All Features articles – Page 663
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Trying cases
Requirements to use "best endeavours" and "reasonable endeavours" appear in many construction contracts, but do they mean you can sue somebody if you think they're not trying hard enough?
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Social circuit
PowerGen's naturally ventilated HQ, built in 1995, promised to promote staff interaction. Five years on, is it living up to expectations?
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Tale of the expected
A recent case is worth looking at precisely because it is nothing unusual for construction, just a bog standard tale of things going pear-shaped on site – and in court.
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How do you like it so far?
Client care research is a tool used by an increasing number of professional services firms to keep their clients loyal, and guarantee continued income.
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The PFI’s poisoned chalice
Due diligence requirements in PFI contracts have created a lucrative role for consultants: checking. The only problem is that if anything you checked goes wrong, you may be liable for 100% of the damages.
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ADR: a costly alternative?
New rules encourage negotiation as an alternative to litigation to solve contractual disputes, but uncertainty about recovering costs is hampering take-up of it.
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Andrew Wolstenholme
Six months after ditching half a dozen of its framework contractors and consultants, can BAA's construction director regain the trust of the industry?
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Appointments
ContractorsMartin Chambers, previously with Mace, has joined Bovis Construction as regional director for the Midlands.Henry Boot Construction has appointed John Hopkins business development manager responsible for building and civil engineering in London and the South-east.HousebuilderWainhomes has appointed Chris Chilcott construction director for the Midlands.ConsultantsGlen Godfrey has joined QS GF Partnership ...
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Blowing the whistle
Employees who publicise wrongdoing have a new act to protect them. How does it work?
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Smashing the cartels
The Competition Act, which comes into force next March, is intended to tackle construction conspiracy theories and discourage firms from price-fixing. The penalties are high for those that don’t comply.
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Cost update
This quarter's analysis focuses on finishing materials prices and labour rates for plumbers
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Speak easy
Voice recognition systems have come a long way in the past five years. Now, surveyor Ridge and Partners is using the technology to stay one step ahead of the competition.
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Essential reading
Three crucial summer reads reviewed: the first on construction’s eternal triangle, the second a “tour de force” on procurement law, and a third that makes the law of damages easy to understand.
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A game of two halves
Specification writers have a dual role on design-and-build projects: to help the bidders understand what the client wants and to ensure that its needs are met within cost and time constraints.
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International salary guide
Fancy a stint working abroad? Find out what the pay and perks are in nine countries across Europe and the Far East in this year’s Hays Montrose/Building international salary guide.
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Farrell’s anguish in China
In the race for Beijing’s £300m theatre, Terry Farrell bust his budget and spent 18 months at the drawing-board. So why was he pipped at the post?
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All systems go together
The former head of IT at Bovis, explains how interoperable computing systems could help construction teams speak the same language.
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Free isn't always fair
Beware the exclusion clause – you can't always rely on the Unfair Contract Terms Act to get you out of trouble.
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Three of the best
Refurbishment projects in Cheshire, Glasgow and Suffolk all feature sympathetic modern interventions in historic buildings.
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Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
A new restaurant forms the centrepiece of the £4.5m refurbishment of Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, the historic complex of maltings converted in 1967 for the composer Benjamin Britten and the singer Peter Pears. Designed by Penoyre & Prasad Architects, the 100-seat restaurant fits on to a mezzanine floor ...