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Comment星空传媒 inaugurates a coffee machine 鈥� with HTA
鈥淚鈥檓 not drinking until April,鈥� boasts Riette as she sips her hot water and lemon. I feel a little guilty as I knock back a double espresso.
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CommentClose shaves
While Willmott Dixon employees escape with their jobs, Make鈥檚 staff avoid being crushed by a steel tree and Gordon Brown dodges Mandarin quantity surveying manuals
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Every cloud
I read your piece 鈥淐onstruction firms will take credit crunch hit in 2008鈥� (11 January, page 20) with interest. It claimed insolvencies across all industries are set to rise 8.3% to 13,492 next year, with construction singled out as one of the biggest casualties.
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CommentThe QS and the cockroach
As a loud and proud QS I have been reading about the imminent demise of our noble art for as long as I can remember.
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Nuclear clear-up
Contrary to the impression given in your quote from me in the article 鈥淭he path to power鈥� (18 January, page 28), the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and I are very clear about our policy on nuclear power.
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Cutting the atom down to size
Oh dear, two energy-related errors in the 11 January issue. First, kWh is a unit of energy while kW is a unit of power, not vice versa (page 75).
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Going for green
The news that the Olympic Delivery Authority鈥檚 business network will help companies across the UK compete for London 2012 business opportunities is a welcome announcement.
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Playing a risky game
I note every week the array of pictures sent in by vigilant readers detailing clear health and safety breaches seen on building sites, often in this country.
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CommentAre we gliding or plummeting?
鈥淚n 2008 it is likely that a less buoyant housing market will go hand in hand with slower growth in consumer spending. In the short run, that will slow economic activity, possibly quite sharply.鈥�
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Michael John Construction Ltd vs St Peter鈥檚 Rugby Football Club
In October 2003, St Peter鈥檚 Rugby Football Club, occupiers of a clubhouse and sports field in Cardiff, engaged Michael John Construction (MJC) under a JCT IFC 1998 contract. The club required that their site be cleared of the former clubhouse in order for it to be sold to developers. The ...
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CommentIf you want to make money by exploiting migrants, say so
Just before Christmas, the Construction Confederation wrote an article in this slot arguing against the regulation of gangmasters. Here, Alan Ritchie puts the unions鈥� case
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How a quirk became a cause
A Russian shipping dispute about bribery may seem little more than an oddity, but the Lords鈥� ruling gives a clear indication of how far the courts will go to enforce arbitration clauses
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CommentDo the right thing
Pursuing the bottom line at any cost is a quick route to extinction in today鈥檚 business world. It鈥檚 time we all embraced the new era of corporate responsibility, says Richard Steer
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IChemE international contracts: international A chemical solution
Contract update聽鈥� Cecily Davis guides us through the Institution of Chemical Engineers鈥� suite of contracts for international projects. Not only are they as clear and as simple as their domestic forms, but they also come in pretty colours
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Happily floating along
I noted with interest the comment in the Hansom column (14 December, page 27) that we at Baqus must hate Turner & Townsend for stealing our thunder by announcing the day before our flotation that it was planning to do the same.
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An elementary lesson
Following the Bali summit in December there appeared to be an overwhelming agreement that we need to act now to reduce the impact of climate change.
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CommentSpeed isnt everything
As a south Londoner and a frequent user of the Waterloo terminal (below), I am one of that band of travellers for whom the journey time to Paris has increased as a result of the move to St Pancras, so I might be viewed as being somewhat jaundiced in my ...
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Fear not the NEC
Tony Bingham gave us a light-hearted Christmas reminder of the benefits of the employer having on site people who understand the sharp end of construction (14 December, page 56).