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… and carrots for all

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

Standard contracts have their limitations for public–private deals. To stay sane until signing day, try to draw up a timetable that incentivises all parties

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Cheap and far from cheerful

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

I am moved to comment on ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½'s news story about Romanian workers to be given work permits for the UK (21 March, page 11) and the article on foreign staff working on a London site (17 April, page 36).

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You name it, there's a regulation

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

I find myself in the unusual and confusing state of being in agreement with an architect and a solicitor at the same time: Barry Munday and John Redmond (11 April, pages 39 and 53).

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Dawn of the übermanager

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

Regarding your "Go-faster bunnies" article on 25 April (pages 50-52), it was heartening to hear people in the industry talking about the benefits that education brings.

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What you think of the RICS fee increase

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

Bye-bye little guy I read with interest that the RICS' forum group had written to its president, Peter Fall, to oppose the ridiculous increase in fees. Fall says in his – very poor – attempt to win support for the rise that the RICS' membership has increased 30% over the ...

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CABE on the threshold

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

One of the more remarkable British success stories since the millennium has been the rise of CABE, whose leading lights feature on this week's cover.

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Desperate for a decision

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

The first respondent, HBG, entered into a contract for the building of a leisure complex at Kingask, St Andrews with St Andrews Bay Development Limited. The conditions of the contract were the Standard Scottish ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Contract with Contractor's Design (May 1999 Edition) with amendments. On 9 ...

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Everyman's adjudication

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

A new guide spells out in layman's terms just what adjudication is and holds your hand through the whole process. It's just what builders – and lawyers – need

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Roads to freedom

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

Insurers have the construction industry by the short and curlies, but we can loosen their grip by doing more to manage our risks so we don't have to rely on them

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Our other prime minister

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

Blair may be disenchanted with Brown, but he is stuck with him. As the Budget showed, the chancellor has complete control over the domestic agenda

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Hansom

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

This week, squatting birds, pampered bats, committed contractors, genial developers – and an architect that is demolishing itself

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Court is your last resort

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

The relaunch of the Court of Appeal mediation scheme is a clear sign that the UK's senior judiciary wants litigation to be used only when there is no other way

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Let the seller beware

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

Another housing project more or less finished, so it's pints all round while we wait for the money. Sadly, new mortgage rules mean it may be a long wait …

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A stinging rebuke

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

I am sorry about the delay in sending in this letter but I have only just been catching up on my reading of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.

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Let's build in Gordon's garden!

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

Having just read Gordon Isgrove's argument in your Homes supplement arguing for more building on greenfield sites, I feel the need to ask if Gordon was scared by a tree when young.

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12 years late is not unreasonable

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

This was an appeal from a decision of Judge Silber who refused the claimant's application for judicial review with decision of Lewisham London Borough council to enforce a demolition notice. The demolition notice had been served under Section 36 of the Buildling Act 1984 and require the claimant to remove ...

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Step on the gas

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

Gordon Brown’s Budget pledges to deal with the logjams in the planning system, release sites for housebuilding, review the progress of PPG3 and more, are further proof of the prominence of housing on the government’s agenda.

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Strangled by many hands

2003-05-02T00:00:00Z

As chancellor Gordon Brown made clear in this month's Budget, the undersupply of new housing in Britain needs to be addressed if we are to prevent future shortages.

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If the cap fits …

2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

You've got insurance cover for up to £5m. Great. Trouble is, you're being sued for £50m. Not so great. So, ever thought of capping your liability?

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Bringing up baby

2003-04-25T00:00:00Z

Next week, adjudication turns five – and now that the industry has taken the little 'un to its heart it's time to pack him off to school for a little education