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CommentWhy we need a crane crackdown
It often seems that everything the construction industry does is bound in a fine mesh of red tape.
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Uncertain terms
This was an appeal against a decision on a preliminary issue relating to the interpretation of a contract between Somerfield and Skanska.Somerfield intended to enter into a facilities management agreement with Skanska for a term of three years. Between June and August 2000, discussions between Skanska and Somerfield took place ...
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You got a warrant?
Legal aid聽A main contractor asks an M&E consultant for a warranty. Before complying, the anxious subbie has three questions for our panel. Here鈥檚 what they have to say
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CommentWhere Rudi went wrong
State your case聽Rudi Klein鈥檚 assertion that specialists are losing out because main contractors are telling them what products to use doesn鈥檛 stand up to scrutiny.
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CommentMore fuel to the fire
I was quoted in a news article last week (12 January) on the serious fire at the timber-frame construction site in Colindale, north London. I think several statements in the story require clarification.
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Not a question of materials
A fire strategy can only work effectively if passive fire protection measures (structural steelwork protection, fire-resistant paints, fire-resistant glazing, and so on) are built into the structure.
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Age concern
I read with great interest both the letter written by a reader (6 October, page 38) and your blog on section 106 restraints in the retirement sector.
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Fit for the Olympics
I must take issue with Steve Rudd鈥檚 letter (12 January) regarding compensation events under the NEC3 contract. His comments only serve to perpetuate a fallacy that I have heard many times before.
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CommentThe Scottish no-water diving champion
Thanks to Alan McConkey of loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey for this one. Alan writes: 鈥淭his was taken in Glasgow in December 2006.
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CommentCultural revolution II
The eco-city being planned by Arup outside Shanghai sounds like a publicity stunt. But it鈥檚 not. It鈥檚 an audacious attempt to change the world
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CommentCompetence is the key
Meeting different regulatory requirements is a nightmare for plumbers and a serious problem for everyone else in the construction industry. But there is a better way.
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CommentHansom Twists of fate
Fortuna鈥檚 wheel continued to revolve this week, bringing some six-figure windfalls and ownership of the year 1856, throwing others into the law courts and leaving one firm at the mercy of newts
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WEB WATCH How to survive
... the aftermath of an office party. Every month Amaya Lopez provides us with a list of tips on how to survive perils at work on www.building4jobs.co.uk. Here鈥檚 the latest edition
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A journey without maps
We were, of course, being ironic on our cover, but it鈥檚 no understatement to say the drive to make new homes zero carbon by 2016 is a venture into the unknown.
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Falling short
This was an appeal from a decision of the Inner House of the Scottish Court of Sessions that Robb was 50% to blame for an accident and that his employer, Salamis (M&I) Limited (鈥淪alamis鈥�), had not breached the Provision of Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Robb claimed damages against ...
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The military philosophers
The Ministry of Defence likes PFI procurement but prefers to do it differently to the rest of Whitehall. Things will start to change in August, however, so contractors had best take account of the latest thinking ...