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CommentYou are the weakest link
NHS Estates' Procure 21 is a model of how to run a modern supply-chain. Unfortunately, a system is only as good as the firms that operate it. Take this outfit for example 鈥�
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CommentThe battle of Twickenham
The funny, bitter, heartwarming tale of six men who came together to work on a London pub and found themselves transformed into a band of brothers 鈥�
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CommentContract killing
Nobody will be in the least critical of Montpellier鈥檚 decision to walk away from Oxford University鈥檚 medical research centre. Over the past few months, animal rights activists have subjected management, shareholders, staff and their families to vile intimidation, vandalism and fraud.
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CommentFirst things last
Why did the cost of the Scottish parliament rise from 拢40m to more than 拢400m? Simple. Builders were asked to start work before the designs had been settled
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Rethinking arbitration
The unmitigated success of adjudication leads us logically to reassess the potential of a streamlined version of arbitration to deal with more complex cases
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CommentBeware your friends
If two firms snuggle up, and then one finds that the other is (metaphorically) picking its pockets, can it get a judge to intervene? The Court of Appeal had this to say 鈥�
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CDM made simple
The problem in assessing CDM鈥檚 effectiveness as A Beal suggests (Letters, 2 July, page 32) is that the industry has very rarely implemented the regulations as intended.
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Another part to the story
Your article 鈥淓xperts warn of risk from unsafe glass鈥� (18 June, page 17) states that the 星空传媒 Regulations offer insufficient protection to the public from floor-to-ceiling windows and that architects are free to specify non-laminate glass.
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CommentLet's talk rubbish
The problem raised by the disposal of commodities after consumption is as nothing compared with the problem raised by people who seek to prevent that disposal
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Trespassers may be injured
The appellant was a police officer who was investigating a suspected stolen trailer that had been parked in the service yard of a supermarket in the centre of Glastonbury. He entered the respondent鈥檚 property which adjoined the service area, in order, eventually, to take up a position overlooking the service ...
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A painful omission
Alstom entered into a contract with Railtrack under which there was a pain/gain share provision. Alstom subcontracted part of its works under the main contract to Jarvis. The works were completed and Alstom suffered losses in accordance with the 鈥減ain鈥� provisions of the main contract. Alstom claimed that Jarvis ...
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Bleeding edge design
The construction industry is in a state of permanent revolution, which puts a lot of pressure on those of us who have to build things
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A lovely bit of judging
What is a judge to do when an adjudicator has clearly made a mistake but there are no grounds to rectify it? Judge Thornton took an unusual route to get the right result
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CommentMurphy鈥檚 law in action
What do you do if you find that life on site cruelly punctures the naive hopes in your tender? Well, you try to get the client to pay more, don鈥檛 you? Yes, but how?
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The shadow of Hatfield
Faced with the prospect of a tough new corporate killing bill in the autumn, Norton Rose has done some research into how the construction industry expects to be affected
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Lucky mistakes
If your client happens to benefit from your negligence, can you offset that benefit from any damages you owe? This is what the court had to say
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No beautiful swan
The government should accept that the Quality Mark is a dead duck and let it sink without trace (2 July, page 15). This may well have been a manifesto commitment, but it will be a manifesto embarrassment at the election if taxpayers鈥� money continues to be squandered.The original intention was ...