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CommentMystic Michael
Can we gaze into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow? Or, for that matter, say how the Construction Act will be reformed 鈥�
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Reasons to be considered
Tame made an application under Section 68 of the 1996 Arbitration Act to challenge an arbitrator鈥檚 award. More particularly, Tame sought to rely on the reasons published by the arbitrator separately from the award expressly on terms that no use should be made of them in any proceeding relating to ...
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CommentHow our house fell down
British domestic design in the 20th century is a story of architectural vandalism committed by the very rich and eagerly emulated by the middle class
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CommentBlind eyes and bloody kids
Contractors have to be on their guard against potential defects or dangers even though they aren鈥檛 covered in the contract 鈥� as these cases illustrate
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CommentTackle it with Eezyjudge庐
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No room for horse traders
Once upon a time, you could end a dispute with a global settlement and trot off to your insurer to ask for compensation. It is no longer that simple
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Garbage in, garbage out
Being armed to the teeth with a fancy computer program is all very well but, as a recent case illustrates, what matters is the quality of the data fed into it
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Calling all megalomaniacs
In your article 鈥淭he greatest buildings never built鈥� (22 October, page 42), you refer to Buckminster Fuller鈥檚 New York dome as a 鈥渕egalomaniac plan鈥�.
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Unite behind unitisation
Unitised curtain walling is by no means the new technology you think it is (22 October, page 76).
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Thatcher鈥檚 child
I read with great, but amused, interest your article on the stream of self-employment now beginning in the construction industry (8 October, page 114).
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Beyond Kyoto
Regardless of whether the nations of the world embrace the objectives of Kyoto (Tom Barker鈥檚 article, 8 October, page 31), the impeding energy crisis will not go away.
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Our lives in your hands
Designers seem to ignore their responsibilities under CDM regulations, in that they should be designing out risk wherever possible.
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A taste of union medicine
I was interested to read in your above article (22 October, page 10) that the TUC is stepping up pressure on the government to press ahead with its manifesto commitment to introduce corporate manslaughter legislation.
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Piling on the agony
I read your piling special (15 October 2004, page 64) and found it lacking in up-to-date information in key areas.
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CommentLet鈥檚 talk about sex
In these days of chronic skills shortages, any initiative to double construction鈥檚 pool of potential recruits is welcome.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Historian Francesco da Mosto picks two faces of La Serenissima: one a stunning fusion of styles and the other a tasteless cake
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The X factor
Every year we have the delightful task of sifting through hundreds of marvellous submissions all vying for one of the categories in the BDA Brick Awards.