Opinion 鈥� Page 516
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Pack it in
I fully agree with David Brown's comments on the home information packs. Nick Raynsford's thinking, along with the government's in general, is flawed in respect of this legislation.
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Nothing standard about it
Retentions have been a hot topic in the construction industry for a number of years.
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Lighten up, Alex
After Alex Brett's letter last week (3 March "My bloody Valentine"), I can't wait to hear his reaction to the "How to survive an office romance" article featured in the same issue.
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Bingham back at school
Tony Bingham's typically tongue-in-cheek "nursery school" article, (3 March) was in fact a serious commentary on the recent all-day conference held by the DTI to try to repair some holes in the otherwise successful adjudication provisions, now some eight years old. There were 150 industry "all sorts" invited to inform ...
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Watch where you're pointing that
星空传媒's last "At your service" set of legal questions and answers (3 March) very helpfully summarised changes in the JCT98 standard form.
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The land of smiles and mass protest
An extract from 星空传媒 journalist Nick Jones' Bangkok blog 鈥�
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a bottle of Quinto do Vale D.Maria 1999 gold medal-winning port and a 拢25 drinks voucher, courtesy of door manufacturer Vicaima?
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CommentTime to Cannes MIPIM
MIPIM started as a harmless chance to swap business cards in the sun. That was before it all got out of hand, with parties and the rise of the sinister 鈥極rganisers'
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CommentIndustrial terrorism
When Montpellier abandoned its contract to build an animal testing laboratory for Oxford University 18 months ago, it was seen as an isolated incident.
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CommentThai twiglets
Our thanks to Mike Catterall of Adams Johns Kennard for this photo demonstrating precarious south-east Asian improvisation.
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CommentConsider Horbury
Politicians constantly scrutinise the cost of the public sector building programme - the biggest in our lifetime - but how closely do they examine design standards?
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CommentThis one won't fly
The latest edition of the NEC professional services contract came out in June but has been all but ignored. The reasons for this are not hard to understand
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It's tough at the top
Company directors are envied for their status and salary, but soon they could be subject to a wave of legal claims with no guarantee their insurance will cover them
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CommentLost in the labyrinth?
Tax tips: Want to know about tax breaks? Malcolm Nichols from accountant Menzies kicks off a series on organising your finances by charting a way through the maze that is VAT
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CommentWonders & blunders
Two dockside buildings, both of them famous film locations - but one's a hit and the other's a turkey.
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The best seat in China
Her neighbours might not agree with her, but watching Beijing grow ever skywards has been great armchair entertainment for one of 星空传媒's graduate panelists