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FeaturesThe doorman's advice
Roy Wakeman, the new chairman of the Construction Confederation, has come from the bottom of the industry's supply chain – so he's had a good view of where it's failing, and how it can improve.
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FeaturesA 300-year facelift
How's this for cosmetic surgery? The latest whispers in the round are that a certain landmark cathedral is getting a nip-and-tuck. But then, it is approaching a rather significant birthday …
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Lawyers, guns and money
No matter how strange foreign cultures may be, almost all are governed by the same legal principles as English law – which is good news for us all
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CommentCapper's way
Professor Philip Capper has just made a super speech about adjudication, about judges, about lawyers … and especially about his girlfriend Iris
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Don't, don't you want me
The JCT appears to have rejected the idea of incorporating the SCL delay and disruption supplement into its contracts – which has provoked a bit of a debate …
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Damned if you do …
Doubts are growing about whether adjudication can deal with professional negligence claims, the reason being that it struggles to cope with expert witnesses
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Lend Lease replies
Your feature article "Down Under" (2 July, pages 24-27) demands a response, if only to put your readers' minds at rest that Bovis Lend Lease is not for sale.
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We're all German now
Until 1993, I was responsible for the Department of the Environment's construction research programme.
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A call to arms
I am becoming extremely frustrated with the mainly positive press that adjudication receives and which in my view is not deserved.
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Howdy partner
I sympathise with the views expressed by Oliver Raymond (Letters, 2 July, page 32) regarding unscrupulous main contractors who, under the guise of partnering, still persist in going to the open market in an effort to drive down cost.However, I can provide a simple answer. Seek out ...
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FeaturesA report from the escape committee
Had enough of the longest hours, worst weather and most disappointing football team in Europe? Want to move abroad but can't decide where? Well the 2004 Hays Montrose/Building international salary guide has briefs on nine possible destinations ranked by money, lifestyle and work–life balance
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FeaturesFriendly yet hostel
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard may just have achieved a near-impossible feat: to design ultra-high-density single-person housing next to a noisy railway, and actually make it liveable. We went to meet the residents at Friendship House.
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Housing market set for soft landing
Housebuilders Bovis Homes and Redrow have said growth in the housing market is slowing as a result of the Bank of England's recent interest rate rises.
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Cleveland Bridge may sue over Wembley sacking
'Unhappy' steelwork specialist considers legal action against Multiplex over decision to end contract
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NewsChina hosts the architects' World Cup
Aedas Architects' Hong Kong office has drawn up this masterplan for one of three bids for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. The 30-year commission will involve building and operating 200,000 m2 of cultural facilities beneath a 220,000 m2 canopy (pictured). The masterplan envisages a performance venue ...
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News'Jarvis appears unlikely to get to the end of July in its present form'
Analysts openly question how long the contractor can survive as shares fall again in the wake of a fourth profit warning this year
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NewsPringle to be next RIBA leader
Architect Jack Pringle, who has long campaigned to improve the standing of the profession within the PFI process, is to be the next RIBA president.
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Roof collapse: Experts blame concrete
The collapse of the terminal roof at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris was caused by weakened concrete, according to a French government report published last Tuesday.
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NewsParadise island
Hopkins Architects has come up with designs for the proposed regeneration of the Nottingham's Eastside area. The focus will be on a stretch of the Nottingham canal. The site, named The Island, will be packed with bars, restaurants and homes, and is planned to begin next year. The development ...
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New blow for Paddington PFI
Plans for a £800m PFI "health campus" at Paddington, west London, are expected to suffer further delays because of recommendations in a government review of the project