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The price of CSCS
I read with amazement that the CSCS scheme is 拢5m in the red (3 December, page 9).
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CommentCome closer, my dears 鈥�
Want to know the future? Then cross our very own legal astrologer鈥檚 palm with silver as he gazes into his crystal ball and makes his predictions for 2005
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Mr BTEC responds
As a course director (鈥淢r BTEC鈥�) at the College of West Anglia in Norfolk, I would like to reassure readers that Della Madgwick鈥檚 unfortunate experience, recounted in her letter of 3 December, need not be universal.
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CommentRule Britannia
How鈥檚 this for a list of new year鈥檚 resolutions? I will not design buildings with sexy floor-to-ceiling glass cladding.
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The name鈥檚 Bond 鈥� retention bond
A number of British Constructional Steelwork Association members may choose to give bonds in place of accepting cash retention (26 November, page 63), but I hope you don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 being too pedantic if I remind you that this is no longer a BCSA matter but one for individual companies.
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Jack鈥檚 blunder
Jack Pringle鈥檚 comments (3 December, page 34) demonstrate how out of touch with reality the RIBA remains in 2004, with its obsession for style before function.
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All in the forecast
Further to Malcolm Taylor鈥檚 letter (10 December, page 29), it may well be puzzling that the services element of a building does not receive the same level of prescriptive design as the architectural elements.
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CommentSome relationship advice
Dear Tony, I have been seeing a contractor for some time now, and although he says he loves me, he will not commit to a serious relationship. What should I do?
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Perfect 10 (well, almost)
I was interested to read Rudi Klein鈥檚 recent article about the benefits of single project insurance to the construction industry (26 November, page 51).
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The recovery position
If your subcontractor or supplier turns turtle you have a major problem, but all may not be lost. Here鈥檚 how you can jump the insolvency queue 鈥�
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CommentOpen mike: This is unacceptable
Legal disputes in construction are as important as those in any other industry, so why do our firms have to use the tradesman鈥檚 entrance to the courts?
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CommentA question for the judge
Can one adjudicator read 52 lever-arch files and nine boxes of documentation in 100 days and still reach a fair decision? Here鈥檚 what Judge Toulmin said
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CommentPeace and goodwill
With Christmas eight days away, what better time could there be for the unions and CITB-ConstructionSkills to call a truce in their war for possession of the CSCS card scheme?
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Don鈥檛 delay
In 2003 Severn Trent Water Limited (STW) commenced its tendering process for the award of contracts for the maintenance, renewal and improvement of its reservoirs, pipelines, pumping stations, treatment plants and sewerage systems. The contract was a five year programme of considerable value, being somewhere in the region of 拢1.5-拢2bn.STW ...
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CommentClucking hell
If construction has been likened to a flock of quarrelsome chickens, it is because industry bodies are concerned with nothing but their own place in the pecking order
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CommentJingle all the way
Deck the halls with boughs of holly/Here鈥檚 some advice on saving lolly/Hire yourself a new surveyor/Who鈥檒l collect evidence against the payer 鈥�
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CommentWho are you today?
A piece of legislation that protects 鈥榗onsumers鈥� against unfair treatment from 鈥榗ommercial鈥� types 鈥� meaning you 鈥� undermines whole basis of a building contract
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The making of a muddle
The Skanksa vs Egger case blurred the distinction between entitlement to extension of time and entitlement to compensation. Here鈥檚 what happened 鈥�