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Diversity blues
Try something next time you go to work or visit another construction business.
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Ask a silly question
Skilled labourers work in abysmal conditions, are paid peanuts and have to compete against cheap imported labour. Take a guess why nobody wants to work in construction
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Working with you, not against you
To provide affordable housing on private residential developments through section 106 planning agreements requires an effective partnership not only between housebuilders and local authorities, but increasingly between housebuilders and housing associations – the main providers and funders of affordable housing in the UK.
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Lock up your aeroplanes
I read with shock and horror how sex offenders have been unleashed to work in restricted access areas on airport projects (13 June, page 11).
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Machiavelli's advice
What does the future hold for contractors? History can give us some of the answers 鈥� and so can a well known renaissance philosopher
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CommentWhizz-bang walloped
Arbitrators, like other dispute deciders, may be inclined to race through a case and decide it on documents alone. But this approach can end up being very unfair
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We can weather the storm
According to recent headlines in the business press, 20,000 companies are likely to fail over the next year.
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Raising a stink
Taylor Woodrow (the defendant/first Part 20 claimant/third Part 20 defendant) was engaged to carry out improvement works to sewage treatment works owned by Yorkshire (the claimant). Taylor claimed to have appointed Biwater (the second Part 20 defendant/third Part 20 claimant/third Part 20 defendant) as its subcontractor on the terms set ...
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Have a little trust
What a sad story is portrayed in Martin Spring's report on Cumberland Infirmary (30 May, page 39).
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Do keep in touch
The new Construction Clients Group should encourage its members to be at the core of the building process 鈥� without being overpoweringly hands-on
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Just say no
On the subject of the RICS fee increase, the council very properly notified the membership in the AGM literature about its proposals for the extremely substantial increase in subscriptions.
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A guide for the perplexed
The PPC2000 partnering contract's multi-party approach leaves some users scratching their heads. But now there's a new document hoping to clear it all up
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Keep it lean, keep 'em keen
Matthew Richards' guide to lingo (30 May, p44) doesn't help anyone with regard to understanding lean construction.
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Moot dispute
Tony Bingham said last week that the test for whether a dispute has arisen is 'usefully neat and tidy'. Well, maybe it would be 鈥� if there were only one test
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Earning a fast buck
I've been following the debate about retention and can fully understand the points of view of both subcontractors and employers.
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CommentWonders & blunders
We explore the life and death of urban public space in England and Italy. Guess which country gets the thumbs-up 鈥�
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Dubai says 'aye'
I would like to second Peter Jones' vote of confidence (9 May, page 34) in Peter Fall's efforts to promote and develop the image of the RICS and its members.
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Partnering will tear us apart
In response to Jonathan Hosie鈥檚 feature on partnering agreements (6 June, page 55), I think if you consider the vested interests and problems in construction contracting, partnering isn鈥檛 a viable solution.
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