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The real experts
Having had the unenviable experience of referring a final account dispute to a lawyer adjudicator when a quantity surveyor would clearly have been appropriate, I have to question the method of selection by adjudicator nominating bodies.
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What do you expect?
After reading your disturbing article on mental health in the construction industry it makes me wonder how the likes of John Prescott and Sir John Egan are going to recruit people for the industry (27 June, pages 38-43).
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An alternative 2033 vision
Congratulations on reaching your 160th birthday and on the excellent supplement. Your visions of the future are both entertaining and challenging – but one thing grated on me.
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The price of success
I couldn't agree more with the column by John Smith (27 June, page 34).
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Glazed and confused
Terracotta glazing is enjoying a revival. It was used extensively at the beginning of the last century, and is proving popular at the start of the 21st. Specifying it is not always straightforward, though, as architect Kohn Pederson Fox found out when it tried to recreate an 80-year-old mottled glaze ...
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Know your data
What does your record say about you? Michael Archer of solicitor Beale & Company explains your rights of access to information held by your employer
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FeaturesLifetime costs: renders
With so many render options out there, how do you choose the one you need? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group examines the key issues and outlines the whole-life costs of three alternatives
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FeaturesTiles of the unexpected
Or how a Kohn Pederson Fox architect with a burning obsession went on the trail of gleaming ceramic facade tiles, and uncovered their secrets with the help of a mysterious, code-cracking stranger … Alex Smith followed the story
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FeaturesEmpire building
Wilkinson Eyre Architects took a rundown 1960s tower and gave its graceful curves a slick makeover, capped off with a revolving restaurant for a touch of Bond-like glamour
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When a spade's not a spade
If a subcontractor delays your project, you may argue that they were 'nominated' rather than 'domestic'. Forget labels – it's the way they were appointed that counts
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Do unto others …
If an adjudication doesn't go the claimant's way, he may decide to cry foul play. But he'd better make sure his own tactics are fair before he does
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FeaturesPrime time
The MoD's £1bn accommodation programme will create 45,000 bed spaces over the next 10 years. We look at the procurement of a key scheme, and finds out how technical fixes can make all the difference
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NewsSweet home, Chicago
Cartwright Pickard Architects has capitalised on the success of its Murray Grove social housing in London and its Sixth Avenue Apartments in York to export its expertise in off-site construction to the USA. The practice has been selected to work with a Chicago developer on a modular flats to be ...