Opinion 鈥� Page 599
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Up the spout
I wonder if the person who thought up the Reginox tap (12 September, page 60) has ever washed up or filled a kettle.
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Pressing on with the PFI
The tiresome ideological struggle over the PFI resurfaced at the Labour conference (see news).
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CommentRubber chicken: Bournemouth uncut
Forget political debate, the Labour Party conference is really just a backdrop to the construction minister's very own fly-on-the-wall documentary
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Who's holding back?
Using adjudication to recover outstanding retentions is likely to lead to a positive result. So it's odd that so few of these disputes end up in the adjudicator's hands
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CommentA few hiccups 鈥�
Imagine you are in a tribunal and one of the panel is either asleep, intoxicated or both. Surely you'd be able to ask for a retrial if it found against you?
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Conspiring with fate
Many industries are inherently dangerous, and there's nothing you can do about it. But some have acquired a culture that actually ensures that accidents happen
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The nerve of it
My case is based on complete tosh but the adjudicator looks like a nice chap and if I put in a claim for a million he may give me half. Yeah, I'd say that was fair 鈥�
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We're just fine, thanks
I was intrigued to read Andrew Gay's article on Mott MacDonald on 5 September. We agree with much of what he wrote.
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Death to the quantity surveyor
I would be interested in joining a body that could promote my profession as a construction cost consultant 鈥� however, I do not believe that an institute purely for quantity surveyors will do this (12 September, page 12).
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Give me one good reason
I am a 36-year-old building surveyor and a probationer member of the RICS.
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Tough on the tender side
His Honour Judge Thornton's attempt to talk up enthusiasm for taking on the public sector ("Enemies of the State", 29 August, page 42) only examines the tip of the iceberg.
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With bodies, less is more
It was kind of 星空传媒 to suggest that I might be suitable for the role of championing construction within the RICS (15 August, page 3).
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CommentA reader writes: A state of gradual collapse
In the latest of our columns by 星空传媒 readers, Gavin Clarke reveals the awful truth about the Scottish construction market 鈥� and tells us who's to blame, too
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Desperate measures
Two important themes are emerging from Kate Barker鈥檚 inquiry into why we build so few houses.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Comedian Tony Hawks is uplifted by Gaud铆's Barcelona buildings, but just finds the Design Council's offices funny peculiar
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The root clause
The appellant, Hewden Tower Cranes Limited, had hired out a crane to the first respondent, Yarm Road Limited, to construct a building at Canary Wharf. The contract between Yarm and Hewden incorporated, among other things, the Model of Conditions of Plant Hire and Yarm's standard terms and conditions. The crane ...
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Secret squirrels
Confidentiality is not the preserve of film stars and BBC journalists 鈥� obligations of confidence are intrinsic to your common or garden construction contracts
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CommentThe arrangement
Subbies beware: a client that finds it's hired a dodgy contractor may promise to pay you direct 鈥� and then try to wriggle out when it all goes spoon-shaped