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CommentShock and or
It happens all the time 鈥� a contractor thinks the spec means one thing, the client another. In this case it ended in a judge鈥檚 interpretation of the word 鈥榦r鈥�
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CommentEurocontracts cometh?
The European commission has denied plans for a European civil code. But 鈥榠mproving the coherence of legal principles鈥� sounds rather similar
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The dangers of freedom 鈥�
In your news columns on 11 February (page 11), you reiterated Rudi Klein鈥檚 views that the Freedom of Information Act enables contractors and subcontractors who lose out on public sector projects to discover the value of rival bids and find out what criteria were used to evaluate them.
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Carry on, Colin
Colin Harding 鈥� if it is any consolation, I think your articles are excellent and well justified (Letters, 11 February, page 39).
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Time to organise?
I agree with the recent views of Colin Harding and Chris Charles (Letters, 18 February, page 34) 鈥� small firms in the construction industry do need better representation.
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Courage under fire
Tony Bingham鈥檚 expert witness鈥揾ired gun analogy (4 February, page 50) struck a chord 鈥� appearing in the witness box under the interrogation of our learned friends seems to me akin to being under fire!
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No such stipulation
I am writing in response to your article on the Bath Spa, 鈥淢oney down the drain鈥� (11 February, page 26).
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Silenced partner
I have noticed over the years that when you profile a landmark project in your publication, you rarely make mention of the specialist M&E subcontractors used by a listed main contractor and I have often wondered why.
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Judge, jury and accomplice
Although I am sure that Michael Sergeant has presented a legally correct view of impartiality and agency (21 January, page 58), I think that he has not entirely warned of the dangers facing the design team.
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An arquitecto writes
With regards to Just the job (4 February, page 110): I am a Spanish arquitecto t茅cnico who has been working as an estimator/quantity surveyor in the UK for the past year.
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Ryding with Rab
I couldn鈥檛 agree more with Rab Bennetts鈥� call for an accepted, industry-wide methodology for measuring the performance of buildings (11 February, page 15).
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CommentWonders & blunders
An arts centre shows that the best plan can be no plan at all, says Iain Borden, but a London office block betrays no sign of life
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CommentTake us to the pub!
The first of an occasional series of web log-style diaries begins with a typically bizarre Tuesday in the life of a CAD operative in an engineering firm
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CommentSchal鈥檚 Stalingrad
The struggle between Bovis and Schal for the 拢400m BBC Broadcasting House redevelopment was a decisive moment in the recent history of UK construction
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CommentFall-out shelter
Will we ever have an industry in which well-run subcontractors do not continually face financial ruin because they happen to work for a contractor that goes bust?
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CommentException to the rule
If you win a case against a limited company that goes bust usually you can鈥檛 pursue the owners for costs. But in this case that鈥檚 exactly what did happen 鈥�
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Not so disastrous?
After 星空传媒 put its foot in it with the 10 鈥榙isastrous鈥� building projects, our readers kick back
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Behind the statistics
I was disappointed that your magazine chose to publish the PPP Forum鈥檚 inaccurate and misleading account of the evidence for PFI.
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Disputing a dispute
The parties had entered into a contract incorporating the ICE conditions, 5th Edition, and the engineer had made a decision in relation to a dispute pursuant to clause 66 of those conditions.