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What are we here for?

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

A reader writes As QSs already have at least four professional bodies they can be members of, why do they need another? We explain what the QSi has to offer

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Hansom

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

This week: delicious irony, stale hobbies, a traditional Suffolk Christmas dinner and a minister with his fingers in his ears going la-la-la-not-listening

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Don't do down planners

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

Your cover story "Planning - a world where nothing works" (20 February) misses the point on how and why we need to reform the system.

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Construction superstars?

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

It's high time construction pushed itself forward in the way other, more "sexy", industries do.

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Brief encounter: What did Wilcox mean?

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

Judge Wilcox's decision in London vs Waterman seemed to float the idea that adjudication should be restricted to simple cases. Is that really what he suggested?

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I'll take that bet

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

John Smith offers to bet me that Constructing Excellence can't improve the image of the construction industry in a quantifiable way in two years (6 February, page 33).

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Aww, shucks

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

I have wanted for some time now to express my appreciation of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ magazine.

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Anyone fancy a fight?

2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

The New Engineering Contract's non-confrontational aims are making it increasingly popular – but a dispute over whether it allows late claims would be handy

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Spreading the risk

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

If you are thinking of joint venturing with another contractor on a project, make sure you avoid joint liabilities if the other party suddenly goes belly-up

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Quantum theory

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

Oh dear! John Redmond has missed the point again (19 December, page 45).

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Private prejudice

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

You may be aware of the extraordinary case of CWS vs ICL, and if so, you probably have one overriding question: what on earth was going on in the judge's mind?

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Legalaid

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

This month, our legal experts delve into the mysteries of the NEC standard form, early warning and compensation, and look at whether you can sue a local authority that doesn't give you the job even though you entered the lowest bid

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Hansom

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, dear reader – and if you don't believe me, read these items …

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The NEC: A user's guide

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

Changing a partnering contract isn't like changing a brand of cereal – but the contract writers could take a lesson in clear English from the back of the packet

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No excuses

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

Your lead news article on 6 February, "Multiplex warned 'safety is a serious concern with PC Harrington'" highlights just how far we have to go.

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Marking your cards

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

George Brumwell’s hopes of saving lives by registering all foreign workers with the CSCS card scheme (13 February, page 14) is flawed.

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Wonders & blunders

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

Mike Driver bends a reverential knee to a Finnish church but makes the sign of the cross before a north London office block …

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You've been warned

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

Your article "Click to Survive" (30 January, page 36) was thought-provoking and timely.

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All the difference

2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

It doesn't just make you feel all warm and gooey – a bit of gratitude is worth as much as hard cash if it helps you with marketing, productivity, legal disputes, morale …

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Guarding your patch

2004-02-26T00:00:00Z

I can imagine how some of our readers will react to this month’s cover feature on the move by commercial developers into the residential sector. Some housebuilders will be outraged at the sheer brass neck of the Lipton family and their suggestion that housebuilding is so inefficient that it will ...