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CommentGekko redux
Back in the eighties, Hollywood鈥檚 apotheosis of the cynical, sleazy financier had a real-life counterpart in the contractors who used new procurement systems to fleece hapless clients. And now they鈥檙e coming back 鈥�
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Flaming ridiculous
What a delightful irony it was to have an advert from those astute concrete people, depicting the Colindale fire, placed opposite an announcement for your zero-carbon conference (18 May, pages 50-51) 鈥� all that previously sequestered carbon being put back into the atmosphere!
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CommentYesterdays man
Lord Lawson has long been a bucket on the tiller of sane attempts to steer the UK towards a smart, efficient, renewable low-carbon economy.
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Bigger isn鈥檛 better 鈥�
I read with great interest your recent article on the possible formation of a trade body to work closely with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to deliver maintenance in the social housing sector (18 May, page 14).
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鈥� unless it鈥檚 your house
Richard Donnell (www.building.co.uk, 25 May) sensibly argues that the mix of new housing should be decided at the local level 鈥� top-down density or mix targets cannot possibly produce the right housing.
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Divine intervention
I am a great admirer of Sir Michael Latham, but I refer you to my article 鈥淪hopfitters of the World Unite鈥� (23 February, page 38).
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CommentKing Richard
Introducing the all-conquering Lord Rogers of Riverside: Pritzker prize-winning architect, confidante to the rich and powerful and, of course, would-be sexologist
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CommentWhat more do we need to know?
Many people have suspected that there was something a bit haphazard about the way companies handled tower cranes.
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CommentHow to inspect things
Just what an 鈥渋nspecting professional鈥� has to do, and therefore what they can be sued for not doing, has always been a bit of a mystery. Luckily, a familiar case has shed some light on it
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CommentPot calling kettle
The government wastes 拢2.6bn of its construction spend, then wonders if the industry is efficient enough. What鈥檚 really annoying, though, is that it doesn鈥檛 have to be like this
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CommentIves rolls the dice
Francis Ives, the charismatic chairman of Cyril Sweett, has the reputation of being an enterprising fellow.
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Propping Up
The claimant, Hart Investments, sought to hold the first defendant, Fidler, responsible for the collapse of part a building that Hart owned. Fidler was a structural engineer and denied responsibility for the collapse. He was employed by both the claimant and the second defendant, building contractor Larchpark.Hart alleged that Fidler ...
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Genesis: the birth of a regulation
Delegated legislation plays a huge part in the life of the construction industry and it makes sense to know how they come into being in parliament
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A missed opportunity?
The new Pre-Action Protocol for Construction Disputes is to be welcomed. But it won鈥檛 stop some litigants from giving the other side the runaround.
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A friend in need
I am writing to tell you about my employer Gleeds. In January I suffered the loss of my father and had to go to Greece to make the appropriate arrangements. I had no idea how long I would have to be there, only that I needed to be on the ...