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News
SRA backs step to cut rail companies' profits
The Strategic Rail Authority this week supported Network Rail's attempt to reduce profit margins for rail maintenance contractors
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Brighton pier wins council blessing
Plans for the restoration and development of Brighton's West Pier, submitted by developer St Modwen and the West Pier Trust, have been approved by Brighton council.
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Features
Just the job
Turner & Townsend's rail director Martin Berry talks to us about the challenges he faces
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Pochin grows housing arm
Cheshire contractor Pochin has set up a brownfield housing arm called Pochin Homes.
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Comment
On targets
The industry must talk with clients, and clients must insist on partnering if we are to really achieve the strategic forum's objectives
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FeaturesArchitectural manoeuvres on the Tyne
There is a new star on Gateshead's glittering design scene: a Foster-designed music centre. But with dedicated venues for classical and jazz butting up against each other, Laing O'Rourke had to box clever to stop the improv interfering with the Rimsky-Korsakov.
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FeaturesUnder the volcano
There are two kinds of city on the precarious slopes of the global construction economy – those making the uphill climb and the rest heading down with singed feet.
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FeaturesBack to skool: Company colleges
Here's an idea that could help you in the battle to retain your most promising employees – and get more out of them to boot. Try setting up a company university.
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Features
It shouldn't happen to a vet
The CIS tax scheme is having a welcome makeover – but it may mean contractors have to check the status of their subbies …
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FeaturesMan of manners
David Hardy is a community-spirited man – chair of his parish hall, school governor and a fan of village life. Now he's trying to introduce a bit more neighbourliness into construction. We meet the manager of the Considerate Constructors Scheme.
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Features
Crystal island
Following the great tradition of creating glass structures for public events, the Austrian city of Graz is starting its year as European Capital of Culture with Vito Acconi's astonishing Mur Island
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Comment
The word is not enough
Oral variations to a contract are a fact of site life, but a recent decision seems to mean that if you have one, you can't take a dispute to adjudication
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Comment
Existential angst
A recent case reminds us that if the parties fail to conclude negotiations on terms they regard as important, then a contract may not exist at all
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Comment
The lost clause
I read Patrick Holmes' article "Words of warning" (17 January, page 50) on net contribution clauses and would like to point out two crucial facts that appear to have been overlooked in the article.
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Comment
When mediation is deviation
Nick Henchie's recent article "Call their bluff" (21 February, page 58) brought into focus the commercial reality of being a defendant manoeuvred into following one of the Civil Procedure Rules protocols by a speculative and dilatory claimant.
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Comment
Pitfalls of adjudication
A series of articles in Building – John Redmond's "Do the best you can" (8 November, page 55), Tony Bingham's "Keep it clean" and Nick Henchie's "Redmond's recipe for fudge" (both 6 December, pages 46-47) – caught my attention.
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Comment
A dangerous consensus
The recent chatroom piece (24 January, page 48) gave a useful, if brief, commentary on some adjudication issues.
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Comment
Don't waste your time
We read your latest article on Constructionline (21 February, page 12) and our heads sank a little lower into our shoulders – we have now registered with that "service" twice.
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Comment
If you want to blame someone …
In response to the letter about graduate retention by universities (21 February, page 34), I feel that Mr Link was a little too quick to point the finger at universities for failing to keep students on their courses.