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CommentGreater expectations
Now we've started to use JCT2005, it's clear that contractors and contract administrators will have to handle extensions of time with more care
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CommentNoises off
The adjudication meeting was action-packed and one party swears it never heard an argument presented by the other. Can the decision still stand?
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Get it all down
The road to sustainability is paved with good intentions. Clients must set written targets to achieve energy-cutting goals
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CommentDamage limitation
When the Court of Appeal ruled that workers with ‘pleural plaques' linked to asbestos use had no right to be compensated, it overturned 20 years of legal precedent
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CommentGet the message?
It seems harsh to say that the failure to answer an email, because you dismissed it as spam, can lead to defeat in an arbitration case. But it's true
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The cost of not doing PFI
The cost of not doing PFISkanska has been waiting for the go-ahead for the Barts scheme for two years and it deserves to get going.
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Following an American lead
I am sure your readers know that the USA's International Building Code is drafted by coal-face officials and the industry, and then adopted by municipalities (occasionally with a few changes to suit local conditions).
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Get your statistics straight
I enjoyed David Blackman's analysis of the government's response to the Barker Review (Regenerate, January, page 12).
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A curious choice
Thank you for sending us a copy of your Wonders & Blunders calendar 2006, but I am concerned about the obvious printing error for November.
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CommentWhere angels fear to tread
Thanks to building control officer Dominic O'Rourke for this shot of everyday site life in east London …
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View from The Edge
Our series of articles on big problems and their solutions continues with a look at ways of reducing energy use - even though it may be too late.
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CommentAuld Reekie fables
Gavin Clarke explains why Royal Bank of Scotland projects are the world’s best places to work - and what QSs working on other jobs can learn from them
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FeaturesSuccessful projects
What are the keys to a successful project? As an introduction to our new series on procurement, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines how to make the right decisions for your scheme and avoid the most common pitfalls …
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FeaturesCity slicker
Further education colleges are often slated as universities' backward cousins. But if Wilkinson Eyre's City and Islington College refurbishment is anything to go by, they're going forward fast.
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FeaturesLocal lowdown: South-west
Robert Smith of Hays Construction and Property says the South-west is the place to be
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FeaturesThe station master
Sir Terry Farrell has often reserved his most iconic architecture for Far-Eastern railway stations, as three futuristic airport-sized interchanges reveal.
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FeaturesThe billion-pound black hole
With the pensions deficit of the top 20 construction firms topping the £1bn mark, companies are rapidly closing their final salary schemes in a desperate effort to control the situation. Katie Puckett explains why the problem has never been so bad - and what you could stand to lose.