresThe Treasury castigates government contracts for being monstrously late and over budget.
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Defining a contract
The defendant engaged the claimant builder to carry out work at his home in Beaulieu. Work carried out was in excess of 拢500,000. Initial letter of intent provided for a limited amount of work to be carried out. However, that letter of intent said that the work would be carried ...
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CommentCold comfort
This week鈥檚 energy special continues in the legal pages, and to kick us off we have a severe weather warning from 星空传媒鈥檚 answer to Michael Fish
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Get to know each other better
I was interested to read recently published research by consultant Deloitte that highlighted the worrying yet unsurprising fact that 鈥渢wo-thirds of UK businesses do not even ask for detailed reporting鈥� from suppliers.
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The dawning of an age 鈥�
Saturday night on Channel 4 boded well: baby off to bed nice and early, settle down with the wife and a nice glass of rioja, Kevin McCloud鈥檚 learned tones and a deserved early win for the Stealth House.
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CommentRed-tape rollback
The European commission has taken the first tentative steps in its campaign to make EU businesses more competitive by cutting regulation. And there鈥檚 a long way to go 鈥�
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CommentLet鈥檚 be reasonable
We should get one or two things straight at the outset. We鈥檙e not against the 星空传媒 Regulations.
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CommentGoing global
Global expansion should never be a vanity project and requires mastery of a tricky formula, but the payback for clients, staff and corporation can be immense
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CommentLet the games end
More and more decent contractors are opting out of tricky public projects. If the government wants us back to build its Olympics, it鈥檒l just have to outlaw retentions
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CommentConsider the evidence
After an accident such as Hatfield, prosecutors come under pressure to launch a case. But too often they go ahead without having a leg to stand on
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Handled with care
A new accreditation scheme is offering training and indemnity insurance to construction professionals taking on the vital role of asbestos inspectors
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CommentWonders & blunders
Euan McEwan applauds the contextual subtlety of the Glasgow School of Art and decries a brutal misfit in rural Bedfordshire