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I think we need to talk
Email and CAD have revolutionised information exchange, but unless everyone is using the same system, technology can create more problems than it solves
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No need for pre-nups 鈥�
Regarding "Eat your heart out, J-Lo" by Luke Wessley (31 October, page 35): With certain contractors or subcontractors a pre-nuptial agreement is a must 鈥� but there is a way round this.
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Lessons in sight and sound
Bexley Business Academy is a radical new school that will change the way education buildings are designed in the UK.
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I just have to say it
I will fall into the elephant trap set by your anonymous correspondent regarding the "tired debate over the RICS" (Letters, 24 October, page 36) and comment that he is either completely clueless as to what a quantity surveyor does or he is a disillusioned QS with very poor training.
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One mean industry
They talk a lot about sabotage on site, but maybe they ought to look for the guys who wrecked the industry's labour relations 鈥� with apologies to Raymond Chandler
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When the neighbours can hear you
We all adore the French but anyone planning to get involved in construction operations there needs to be aware of their potential liabilities to the neighbours
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By Jove, I think you've got it!
Reading your front cover on 24 October, showing on-site babies with hods, I asked myself: What hare-brained schemes are they going to promote this time?
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Why retentions are good 鈥�
To counter Tony Bingham's argument in "Ask the aspidistra" (31 October, page 50), here are a few words in support of retentions:
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Gis' a job
A suggestion to the powers-that-be at the Health and Safety Executive, regarding an untapped "eyes and ears" resource (10 October, page 11, and 24 October, page 43).
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A (credulous) reader writes
Congratulations on your review with 50 great ways to improve the industry (24 October, pages 42-49).
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A case of foot and mouth
If you think an adjudicator has no right to decide a dispute, be careful about what you say 鈥� you can lose the right to have the court overturn the result
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Don't blame the injured
The claimant, Mr Gillespie, suffered a crushing injury to his arm whilst working at night as a tunnel miner. The injury was sustained when a skip that stood on a four-wheeled cart moved and trapped his forearm. The accident left the claimant fit only for light and medium occupations and ...
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Stop bashing the subbies
As an ex-specialist subcontractor, now practising project planning and delay analysis, I wanted to thank Tony Bingham for his article on subcontractors' delivery (24 October, page 61).
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鈥� and what about quality?
I see that Luke Wessely takes issue with lawyers who "focus on whether you used the specified number and type of fixings" rather than "whether you've done a good job". Isn't a check against specification a right and proper measure of how good a job is?
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Supplier-led solutions
Although it is hard to disagree with the majority of Egan's basic views (24 October, page 42), by drawing on his experience in the car industry, he actually did the construction industry a disservice.
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Where are the opportunities?
I am fed up reading about the industry's lack of profile and appeal.
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Strength in numbers
Reading "Repeat after me: 'Yes I can run your project'", I was taken back 30 years, to when I read Interdependence and Uncertainty, a report by the The Tavistock Institute, which had researched the construction professions and found that each one saw itself as pre-eminent.Sadly, little seems to have changed, ...