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CommentA great leap forward
With its grand entrance, impressive atrium, relaxed restaurants and break-out spaces, Bexley Academy in south-east London is more blue-chip corporate headquarters than secondary school.
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CommentPrivate investigations
What are adjudicators supposed to do when two raw parties to a dispute turn up with a case but no evidence? Play the neutral or act as a licensed sleuth?
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CommentNo job for an amateur
Arbitrators have turned their institute into a chartered body that enforces high professional standards … which they should now impose on adjudicators
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CommentTake a deep breath
It’s a strange thing, but often a consultant who is liable and has been negligent may be better protected than one who is liable but hasn’t been negligent
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A poser for Patricia
I was pleased to see your news item detailing Patricia Hewitt’s plans to “crack industry’s ‘men only’ culture” (29 October, page 13), although I can’t help feeling that we have been here before.
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Fresh blood at the RIBA
The RIBA council has in the past been accused of being too conservative in its thinking and edicts, and as with all institutions there is a tendency to be retrospective.
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Safety … mañana
Here’s a slightly disturbing picture I took in Spain recently of roofers working on a housing development.
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Small, but perfectly formed
So, architect Alain Head has the solution to our housing problems (29 October, page 28).
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French lesson
Whether Gus Alexander is writing about the dome, the Cambridge Cattle Market Development or his experiences on small-scale building contracts, he seems to put my thoughts into words nearly every time.
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The true cost
With reference to the adjudication survey on the Building website (29 October, page 15) and concern about the rise in adjudicator’s fees, it is commendable that someone is trying to get statistical information in order to better analyse the benefits or otherwise of adjudication.
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Regal, but not necessarily legal
With reference to your recent articles on professional organisations and their amalgamation into one body, I wonder if any of the present organisations have considered what the effect of the changes to the EU constitution might be.
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NewsPrison Service accelerates £3bn refurbishment plan
Authorities to name contractors for framework deal four months early as concern mounts over state of system
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Election casts doubt on Smith’s CABE job
Cabe's prospects of securing former secretary of state for culture Chris Smith as its chairman could be undermined if the government decides to hold a late general election
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Cleveland Bridge awarded £500,000 in Wembley row
Steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has this week won a further £500,000 in adjudication as part of its dispute with Wembley national stadium main contractor Multiplex.
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Plan for one-year school deals
The government intends to complete the procurement process for a typical secondary school in just over a year – roughly half the time needed for a typical hospital scheme.
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Children’s hospital is running more than six months late
£60m Evelina hospital in London, designed by Hopkins Architects, delayed by ‘complexities of the building’
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NewsOxford wins court ban on animal lab protesters
Oxford University has been granted an injunction to stop animal rights protesters harassing contractors at the site of its £18m animal testing laboratory.
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NewsShape of things to come
Winchester firm Architecture plb has released images of its design for the St Matthew Academy in Lewisham, south-east London.
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Manchester airport closes framework deals
Manchester Airport Developments is finalising framework deals with consultants and contractors for its £1bn, 10-year construction programme,