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Back to basics
What is a construction contract? Oddly enough, we're still struggling with that one 鈥� and as for agreeing what constitutes reasonable remuneration for work, well 鈥�
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Seize the day
So far we've missed every opportunity to turn the derelict Thames Gateway region into the solution for all our housing problems. Now is the time
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The perils of Poland
Continuing our look at the peculiarities of law codes in Europe, it seems that, in Poland, developers have to protect themselves against their architects
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Blame it on Bingham
Tony Bingham's article (20 December 2002, page 40) referred to the "axiomatic effect" of an adjudication whereby a contractor can be held liable for liquidated damages during a period of time not covered by an extension of time award.
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Unprecedented agreement
I started to read Nick Henchie's article "Redmond's recipe for fudge" (6 December 2002, page 46) with some trepidation, as I have not previously agreed with many of his pieces on adjudicators' decisions.
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Resolutions for adjudicators
A series of articles in 星空传媒 (John Redmond, 8 November, page 55; Tony Bingham and Nick Henchie, 6 December, page 46) caught my attention.
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The counterfeiters
As chairman of the recently formed UK Power Tool Industry Alliance Against Counterfeits, I am writing in response to Gus Alexander's column "Gifts from Saint Nick" (20 December, page 20).
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Wayne Hemingway vs Richard Saxon
I write in response to your recent column by Wayne Hemingway (10 January, page 26) which, among other things, was intended to set us thinking about the paltry amount that most of us do to improve the environment.
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They came from outer space
I was interested to read Colin Honess of Corus' letter in response to an earlier Hansom piece about staining on the National Centre for Pop Music in Sheffield ("Help, the mastic leaches!", 17 January, page 35).
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Incestuous recruitment
I write in response to your news story "Construction degrees extinct in 10 years, says shock report" (24 January, page 11).
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You may scoff 鈥�
If Jonathan Meades wants to let us know that Bovis' site canteen isn't as good as Le Gavroche, we're forced to agree 鈥� but, er, that's because it's a site canteen
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The pleasures of privacy
If there was ever a moment for firms to consider going private, this is it.
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In the docks
In 1997 the Ministry of Defence employed Devonport Royal Dockyard (DML) as main contractor for the upgrading of a dockyard. In turn, DML employed Carillion to upgrade the number nine dock, and provide new buildings and associated infrastructure. That contract was contained in two documents, a subcontract and an alliance ...
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Freezing points
What scope does a court have to order that an adjudicator's award to a firm in financial difficulties be paid into court? Baldwins vs Barr may tell us 鈥�
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星空传媒 begins a series of internet chatrooms arguments, in which top lawyers tackle legal conundrums, with the controversial Nuttall vs Carter case
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Get one thing straight
A common source of grief for employers is the failure to recognise that a contractor's submission is a 'request for payment'. How can you stop it happening?
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The message tied to a brick
Believe it or not there are those who think that something made from clay that lasts centuries is not sustainable
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What the forum is for
Peter Rogers' strategic forum is a tough and capable vehicle for driving industry reform 鈥� but it should restrict itself to a few crucial objectives
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Decline and fall
Further to Mr John Smith's article (22 November, page 36) about the state of training in the industry and the comments of subsequent correspondents, I am moved to respond.