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CommentShock and or
It happens all the time 鈥� a contractor thinks the spec means one thing, the client another. In this case it ended in a judge鈥檚 interpretation of the word 鈥榦r鈥�
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Ryding with Rab
I couldn鈥檛 agree more with Rab Bennetts鈥� call for an accepted, industry-wide methodology for measuring the performance of buildings (11 February, page 15).
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CommentThe race for second place
Waking up to find that the Tories have regained popularity is certainly a strange feeling. Maybe they can fail a bit better this time
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Silenced partner
I have noticed over the years that when you profile a landmark project in your publication, you rarely make mention of the specialist M&E subcontractors used by a listed main contractor and I have often wondered why.
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Time to organise?
I agree with the recent views of Colin Harding and Chris Charles (Letters, 18 February, page 34) 鈥� small firms in the construction industry do need better representation.
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Are you properly equipped?
The claimant Ball lost the sight in one eye when he suffered an accident using farming machinery owned by the defendant Street. Ball had hired Street for the use of his hay mowing and bailing machinery. On the day of the accident, Street was not present but had consented to ...
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The dangers of freedom 鈥�
In your news columns on 11 February (page 11), you reiterated Rudi Klein鈥檚 views that the Freedom of Information Act enables contractors and subcontractors who lose out on public sector projects to discover the value of rival bids and find out what criteria were used to evaluate them.
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Courage under fire
Tony Bingham鈥檚 expert witness鈥揾ired gun analogy (4 February, page 50) struck a chord 鈥� appearing in the witness box under the interrogation of our learned friends seems to me akin to being under fire!
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CommentEurocontracts cometh?
The European commission has denied plans for a European civil code. But 鈥榠mproving the coherence of legal principles鈥� sounds rather similar
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Carry on, Colin
Colin Harding 鈥� if it is any consolation, I think your articles are excellent and well justified (Letters, 11 February, page 39).
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CommentWonders & blunders
An arts centre shows that the best plan can be no plan at all, says Iain Borden, but a London office block betrays no sign of life
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CommentFurtive behaviour
Before you sign a home-cooked contract, ask yourself why your client-to-be felt the need to do it himself, when there are so many standard forms out there
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An arquitecto writes
With regards to Just the job (4 February, page 110): I am a Spanish arquitecto t茅cnico who has been working as an estimator/quantity surveyor in the UK for the past year.
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Judge, jury and accomplice
Although I am sure that Michael Sergeant has presented a legally correct view of impartiality and agency (21 January, page 58), I think that he has not entirely warned of the dangers facing the design team.
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CommentSchal鈥檚 Stalingrad
The struggle between Bovis and Schal for the 拢400m BBC Broadcasting House redevelopment was a decisive moment in the recent history of UK construction
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CommentTake us to the pub!
The first of an occasional series of web log-style diaries begins with a typically bizarre Tuesday in the life of a CAD operative in an engineering firm
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CommentMind and will
In a landmark case, a council architect is on trial for manslaughter, after an outbreak of legionnaire鈥檚 disease killed seven people. The verdict will be pivotal 鈥�
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CommentNo more party games
The interface agreement is a neat device that PFI special purpose vehicles can use to avoid 鈥榩ass the parcel鈥� between subcontractors. However, the rules are getting complicated