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  • Comment

    She never saw it coming

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    The JCT contract for domestic work includes an adjudication clause, but not the adjudication rules. So does this make it an unfair contract clause?

  • Comment

    Cinderella’s new deal

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Repair and maintenance makes up half the industry’s output and yet is ignored by anyone who doesn’t do it, including lawyers. At least, they did up until last month

  • Comment

    Nothing to do with incompetence

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    I was rather surprised to see the headline “RICS to crack down on incompetent QSs” (8 April, page 14).

  • Comment

    A welcome review

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    All chartered surveyors will be subject to the same conduct and practice requirements, not just QSs. So why the silly headline?

  • Comment

    Another view

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    My view is that such a step is long overdue.

  • Comment

    RICS must offer more support

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    It is evident from the RICS’ business publication that most misconduct issues are not QS-related, and there is no evidence this will change.

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    The final word

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    I applaud the RICS’ intention to “take a more active role in policing its members” but I note a degree of hypocrisy in this course of action.

  • Comment

    Bettering the best

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    A seasoned practitioner once told me that “the best thing that ever happened to the construction industry was the Construction Act”. Without question the act has improved matters, but some changes have become desirable.

  • Comment

    E-reaction

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Am I reading your recent article correctly reporting how the Office of Government Commerce is sticking to its strategy for e-auctions in the construction industry (24 March, page 13)? Exactly how does this approach represent best value?

  • News

    New contractor for animal lab

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Building understands that Oxford University has found a new contractor to build its controversial £18m animal laboratory.

  • News

    Strategic Forum issues ultimatum to CSCS owners

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Construction body says it will step in unless unions and CITB-ConstructionSkills resolve dispute

  • News

    Another executive takes flight from Jarvis

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    The managing director of the plant division of Jarvis has become the latest member of senior management to quit

  • News

    Skills scholarship scheme to get under way this autumn

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Students applying for courses in construction and the built environment will be offered scholarships under a £1m package funded CITB-ConstructionSkills and construction firms.

  • News

    Inland Revenue turns screw

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    The Inland Revenue has sent out 15,000 letters to construction companies in a renewed tax crackdown on contractors.

  • Elephant goes into action
    News

    Elephant goes into action

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    The design by Space Craft Architects for a mixed-use scheme on a brownfield site near Elephant & Castle, south London, has received planning permission.

  • Smith: Making sure his firm does not repeat its experience at the Scottish parliament
    News

    Holyrood fiasco provokes overhaul at Davis Langdon

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Senior partner Rob Smith says it is taking broader approach on schemes to avoid jobs going ‘haywire’

  • At rest: Griffiths takes a break from his hectic roundabout of campaigning to pose for the camera
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    Keeping up with Nigel: the manic quest for re-election

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    On the campaign trail in Edinburgh South, complete with loadhailer and ‘Nigel Griffiths Calling’ cards

  • News

    CAD technicians’ pay rise win

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    CAD technicians enjoyed the biggest pay rises in the construction industry last year, according to a salary survey of more than 6000 positions by Hays Construction & Property

  • News

    Prefab factory planned for Cambridgeshire

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    A factory for manufacturing prefabricated housing units is being planned for Cambridgeshire to ease the housing crisis in the East of England.

  • News

    Hampshire riviera

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Morrison has begun work on this high-rise residential scheme on the foreshore at Gosport in Hampshire for Taylor Woodrow Developments.