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CommentWonders & blunders
David Armitage finds one capital city elevated by a small modern church, and another ruined by 1960s grey concrete
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CommentHired gun takes a bullet
Here鈥檚 a story about an expert witness who, after giving evidence, is being pursued through the courts for 拢400,000 over an alleged breach of duty
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An expensive way to flip a coin
On why he is now advising some construction clients embroiled in complex cases to bypass the adjudication process and initiate court proceedings
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The price we pay
Hammonds and 星空传媒 have finished their research into adjudicators鈥� fee rates, and 鈥� surprise, surprise 鈥� they鈥檙e on their way north. But that鈥檚 not all 鈥�
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The way forward
Not all companies will be establishing good reputations and winning repeat work. Will you be among them? We throw down the gauntlet
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CommentHigh hopes
The urban summit will be all about high policy and big money, but the battle will be won or lost at the level of the local, the mundane and the beautiful
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CommentMuch done, more to do
Credit where it鈥檚 due. When John Prescott and his colleagues gather in Manchester next week to take the pulse of the regeneration effort, they can feel a little pleased with themselves (see pages 40-52).
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CommentSo this is freedom
Lost a tender to a competitor for no apparent reason? Under the Freedom of Information Act you can find out what went on behind closed doors and maybe make a claim 鈥�
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CommentChilling thoughts
The M&E engineer on a north London shopping centre paid out 拢1.25m after tenants complained about the draught. Then it tried to sue the architect 鈥�
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What鈥檚 your poison?
Asbestos turned into a disaster for construction partly because insurers failed to spot the danger quickly enough. Could they be doing the same now?
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In brow-mopping mode
Clients and lawyers breathed a sigh of relief when the House of Lords overturned a decision that put in doubt the confidentiality of legal advice
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Three reasons to go Belgian
Mark Jackson鈥檚 letter (7 January, page 30) raises a number of interesting points on Rudi Klein鈥檚 excellent article on single-project insurance (26 November, page 51). However, his final remark, 鈥淩ather than being Belgian, let鈥檚 be French!鈥�, would have serious drawbacks.
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Dispelling the myth
I have been employed in the construction industry for over 30 years. The majority of this time has been spent in the role of planning and co-ordination and I now spend a proportion of my time involved with time-related disputes.
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Words of experience
Having read your article on aid relief to South-east Asia (14 January, page 15), I would like to draw your attention to my own experiences working in Pakistan and Afghanistan, for several years, in a variety of different organisations.
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The Brick Awards continue to thrive
Last year we not only had record entries and attendance at the Grosvenor House but also, more importantly, a perceptible increase in the quality of the buildings.
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Doing as the Romans did
Mike Taylor of Hopkins Architects casts his mind back 鈥� way back 鈥� to when brick was used for the world鈥檚 greatest buildings 鈥�
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On whose authority?
The claimant company Tube Tech International Ltd (Tube Tech) specialised in the cleaning of industrial pipe work and allegedly entered into four contracts for the cleaning of a natural gas plant in Nigeria with the first four defendants (TSKJ) who, it was claimed, was acting as a consortium.The claim was ...
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CommentA morass of ministries
How to provide better representation for the construction industry and keep David Blunkett out of trouble, all in one simple government shake-up