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CommentAllow me to present your bill
The Construction Act consultation has acknowledged that companies need payment certainty, but it is not tackling the surreal arrangement whereby the payer decides what the payee is owed
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CommentFellow travellers
The construction industry has gone cycling mad this year, with events like Cycle to Cannes and the Olympic velodrome designs being released.
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CommentWho goes there?
One of the odd things about private equity firms is just how unprivate they have become of late.
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Everyone鈥檚 a loser
Ms Tomlinson and Mr Wilson, a builder, entered into a contract for the construction of a small kitchen and bathroom extension to Tomlinson鈥檚 house in Easingwold. The parties agreed that the contract sum would be paid in stages.Wilson had constructed the extension to roof level when work ceased. This work ...
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There鈥檚 nothing to be afraid of
It is now just over two years old, and it is distinctly better than JCT98, but poor old JCT2005 still seems to be getting the cold shoulder. Why? It all seems to boil down to fear of the unknown
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Two鈥檚 company, three鈥檚 a mess
The sudden insolvency of a main contractor is always bad news. And if the contractual relationships are not clear it can be even worse, as this case shows
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Snakes and lizards
I have for many years read and enjoyed articles written by Colin Harding. However, from what he says in Talking lizards (29 June, pages 34-35), he seems to be coming off the rails.
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Erroneous arguments
I was interested to read Edward Whipp鈥檚 views on masonry and brickwork (6 July, page 78).
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More pressure
I have been reading your 鈥淯nder pressure鈥� series with interest. At Malcolm Hollis, we are undertaking a development monitoring role on the BBC鈥檚 Broadcasting House refurbishment on behalf of Morgan Stanley and are very aware of the materials shortage.
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Reaching our limit
As a reader of 鈥淟imits to growth鈥�, I rate the 星空传媒 article 鈥淢ore than we can handle鈥� (15 June, page 40) as a living testimony to the tipping point that the Club of Rome forecast all those years ago.
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A simple solution
Why are we building half as many houses as we did in the sixties? Because the public sector has stopped building its half.
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It doesnt fit the fitters
Having read your article The Handover (6 July, page 36) I sincerely hope that there is not to be a continuation of this one-size-fits-all approach in the Strategic Forum.
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CommentThe Prince of Wails
Colin Harding has been writing his column for 20 years now. Looking back over that time, the single most significant event was probably Prince Charles鈥� attack on architects, and the howls of protest that followed it 鈥�
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CommentMissing you
This week we鈥檝e gathered together everyone that wasn鈥檛 there, from very small politicians to very big businessmen, and launched an investigation into Albanian movies and Ray O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 stationery
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CommentSelf-harm for developers
Developers always try to impose the same liabilities on their contractors that they themselves are under. This is at best futile and at worst a danger to their own interests