All Features articles – Page 603
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Interest charges
With the trend towards no-win, no-fee agreements in construction claims cases, the obscure charge of champerty acts as a barrier to profiteers' ill-gotten gains.
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Last chances
Parties often have a time limit to raise objections after a certificate has been issued. But they also have the right to call for an adjudicator at any time. So, can they or can't they?
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Appointments
ContractorsMJ Gleeson Group has restructured its Northern Construction Division. Keith Shivers has been appointed managing director of the division, based in Sheffield, and Steven Landes is the new commercial director. Neil Robertson has been appointed to the divisional board as regional director responsible for construction. Paul McGarry and Bill Law ...
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The American way
How does US construction law compare with the UK variety? Honours seem to be even, with better general protection for contractors over there, but no pernicious "pay when paid" over here.
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Wrapped up warm
Rockwool's R&D building near Copenhagen uses cutting-edge technology to meet likely Danish energy regulations in 50 years' time. Guess what they used for the insulation …
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Seeking Western wisdom
Hong Kong's construction industry is still feeling the effects of last year's high-rise public housing scandal. The story began when the wrong type or wrong length of piles were found under two blocks owned and managed by the Hong Kong government's housing authority.In one of the blocks at Sha Tin, ...
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Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and, Gardiner & Theobald takes a closer look at enquiries, orders and tenders in the stone cladding market.
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Meet the expert
Tapping into the huge pool of information available from its magazines and databases, Building's publisher this month launches a huge new portal. Here's what to expect …
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Sandbags are not enough
Climate change will happen whatever cuts are made to greenhouse gases, and that means floods, driving rain, mass subsidence – and a whole different way of building.
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The return of the dragon
Frightened by the handover to China and weakened by Asia's flu, it's been a rough few years for Hong Kong. Now it's back in business like never before.
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The design of risk
Thinking of a venture into the public-private battlefield? In the first of a series of articles on PFI, find out how your contract can protect you in the skirmishes over design.
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Message to deliver
For new Construction Confederation chief Stephen Ratcliffe, focusing on external issues is the best way to unite its members.
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Spotlight on stone cladding
Lead times The overall lead time for panellised stone cladding was 41 weeks in the third quarter, a figure that has not changed since the fourth quarter of 1999.However, the lead time is likely to be a month or so longer for a complex facade, even if the design is ...
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Change at the top
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose explains how to get a new boss settled in without hassle.
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Bouygues reconsidered
You'll know about the Bouygues case, the one where the adjudicator got his sums wrong and the court enforced anyway. Well, you may be interested to know that that wasn't what happened at all …
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Once bitten, fight shy
Once again, the adjudicator's figures on an award have proved controversial. But in this dispute even an admission of error failed to keep the case from court
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Clarified better
The appeal court's ruling in Henry Boot vs Alstom has clarified the way variations should be valued and now, the ICE 7th Edition is making it easier to identify valuation problems at the outset.