All Features articles – Page 646
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The threat of exposure
Adjudication has put insurers under pressure. So what do they do? Pass the burden of risk on to their policyholders, of course, inventing all manner of get-out clauses to make it hard for them to recover.
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Good as their words
The second article in a series on collateral warranties looks at the principal warranty, supplementary warranties and a vital aspect of professional indemnity insurance.
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Site lines
These sites are billed as the "construction marketplace" and the "one-stop guide to the industry". Do they live up to their slogans?
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New school tie
Birds Portchmouth Russum's bridge linking two school buildings is a sculpture in steel and fabric with a Wild West theme.
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The power of speech
No amount of flash graphics and high-tech software can compensate for a presentation that is unstructured and hard to follow. Remember your first duty: to keep your audience awake.
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Newcastle's budget halls
A new international passenger terminal has been added to a terminal at Newcastle International Airport. The addition, along with the refurbishment of the existing terminal, cost £27m and increases the airport's capacity to 4 million passengers a year. Designed by Crispin Wride Architectural Design Studio and engineer Gibb, it is ...
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The Inflatable Café
How do you put a concrete and plastic structure in an area of outstanding beauty without spoiling it? Well, you could bury it, make it invisible, or blow it up it to resemble a cloud floating on a hill. Or all three
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Cases In Point
Court cases challenging adjudications often focus on whether or not the adjudicator had jurisdiction. Maybe it is time to allow the adjudicator to have some say in deciding his own jurisdiction.
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Charted Territory
Ove Arup's Columbus is billed as a project document management system but, apart from the nifty viewing facilities, it hasn't really discovered anything new yet.
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Materials whole-life costs
Building Performance Group's guide to building components' lifespans and life costs tackles domestic kitchen units.
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The West Country's Stansted
Opened earlier this month, the new £27m terminal to Bristol International Airport replaces a building on the other side of the runway. The clear-cut rectangular building beneath an oversailing canopy roof and behind clear-glazed walls stands as the symbolic gateway to the West Country. Its 17 500 m2 area, which ...
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Rooftop drama
Walsall's bus station was meant to fuel the town's regeneration but four months after its planned opening date, contractors are still working to correct its sagging roof. What went wrong?
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Flight plan
Regional airport terminals now put a premium on image to attract customers. But at the same time, design teams must deliver highly complex functional buildings on a tight budget.
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Home From Hell
The combination of an incompetent trainee surveyor, two wrongly issued certificates and a difficult "domestic" client resulted in 11 years of legal and financial nightmares.
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Know Your Limits
Limited liability partnerships protect individuals from expensive claims. But that is not the only way they differ from traditional partnerships. Why should you consider switching sides?
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Lifting The Lid On Roofing
The roofing industry does not have the best reputation for safety or quality workmanship, but how can it improve its image when main contractors keep insisting on lowest price?
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Novation without tears
Novation of the consultant's appointment can offer real benefits to a client, but it must do the work to make it work. Otherwise, it can end up with legal nonsense that risks being thrown out of court.
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Power pack
A new roofing product from Germany may come in rolls, but it's not like any other roofing membrane. Thanks to built-in photovoltaic modules, it also generates electricity.
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Rules For Taking Penalties
The Scottish Law Commission is proposing to move the goal posts over penalty clauses by removing the traditional link with pre-estimates of damage.