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Just a few complicated points
It's not easy, but firms negotiating PFI deals must identify the risks they're running. Here's how to go about the job
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Who've you been seeing?
Natural justice and adjudication can be a jealous and suspicious couple. But a recent case has led to guidelines that could smooth out some of the tensions
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Wonders & blunders
Dawn Gibbins is drawn to the natural light of Belfast City Hall, but the gloom of industrial sheds has her voting with her feet
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A reasonable bill
This was one of the final decisions of Judge Bowsher QC before his retirement from the bench. Having found in favour of the defendants, he then had to consider the question of costs. Both defendants sought their costs on an indemnity basis.
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The ugly duckling test
Here's some fresh case law to help us understand Carter vs Nuttall, one of last year's causes c茅l猫bres: it's all about distinguishing between water fowl
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CommentLessons in civility
Construction is an altogether more complex process than it used to be 鈥� and this raises tricky questions about how firms should treat each other
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It's how you sell 'em
state agents have traditionally received little warmth or sympathy when cropping up as a topic of conversation. Over the dinner party table, in the pub over a pint or at the school gates, it's very often the same story: "They do very little, for a lot of money". The list ...
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Who cares?
"Once they had my money, they just didn't care," was a common refrain from new homebuyers surveyed by warranty provider Zurich Insurance for its Customer First survey. For all the customer care programmes and defects reduction initiatives, Zurich's survey (page 6), shows customers are still not very satisfied with the ...
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Granting a sultan's wish
Architects are capable of anything 鈥� as long as they're given unlimited funds, resources and co-operation, and have no competition. Ah, them were the days 鈥�
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Welcoming our guest workers
David Blunkett's imperious asylum policy 鈥� outlined in the Queen's Speech 鈥� may have profound implications for construction.
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Flights of fancy
I was astounded by the impracticality of the proposed revamp of terraced houses by Shed KM featured in your article "Sex in Coronation Street" (7 November, pages 48-50).
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Utopia 鈥� we're almost there
I enjoyed reading the "Not the Egan Review" (24 October, pages 42-49), which could go a long way to creating Utopia in the industry.
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To be remote, be intimate
In relation to your article "Good Morning, Vietnam" (5 September, pages 38-41), I would like to point out that many outsource companies are trying to produce information without knowledge or experience of the UK.
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Not in my name
I was less than impressed with your wild editing of my letter to make a politically correct point (7 November, page 35).
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Full marks for construction training
As a student at Loughborough University studying construction engineering management, I would like to comment on the article about construction students by Kate Allen (14 November, pages 44-47).
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Private space vs open plan
Paul Morrell ("Are you being served?", 17 October, page 41) commented that we ought to know how much well designed offices aid productivity.
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Broken homes
I wonder if the government is aware of the upheaval its new Home Condition Report for surveyors might generate.