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CommentIt鈥檚 about these beanstalks
More tales of everyday surreality from the world of work, this week courtesy of a temp at a housing complaints call centre who took on more than she bargained for 鈥�
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Steady on 鈥�
I鈥檓 delighted to see that you thought it worth noting that maids in Notting Hill were Filipina.
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CommentStick this in your pipe 鈥�
Anybody who鈥檚 had the experience of persuading a utility company鈥檚 call centre to deal with a bill that seems to have acquired an extra couple of noughts will empathise with the National Federation of Builders鈥� members.
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CommentTraining for the Olympics
If winning the Olympics was a triumph, building them will be a miracle. The reason is that we don鈥檛 have enough skilled workers 鈥� but who鈥檚 to blame for that?
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Morgan the martyr
I note that Launce Morgan, the chairman of the RICS construction faculty, has resigned from that appointment and his job at Northcroft (8 July, page 15).
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Praise the Lords
The House of Lords ruling in Lesotho vs Impregilio has done much to restore London鈥檚 reputation as the centre of arbitration for international projects
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Fifteen golden rules
I am sure Keith Pickavance needs no advice from me about the real cause of disputes such as Wembley (Letters, 24 June, page 40).
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CommentOi, Le Corbusier 鈥�
Teamwork between the client and its consultants ought to be embedded in our industry 鈥� but architects sometimes need to be reminded of this
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Brain matter
It was a pity that your recent article on women in construction (10 June, pages 28-31) failed to point out the basic fact that most people working in today's construction industry use their brains, not their bare hands.
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Rachel vs Melinda and Ann
Two weeks ago, Melinda Parisotti presented a plan to end the struggle between consultants and clients over net contribution clauses. This led to a sharp difference of legal opinion. Now read on 鈥�
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CommentGo ask Alice
How can you miss a deadline if you鈥檙e a day early? Very easily, if you鈥檙e in the Wonderland world of the law, where words mean just what the contract says they do
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Watch the skies
Under a proposed EU directive, construction employers could face hefty claims from outdoor workers if they fail to protect them from the effects of the sun
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CommentWhose side are you on?
It鈥檚 taken 20 years to decide whether the project manager under the NEC contract has a duty to be unbiased. Now, thanks to Mr Justice Jackson, we know
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Reviewing the review
I am surprised that in your report on the CABE 鈥渙pen design review鈥� (1 July, page 16) you failed to mention that one of the main recommendations of the parliamentary select committee, which investigated CABE recently, was that its design review function should be entirely opened to public scrutiny.
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A world outside hairdressing
I read with interest your article entitled 鈥淐onstruction: No place for women!鈥� (10 June, page 28), which debated the relative aspirations of women to enter the construction industry alongside the employers desire to recruit females in the workplace.
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Growing pains
Housing associations ain鈥檛 what they used to be. The niche firms of the 1970s have now become big businesses, and in the process many have become disorientated