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CommentSomething in the air
Yes, there really is and it鈥檚 a worker installing a light fitting with an astonishing disregard for his reproductive future.
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Collaboration is the real Olympic prize
Project bank accounts and project insurances were pioneered six years ago, but few have adopted them. Will the 2012 Olympics prove the catalyst for permanent change?
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CommentWonders & blunders
German architect Bernd Truempler blows a kiss at the Olympia Park in Munich, and a raspberry for our own dear national stadium 鈥�
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CommentFriends at last
鈥淚n love鈥� would be too strong a term for it. But the City is certainly feeling warm and cuddly towards contracting, a sector it has traditionally treated with frigid indifference.
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Collaboration is the real Olympic prize
Project bank accounts and project insurances were pioneered six years ago, but few have adopted them. Will the 2012 Olympics prove the catalyst for permanent change?
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Age has always been an issue
Richard Steer provides an interesting perspective on the age discrimination laws that come into force in October. He voices concern that lack of mobility at the top end of the age bracket will stifle prospects for younger entrants to the industry. However, this ignores a fundamental aspect of the demographic ...
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Sound check
Plans to run a rail line under Sir Paul McCartney鈥檚 London studio have outraged the former Beatle, according to a tabloid report, but also brought the often neglected issue of unwanted vibrations to the fore.
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Declaring war on waste
With the subject of sustainability hitting the news on a daily basis, it is good that Jennie Price offered some practical advice on how to go about achieving it.
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Unclear intentions
The claimant had retained the defendant as architect in connection with certain construction works that the claimant wished to be carried out at his property. Before the works were completed certain disputes arose between the two parties. The claimant instructed solicitors who wrote a letter of claim to the defendant ...
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CIC publishes Scottish novation agreement
Construction Industry Council launches Scottish edition of its novation agreement for consultants
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CommentDonald and Mahmood
What happens when the blog, the revenge weapon of the lowly and humble of the earth, is taken up by towering talents such as, er, Donald Trump and Mahmood Ahmadinejad? Nick Jones found out
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CommentAge can wither
Age Discrimination Act 鈥� Giving employees the right to carry on working for ever will have a devastating impact on the development of businesses, as older workers hinder the succession of younger talent to the top
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CommentHarry Houdini is dead
Two weeks ago we ran the story of the consultant that got caught up in a legal wrangle over a landslip. The case then proceeded to the Court of Appeal, where it attempted an impossible escape 鈥�
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The taxman cometh
This was a trial of a preliminary issue. The issue was whether the contract for supply of building workers to London Recruitment Services was a contract with one subcontractor (Euro Pay Limited) which held a Construction Industry Scheme Tax Certificate or whether Euro Pay was itself contracting as agent for ...
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CommentA model answer to a difficult problem
Future schools have to use a fraction of the energy of the ones we have now. Here Simon Foxell and Bill Bordass explain what designers can do to make it happen
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CommentNow and then 鈥� Penned in a nest
David Rogers on whether you would wish your wife or your servants to live in a block of flats 鈥�
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CommentFond farewells
This week we come to terms with the eventual departures of Colin Harding and Sir Peter Mason, bid adieu to the women-only construction empire and kiss goodbye to our invite to CLM鈥檚 all-night party
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What have you missed?
If you鈥檝e been away this summer, the government鈥檚 latest requirements for planning applications may have passed you by. They aim to make developers provide more detail at outline planning stage, and inevitably will cause headaches