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Qualifications what you need
I was interested to read the KPMG research into the shortage of qualified contractors (9 March, page 16).
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Bosses, commit to apprentices
Recent statistics showing a sharp fall in apprenticeships (www.building.co.uk, 29 March) surprised me because they are not reflected by the industry鈥檚 experience.
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CommentApocalypse cow
The only way we can save humanity from climate change is if we all pull together. But that鈥檚 not likely if bankers keep insisting on aircon, hedge funds keep looking for profit and cows keep 鈥� doing what cows do
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CommentWhat a mess!
Adjudication is being turned into an expensive and inefficient process by the proliferation of home-made procedures. So why isn鈥檛 the DTI doing something to stamp them out?
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CommentWeb watch 鈥� Recycle me
The back page this week is all about the production of the back page, a cutting-edge paperless process pioneered by Alex Smith. Now, if only we didn鈥檛 have to print 25,000 copies for you lot ...
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On your marks, get set ...
The NEC suite of contracts, as used by the London Olympics, contain some highly specific requirements concerning compensation events. It鈥檚 worthwhile paying attention to them now
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CommentConstruction鈥檚 movable feast
Fraud, theft and vandalism cost the industry more than 拢1m a day, with some of the stolen plant surfacing as far away as Australia. What can you do about it?
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End the Jurassic period
Just when we thought the Jurassic period was over, another dinosaur rears its head! Does Michael Brown (23 March, page 34) not realise that the world has changed and that the skills of cost consultants and quantity surveyors have never been more in demand? The market wants effective management of ...
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QSs around the world
I was surprised to read Michael Brown鈥檚 letter about the QS shortage. He is factually incorrect and trapped in a bygone age.
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Enough about ORourke
As an informed client, am I the only person fed up with hearing how great Laing O鈥橰ourke is and how inspirational Ray O鈥橰ourke is?
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Nurture green shoots
To truly commit to embracing renewable technology, the government needs to get the grants support system sorted out quickly.
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An unsupported industry
As a director of a renewable energy company, I am bemused by the lack of incentives for homeowners to use renewable energy.
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CommentThe waste land
The Home Office invests in some lovely offices in the middle of nowhere that will be closed most of the time, a 鈥榮orry鈥� state of affairs at the ODA, and cloning seems to apply to Shepherds as well as sheep
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CommentMastering apprenticeships
The continuing troubles of construction apprenticeship training are depressingly familiar.
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CommentThe towers of London
The capital鈥檚 flirtation with tall buildings is becoming a love affair, thanks to the commercial and aesthetic success of recent designs. But how can we keep it going?
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CommentHansom Ripping yarns
A spell-binding 348-page account of PFI standardisation, the equally long-running saga of David Cameron鈥檚 home improvements and a rather jolly chinwag with the Tory MEP for Gibraltar
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Going into detail: Gort-Barten v Cherrington
Mr and Mrs Gort-Barten (Gort-Barten) entered into a contract with MA Cherrington Ltd (MAC) on 24 November 2005 (the contract). Pursuant to the contract, MAC was to construct a building for Gort-Barten as described in the 鈥減lans and specifications鈥� for the sum of 拢1,999,999. In early 2006 the parties each ...