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The class struggle continues
Dominic Helps鈥� thoughtful article on the different rules for payment between builder and consultant designer stopped short of discussing why there should be differences for services whose intentions are broadly similar (鈥淧ay slip鈥�, 11 February, page 63).
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Find yourself a bench
How long do contractors really believe they can sustain a no benchmarking, no measurement approach? With the threat of PFI-related sector-specific benchmarking, growing international competition and increasingly educated clients, the clear message is measure up or lose out.
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CM is wounded, not dead
So construction management is found to be responsible for another major disaster to add to the severe criticism the procurement route received at Holyrood (11 March, pages 42-46). The Great Eastern Hotel case must be the final nail in the coffin?
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CommentWonders & blunders
This week Alain de Botton contrasts a playful estate north of Amsterdam with new housing in this country
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Crystal clear
CIB and Birse entered into a contract on 8 August 2000 for the construction of a data centre in Molesworth Street, London E13. CIB terminated the contract on 21 December 2001. Birse brought claims based upon the final account, and the cost of completing the works on the basis ...
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CommentA simple disaster
A cautionary tale about what happens if you assume that a dispute does not exist (and therefore you can bypass arbitration) and are, as it turns out, wrong
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CommentFor your eyes only
It is commonly believed that documents marked 鈥榳ithout prejudice鈥� must not be read by a third party. In fact, it all depends on what they say
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A hard way to earn 拢2
If you have snagging claims against a contractor, can you sue them for the cost of rectifying the defects after a certain time? Indeed you can. But read this article first
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CommentThe Singapore grip
Singapore is about to bring in its own version of the Construction Act. It has much the same aims as the English law but has a better grasp of the issues
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Yellow card
The article 鈥淏iting Back鈥� (25 February, page 52) referred to the chairman鈥檚 final report of the deliberations of the Payment Working Group for the review of Part 2 of the Construction Act.
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Vote wisely
RICS members are being given the opportunity to vote for members of the governing council.
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Defining undefined
I read Ann Minogue鈥檚 article regarding defined and undefined provisional sums with interest (3 December, page 49).
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Safe crackers
In a follow-up to the safety summit, 星空传媒 invited a panel of safety experts to join an online debate about the issues it highlighted. This is what they had to say
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Are you properly equipped?
The claimant Ball lost the sight in one eye when he suffered an accident using farming machinery owned by the defendant Street. Ball had hired Street for the use of his hay mowing and bailing machinery. On the day of the accident, Street was not present but had consented to ...
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CommentThe race for second place
Waking up to find that the Tories have regained popularity is certainly a strange feeling. Maybe they can fail a bit better this time
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CommentFurtive behaviour
Before you sign a home-cooked contract, ask yourself why your client-to-be felt the need to do it himself, when there are so many standard forms out there