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Define your terms
The figures you quote (鈥淐H2M boss says Olympics will top 拢12bn鈥�, 1 December, page 10) have nothing to do with the current debate over the costs of the Games. The higher numbers relate to work outside the Olympic Delivery Authority鈥檚 scope.
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Jeremy Gardner Associates
We were delighted to win an LABC award for Chapelfield shopping centre. But we and CNC 星空传媒 Control were disappointed by the description of the project in 星空传媒 (20 October, LABC awards) for two reasons:
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The third way
Jeff Brown claims third-party rights don鈥檛 work (27 October, page 54), but his objections come down to not liking the particular third-party rights in the JCT contract.
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CommentWhat do we do now?
To make it as an architect these days, you have to be a networking 鈥榓rchipreneur鈥� with a degree in economics. What happened to just designing things?
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CommentWonders & blunders
Vicky Smith picks two Birmingham buildings, one as sharp as a Sabatier knife in an Armani suit, the other an aquarium that combines fear with disappointment 鈥�
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CommentThis time, it might actually work
Kate Barker is rapidly becoming the patron saint of housebuilders.
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CommentCracking it
Sir Michael Latham CITB鈥揅onstructionSkills is doing more than ever before to provide the construction industry with a highly skilled modern workforce. Here鈥檚 how...
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Is this binding?
3DM (3DMA) Pte Ltd (鈥�3DMA鈥�) sought payment of their retainer under an alleged consultancy agreement with 3DM 3DM Worldwide Ltd (鈥�3DM Worldwide鈥�). 3DMA claimed it entered into the consultancy agreement to provide corporate finance advice and project management assistance in developing 3DM Worldwide鈥檚 business. Draft consultancy agreements had passed between ...
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CommentBirds eye view
WEB WATCH 鈥� With virtual planning and architectural critics judging from on high, Google Earth may transform the way we view buildings 鈥� and force us to make roofs more attractive.
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CommentFools rush in
The construction world is full of dangers this week 鈥� paparazzi poised to pounce, company names to trip over, bungling waiters, errors of protocol 鈥� even the angel at the top of the tree is fearful...
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Knock it down and start again
In regard to your recent article on Ascot (17 November, pages 28-30), the original royal enclosure lawn was 2m above the racetrack.
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CommentAnd as for the waiters...
The dining situation in the new grandstand was not as good 鈥� the original was more private and special 鈥� and the waiters are not attentive.
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Wheres your Olympic spirit?
In the wake of the Wembley fiasco, fears have been raised that the London 2012 Olympics may run over time and budget.
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The killing bill
Again we have a member of the legal profession offering biased views on a political debate to make his life easier.
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How to get recruitment right
It was interesting to see the comparison between gangmasters in the agricultural sector and those in construction (3 November, page 76).
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CommentAnd then she said...
星空传媒 control surveyor Sarah Pearce captured this fascinating conversation on a domestic site in Leicestershire. It鈥檚 not the spot we鈥檇 choose for an intimate chat, unless they really are the confessions of a window cleaner...Email your 鈥渇avourite鈥� health and safety pictures to building@cmpi.biz. The sender of every published picture ...