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A 拢1m payout
McLean brought a summary judgment application in respect of an adjudicator's decision for 拢1,333,214.18 plus interest and costs. The decision was on the basis that the non-completion certificates in relation to clause 24.1 of the building contract were invalid. As a result liquidated damages could not be deducted by Albany.
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CommentBye-bye, buyer beware
Next year we are going to witness a revolution in the way we buy houses - so how come the people who stand to benefit don't know anything about it?
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Get it all down
The road to sustainability is paved with good intentions. Clients must set written targets to achieve energy-cutting goals
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CommentDamage limitation
When the Court of Appeal ruled that workers with 鈥榩leural plaques' linked to asbestos use had no right to be compensated, it overturned 20 years of legal precedent
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CommentGet the message?
It seems harsh to say that the failure to answer an email, because you dismissed it as spam, can lead to defeat in an arbitration case. But it's true
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The cost of not doing PFI
The cost of not doing PFISkanska has been waiting for the go-ahead for the Barts scheme for two years and it deserves to get going.
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Following an American lead
I am sure your readers know that the USA's International 星空传媒 Code is drafted by coal-face officials and the industry, and then adopted by municipalities (occasionally with a few changes to suit local conditions).
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Get your statistics straight
I enjoyed David Blackman's analysis of the government's response to the Barker Review (Regenerate, January, page 12).
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A curious choice
Thank you for sending us a copy of your Wonders & Blunders calendar 2006, but I am concerned about the obvious printing error for November.
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CommentWhere angels fear to tread
Thanks to building control officer Dominic O'Rourke for this shot of everyday site life in east London 鈥�
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CommentAuld Reekie fables
Gavin Clarke explains why Royal Bank of Scotland projects are the world鈥檚 best places to work - and what QSs working on other jobs can learn from them
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CommentGames plan
Want to know how to guarantee Olympic glory? Don't panic, get the contractors on board as early as possible and steer well clear of lowest-price tendering
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CommentPoor old us
For the first time this week, we reveal the full extent of the pensions crisis facing the construction industry: together, the largest 20 contractors have a 拢1bn deficit.
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CommentHow to survive鈥� being the new kid on the block
Keen to make the right impression in your new job? Our indispensable guide will ensure you survive any first week wobbles.
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On less than solid ground
This was an appeal against a Technology and Construction Court decision that Ove Arup was in breach of a design agreement by failing to design certain foundations with due care and skill and by failing to verify certain design assumption upon which the design was based.
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CommentOn slippery slopes
Most of us have a gut feeling that economies are too important to be left to politicians. Here our new star columnist-cum-Castleford skiing correspondent explains why
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CommentThe devious department
The government has a long way to go to establish itself as a best practice client if this example of its conduct during the foot-and-mouth outbreak is typical