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Keep up to dateWas this defence of design and build contradictory?
Stuart Pemble, in his defence of design and build, (8 May, www.building.co.uk), writes that: “The advanced nature of the design at the time the contract is let is
key to the success of the D&B approach.
The design should effectively be sufficiently advanced for the project to be built.”
Then it isn’t D&B, surely?
Joseph Di Leo, via www.building.co.uk
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