Opinion – Page 585

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    The case for Castleford

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest your article about The Castleford Project. This is an innovative and bold project which will bring great benefits to the people of Castleford.

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    The Castleford trip

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    You described Castleford as "nondescript" in your profile of Sarah Wigglesworth. I think you should try a mind-expanding substance — which I've found Castleford to be, as someone involved in The Castleford Project.

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    Wonders & blunders

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Adrian Tinniswood admires an example of Wren's post-Fire reconstruction but despairs at a more recent act of demolition

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    Held hostage

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The appellant, Mowlem plc, had contracted with the respondent local authority, Bath & North East Somerset District Council, to carry out restoration works to the Heritage Spa Ðǿմ«Ã½s in Bath. A dispute arose over responsibility for problems in the paint coating that had been applied to four pools as part ...

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    Flight and fight

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The new museum pavilion at RAF Hendon is home to some supreme examples of aeronautical engineering. To create a building fit for planes such as the Hawker Harrier and Sopwith Camel, architect Feilden Clegg Bradley came up with a roof made of materials associated with aviation – stainless steel and ...

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    Anyone fancy a fight?

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The New Engineering Contract's non-confrontational aims are making it increasingly popular – but a dispute over whether it allows late claims would be handy

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    Brief encounter: What did Wilcox mean?

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Judge Wilcox's decision in London vs Waterman seemed to float the idea that adjudication should be restricted to simple cases. Is that really what he suggested?

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    Scary stuff

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    A little-known law about competitive advantage could mean that your well intentioned relationship-building lands you in a heap of trouble with the law

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    Hansom

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    This week: delicious irony, stale hobbies, a traditional Suffolk Christmas dinner and a minister with his fingers in his ears going la-la-la-not-listening

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    Pear-shaped housing

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Why should housebuilders give two hoots about 2024?

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    A salty tale

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    If two parties to a dispute give different accounts of what happened, courts look for something on paper. Trouble is, documents can be too persuasive

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    I'll take that bet

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    John Smith offers to bet me that Constructing Excellence can't improve the image of the construction industry in a quantifiable way in two years (6 February, page 33).

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    Just one tiny problem

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    I was intrigued to read (13 February, page 13) of the alleged theft of accident books, apparently to be sold on to personal injury lawyers.

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    Construction superstars?

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    It's high time construction pushed itself forward in the way other, more "sexy", industries do.

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    May we just say …

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Some people are unlikely to have been impressed by Marc Hanson's article in your legal section, "Keep taking the supplements" (30 January 2004, page 48).

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    Aww, shucks

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    I have wanted for some time now to express my appreciation of Ðǿմ«Ã½ magazine.

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    RICS' student lethargy

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Once more Ðǿմ«Ã½ has hit a topical nail on the head ("You'll pay for this", 23 January, page 3)

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    Don't do down planners

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Your cover story "Planning - a world where nothing works" (20 February) misses the point on how and why we need to reform the system.

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    What are we here for?

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    A reader writes As QSs already have at least four professional bodies they can be members of, why do they need another? We explain what the QSi has to offer

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    Trickey's situations

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Doh!