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An ACE of an agreement
The Association of Consulting Engineers' appointment documents are out, and they offer new forms and some valuable protections for the professional team
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Power politics
Consider how many of the world's problems 鈥� economic, political or climatic 鈥� are linked to energy policy. Then consider going solar on the next project
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Sauce material
Pornographic messages, Viagra ads, rampant viruses 鈥� OK, so the internet's not perfect, but it beats sifting through dusty tomes in Lincoln's Inn law library
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A few simple rules
Online collaboration tools are there to make everybody's life easier. And if you consider the legal ramifications before the project starts, they might just do so
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Don't get tangled in the web
Online procurement has the same legal requirements as paper-based contracts, but care should be taken over conditions, jurisdiction and the issue of when it is binding
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Digital building is here
There's a scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise walks into a fashion boutique in 2054 and is greeted by intelligent adverts that know everything about him from what clothes he buys to what toothpaste he uses. This, say retail experts, is not inconceivable. Now substitute the mall with a ...
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Whitehall's special needs
This should be interesting. Whitehall is about to undertake a crash course in A level public procurement. A notoriously dim pupil, it has been flunking basic tests for years. But political expediency demands that it achieve top marks in schools, hospitals and transport by the next election. Head teacher Gordon ...
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Mechanised tree-houses
One reason for our British spinelessness is that we don't like to make a fuss. Which wasn't always the case. In fact, our cars used to look a perfect fright 鈥�
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Redmond's recipe for fudge
For an adjudicator, reaching a decision on a complex case in 28 days may be tricky 鈥� but doing a botch-job, as John Redmond suggested, doesn't do anyone any justice
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Keep it clean
A judge asked to enforce an adjudicator's decision may feel that the ruling is undermined by unfairness. So what dirty dealings might lead to this sticky situation?
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It's a dead cert
Non-standard collateral warranties are set to re-emerge 鈥� and as their interpretation is so unpredictable, we'll no doubt soon be begging to see the back of them
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Reflex reaction
Critics of the public鈥損rivate partnership dwell on fledgling problems, but these are nothing that can't be solved. Better that than no new schools or hospitals 鈥�
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An unprecedented future
Much is said about our industry learning from its experiences, yet here we are throwing away a wealth of knowledge on points of law and principle
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Prescott under fire
John Prescott has more to worry about right now than his deteriorating relationship with housebuilders (pages 24-25). Planning chaos is a political sideshow alongside the main drama of the firefighters' dispute and the threat 鈥� amid a London teachers' strike 鈥� of a new winter of discontent. But, although no ...
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Give them their due
The Construction Act's payment provisions are there to promote certainty of payment: nothing should stop the payee from knowing where it stands on pay day
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Shame, Brunel, shame
You'll all know that a certain Victorian engineer just missed out on "greatest Briton". But did you know he was one of the worst employers Britain has ever had?