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Victims of the system
It's been a bad week for the paperclip posse. On Tuesday, the government and the Tories called for a mass cull of civil servants.
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CommentThe silent service
Adjudicators aren't private eyes 鈥� or inquiry judges 鈥� looking into every detail of a case. They're paid just to assess the arguments 鈥� then keep their mouths shut
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What RICS stands for
I have been following with interest the debate in your magazine regarding the RICS, and after the latest issue (6 February) have been tempted to chip in regarding the institution and what it represents.
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Yes, I have regrets
Having being a member of the RICS for some 10 years, I think the current 32% increase to be deplorable.
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A rise in pre-profit tax
Sorry about this, but there are some grim changes to tax law in the pipeline, and the effect will be to make consultants look much harder at the jobs they take on
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Playing fast and loose
The claimant, Galliford Try Construction Limited, was the contractor for the redevelopment of the Wellesley Hotel in Wellington Road, Leeds, into residential apartments. Michael Heal Associates Limited provided pre-tender structural engineering services to the original developer. The development was completed on a design-and-build basis, and the appointment of Michael ...
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Exceptions rule
No, no, of course insurers don't try anything to avoid paying out on an all-risks policy. Still, just to be sure, apply a magnifying glass to that small print 鈥�
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Are you considering an Italian job?
Berlusconi's push to bring private finance into public works could be a nice little earner for UK firms. But there may be constitutional hitches ahead 鈥�
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Very little change 鈥�
The RICS has embarrassed itself by refusing to recognise the demand for an extraordinary general meeting on the subject of subscriptions and governance.
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Don't build Crossrail 鈥�
it is an astronomically expensive way of depopulating our capital city. Far more egalitarian would be to spend the money on housing subsidies in central London
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Serves us right
The maddeningly dysfunctional nature of Britain's planning system can be largely explained by the general rule that if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
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Playing by the rules
The Princess Royal Sports Arena in Boston, Lincolnshire, is a wooden wonder. Constructed entirely from timber, the sports centre looks like an ark awaiting a flood on its site at the edge of the North Sea. One of the most remarkable things about the arena is that architect BGP McGonaghy ...
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Missing the point
Judges would prefer disputes to end up in mediation rather than court 鈥� but frogmarching both parties to the table will only undermine the process
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CommentStakes and ladders
If you skip a square at the very beginning of an adjudication you may find that at the end of it 鈥� when there's most to lose 鈥� you have to start all over again
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Immigration requires regulation
The Morecambe Bay tragedy has swung the spotlight back onto illegal immigrants in construction.
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'Not likely to be a common occurrence'
Anyone thinking of trotting off to the TCC to resolve their dispute ought to read this amazing Appeal Court judgment before they do 鈥�
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Cat, pigeons, pigeons, cat
Just when we thought we'd got a handle on how adjudication is supposed is to work, along comes Judge Wilcox and introduces a feline to the coop 鈥�