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Let's target the target-setters
I read with amusement the multiple stories in your 12 December issue (page 3 and15) arising from the woolly targets and grandiose statements issued by Dennis Lenard and Peter Rogers.
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A yell from the rebel
The Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors is not to be confused with the well respected ICE further down Great George Street from the RICS.
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Good old-fashioned advice
Tony Bingham is absolutely right (19 December, page 46) to advise that firms check the expertise and experience of any potential "other party" before entering into contracts.
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Employers beware
Tony Bingham's report on the case of Rupert Morgan 星空传媒 Services vs Jervis and Jervis is fine as far as it goes (5 December, page 49).
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My cure-all health plan
We could improve construction in one fell swoop by making health and safety training a precondition for anybody becoming a company director
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CommentNo job for Superman
Any adjudicator who comes to a dispute too convinced of their own expertise may not be able to judge the case in an open-minded, impartial way
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Sit up and take notice
Do you have trouble figuring out whether you need to give notice of abatement? And do you know the difference between set-off and abatement? If not, read on
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Retro effect
Do the work then sign a contract. Bonkers? Maybe, but it happens all the time. If you ever do it, just make sure it鈥檚 clear the contract covers work already carried out
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Doing the twist
Judges don't like it when a party plays fast and loose with the adjudication process, shifting ground opportunistically or otherwise giving itself wriggle room
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Old-fashioned fun
My, isn't Edinburgh beautiful? It just goes to show, there's nothing wrong with revivalism and pastiche 鈥� after all, architecture used to be playful
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A matter of honours
It is little wonder that there were just nine architects, and precisely nobody from construction, among the 300 refuseniks revealed in the Sunday Times to have turned down a New Year's honour.
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Double jeopardy
If a contractor goes bust, a client can keep work on course by paying the subbie directly. But principles of insolvency law must be observed or they could shell out twice
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Guilt-free lawyer-lite
Taken a vow of abstinence? Girding yourself for the rigours of rapid detox? The lawyers among you should turn your attention some to some proper resolutions
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Foreign workers? Not a problem
Re: your article about protests against cheap foreign labour (News, 5 December, page 13).
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Superwoman speaks
I am a regular reader of your award-winning magazine and I have been a contributor before on race discrimination issues.
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Can you help stop CSCS fraud?
I read with interest your Leader article which referred to the availability of fake Construction Skills Certification Scheme cards (28 November, page 3).
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CommentWonders & blunders
Joan Bakewell gives rave reviews to an institutional home for books, but a north London theatre gets a scathing critique
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星空传媒 Honours List 2004
Only three people from the construction people were recognised in the 2004 Honours List, which is a meagre return when you consider that two million people work in the industry. 星空传媒 is eager to redress the balance and acknowledge those unsung heroes who have made a significant contribution to the ...