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Nowhere to go
As a designer who prepares schemes for several small developers in Sefton, Merseyside, I find it almost impossible to get applications for anything even considered.
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Wigs and muddy boots
Reading Tony Bingham鈥檚 article (22 April, page 58) regarding the quandary of a judge faced with the equally compelling opinions of two opposing experts, I was reminded of my very earliest lessons in arbitration.
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A very precise view
Motivated by wishing to balance your rather negative report on the London mayor鈥檚 draft supplementary planning guidance the London View Management Framework (22 April, page 16), I should like to point out that the approach is not generally protectionist but informative.
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Just a thought 鈥�
In an article relating to the National Audit Office鈥檚 report on the government鈥檚 construction record (24 March, page 25), Rudi Klein, chief executive of the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group, suggested 鈥渦sing single project bank accounts for the entire construction project鈥�.To overcome the issue of up-front payment would this not be ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Tony Whitehead of Defence Estates salutes the functional, effective Walsall Art Gallery but finds the Sainsbury Wing spineless
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CommentMaking ourselves miserable
鈥淚 immediately knew there was something massively wrong with the building as soon as I moved in.
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The perils of not mediating
Burchell, a small builder, entered into a contract to build two extensions to the home of Mr and Mrs Bullard in Bournemouth. The contract provided for four stage payments. Burchell submitted his claim for the third stage payment, but the Bullards refused to pay alleging that some of Burchell鈥檚 work ...
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CommentKick out the jams
The boss of Lend Lease鈥檚 European operations gives Britain鈥檚 next government some useful advice on how to keep its election promises
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CommentLet鈥檚 go shopping
The 鈥楾esco law鈥� reforms would enable construction consultancies to become one-stop-shops, offering their clients legal advice. But will they do it?
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CommentA tense situation
Can the party defending an adjudication give new answers after proceedings have begun? Well, it seems that depends on the language used in the question 鈥�
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CommentContext is everything
Contracts are not simply about the words on the page, as their meanings can be ambiguous and cause incorrect assumptions to be made. These cases prove that 鈥�
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Let鈥檚 not be hasty
I read the spat in your letters pages between Roger Knowles and Sarah Bourne on women in construction.
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Subbies of the world unite
In response to your question 鈥淎re specialists right to get tough?鈥� (15 April, page 15) I am surprised that it has taken them this long.
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Blockheaded thinking
A recent issue published a letter from the president of the Brick and Block Association explaining that bricks and blocks were sustainable products (8 April, page 40).
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The Prince and the Peabody, part II
In light of your reference a while back to The Prince of Wales 鈥渓oathing鈥� BedZed and not caring about green building issues (Hansom, 7 January, page 23), I thought you would want to be aware for future reference that: The Prince of Wales has a well-documented passion for environmental concerns ...
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Beware the marketeer
Andrew Hill in his letter concerning revisions to PPG3 (April 15, page 40), dismissively and wrongly considered that local authorities do not have the ability to determine housing needs and will make prejudiced decisions.
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This kite won鈥檛 fly
The item on the early publication of a report by the government on modern methods of construction (8 April, page 24) refers to a 鈥渒itemark鈥� scheme that is to be developed for MMC.
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Apologies to Hazlin
I have just read the article concerning radio frequency identity technology (22 April, pages 62-64. I spoke to one of your journalists regarding the use of RFID. Unfortunately, our company name has been spelled Gazlin, and not Hazlin. It would have been nice to see our name in your distinguished ...