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CommentWeb watch 鈥� Meet the pundits
星空传媒.co.uk has gathered an illustrious panel of experts to guide you through the worlds of law, architecture and finance. Here, business writer Mark Leftly explains why PFI is always a safe bet
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Comment星空传媒 pulls a pint 鈥� for CMS Cameron McKenna
By the time I arrive at the Hand and Shears, a mere 10 minutes late, Henry is already staring down the barrel of an empty glass. 鈥淎 process of evaporation seems to have taken place,鈥� he says.
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CommentFair payment charter: Declaring peace
Last year the Office of Government Commerce launched its Guide to Best Fair Payment Practices. It came into force on 1 January this year and applies to all public sector works contracts.
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Who will abide by the rules?
Do clients really want another measure to regulate payment? Judging by the slow take-up so far, possibly not 鈥�
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CommentBiting back
This week we鈥檝e got Reservoir Dogs without the reservoir, the results of the HBG vs University of Phoenix friendly, fashion tips for cyclists, Caribbean marriages 鈥� well, what more do you want?
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鈥� and happy to be abroad
I am an expat QS and a member of the RICS. Please, for the sake of my sanity and that of others, do not carry any articles about the RICS鈥� desire to have visa restrictions lifted for foreign QSs.
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Put your pens down
Are these firms that are imposing 5% cuts on their subcontractors (18 January, page 9) unaware of Latham, Egan and approaches such as Lean Construction to improving the efficiency of the supply chain?
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Here's how
I read with interest your piece 鈥淲hat鈥檚 missing is an understanding of what works and what doesn鈥檛鈥� (18 January, page 48).
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The woodenheaded media
A recent article in the Telegraph magazine disturbed me for displaying a conspicuous bias against PVCu windows and I wrote to the magazine to put the record straight.
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University challenge
Universities and employers do seem to be missing a trick when it comes to the use of construction students within the industry (18 January, page 52).
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CommentIs Prince Charles right?
Prince Charles鈥� speech on new buildings in old places last week was not the bombshell lobbed by his 鈥渕onstrous carbuncle鈥� diatribe of 1984, which precipitated a nationwide reaction by planning authorities against modern architecture.
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CommentThe solution
For the past 50 years we鈥檝e fretted and failed to find a way to make the most of prefabrication. Now we鈥檝e cracked it, thanks to China, the humble shipping container and a way to make the most of both of them
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Reinwood Ltd vs L Brown & Sons Ltd
This appeal raised a point of interpretation of a standard JCT form of contract on which there appears to be no previous authority. The point turned on the relationship between clauses 24 (damages for non-completion), 25 (extension of time), 28 (determination by the contractor) and 30 (certificates and payment). ...
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CommentCan I have your attention, please?
It鈥檚 not so difficult to open young people鈥檚 eyes to the excitements of the built environment. All it takes is a little creativity, hard cash and the ability to surprise
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CommentOpen mike: Are you sitting comfortably?
You鈥檝e built your office and handed it over in all its pristine glory, but whether those actually working in it are happy 鈥� well, that鈥檚 not your business is it? Oh, but it is.
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CommentYou can鈥檛 always get what you want
聽Here鈥檚 the story of a PFI scheme that caught fire. And it鈥檚 the story of how the parties then strained to construe their contracts in the most favourable way. Some were not successful
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Challenging times
There will be a lot of legal change this year, with major revisions to immigration law, more stringent health and safety regs and a move to increase new homes鈥� energy efficiency