Opinion – Page 585
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The case for Castleford
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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
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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A salty tale
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
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
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?
It's high time construction pushed itself forward in the way other, more "sexy", industries do.
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May we just say …
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
I have wanted for some time now to express my appreciation of Ðǿմ«Ã½ magazine.
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RICS' student lethargy
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
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?
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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