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CommentThe troubles we鈥檝e seen
If there鈥檚 one thing you can confidently predict about 2006 it鈥檚 that the rows that raged in 2005 will rage on. In case you needed reminding, here they are 鈥�
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CommentThe Shanghai express
Sir Terry Farrell鈥檚 vision for the Thames Gateway, which is largely accepted by David Miliband, is exactly what we should avoid. Instead, we should look to the East
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CommentConsider Macau
When it comes to high-rise living, the Far East has got it down to a fine art. So why can鈥檛 our own crowded little island do something similar?
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Southwark鈥檚 big plans
I am writing to correct an impression that may have been made by your article on the Beetham Tower proposal (9 December).
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A simple solution
In his article 鈥淎 fat lot of good鈥� (2 Decembe), Rudi Klein rightfully complains that adjudication has become too expensive to be appropriate for the small value disputes that it was intended to resolve.
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Yule鈥檚 tidings
Perhaps only a legal man could be so outrageous in his opinion but at the same time completely miss the essence of the NEC (Ian Yule, 18 November). The whole ethos of the contract is based upon communication, collaboration and co-operation centred on timely and effective good management from all ...
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Cannes the hard way
If any of your readers are keen cyclists and are planning to go to MIPIM, they might like to know I am organising a charity ride that will do the 920 miles in three days riding in relays.
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Victorian fiction
Tony Bingham (18 November) once more goes to the heart of a big problem for the building industry: that it is still incapable of delivering a building in which design and integration of services are fully co-ordinated.
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Wonder or 鈥�?
I would nominate Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Wolfsburg Science Centre, featured in your 鈥淚n pictures鈥� article on 2 December, page 24, as a strong candidate for a future 鈥渂lunder鈥�.
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Rab lets rip
I should know by now not to read Colin Harding鈥檚 regular attacks on architects as they just wind me up, but he cannot go unchallenged.
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CommentState-of-the-art stupidity
Thanks to our readers for contributing this gallery of health and safety blunders from around the world...
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Unphased
In 2002 a plan to regenerate Hastings and Bexhill was approved. The proposals were for a mixed development that would proceed in two phases. Phase 1 included the submission of a detailed planning application for infrastructure proposals, and associated surface water attenuation measures, for part of the site. Phase 2 ...
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CommentA Christmas dinner
When it comes to the economics of happiness, a guaranteed maximum price can entail unacceptable costs 鈥� as this festive tale demonstrates
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Comment2005: A landmark year
Twelve months suddenly seems like a long time in contracting. There鈥檚 long been a theoretical debate within construction groups about what a contractor is, what it does 鈥� and whether that鈥檚 worth doing.
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Sorry, that鈥檚 discontinued 鈥�
A notice of adjudication was issued on 10 June 2004. On 6 July, the claimants served its response. On 7 July the defendant accepted that the adjudicator did not have jurisdiction. The adjudication was discontinued and the defendant paid the adjudicator鈥檚 account.The claimant then asked the adjudicator for a decision ...
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CommentDon鈥檛 be evasive
Take advantage of the fact that the Construction Industry Scheme has been postponed 12 months because, make no mistake, HM Revenue means business
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Corporate killing north of the border
The expert group set up by the Scottish executive to look at how to solve the conundrum of the 鈥榗ontrolling mind鈥� has come up with a distinctive approach
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CommentBrain donors wanted
At what point does a speculative joint venture become the exploitation of the naive or the desperate? Here鈥檚 an engineer鈥檚 take on this increasingly pressing question