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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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A word in your ear
The middle classes have been getting excited about site workers earning £55,000 – some have even talked about a career change. Truth is, they wouldn't survive the day …
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Discipline and publish
Further to your article "Battle of Trafalgar" (21 February, page 22) I would like to emphasise an important aspect of the story that may have been overlooked.
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What rewarding times they were
While I agree with some of the points made by Andy Link in his letter entitled "I know something you don't" (21 February, page 34), my experience of study at Nottingham Trent University appears to have been the complete opposite of his.
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Amec called in to cure PFI hospital
Amec is carrying out remedial works to the UK's first PFI hospital three years after the project was completed
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NewsHull's Island Wharf gets planning boost
Hull council has given planning consent for the first phase of the office development at Island Wharf on Hull's waterfront.
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NewsSea Eyre
Swansea's £30m National Waterfront Museum has started on site. The Wilkinson Eyre design will be the first free museum to be built from scratch. It is a pivotal element of the council's plans to regenerate Swansea's maritime quarter. The museum has secured £11m from the lottery fund – the largest ...
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UCATT calls for direct employment rules
UCATT general secretary George Brumwell this week renewed his call for workers on government contracts to be directly employed.
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NewsQuay elements
Cesar Pelli & Associates and Alsop Architects have won a competition to design the North Quay development for the Canary Wharf Group. The proposed scheme in London Docklands provides more than 220,000 m2 of office and retail space in two towers and one mid-rise central building. The towers at ...
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NewsUrban illusion
Priestman Architects has won planning permission for a glass apartment building on a corner site near Battersea Park, south London. The six-storey 1700 m2 building will be faced in an irregular combination of clear-glass and colour-coated panels giving a varying texture of reflections, lightness and solidity. Sapcote is the ...
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NewsLibeskind: Still on for V&A
Daniel Libeskind promised to continue working on his £26m Spiral extension for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, despite winning the World Trade Centre competition.
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NewsThe beautiful ground
Architect HOK unveiled the first scale model of the £757m Wembley scheme at the MIPIM property exhibition in Cannes this week. The firm, which is working on the scheme with Foster and Partners, said the 90,000-seat stadium would be the largest of its type in the world. The launch came ...
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Interior and Arup star in 'best firms' survey
Contractor Interior and consulting engineer Arup head a list of eight construction firms named in a leading survey of good employers.
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Comment
A fine art
The appellant, Yorkshire Sheeting, had been retained as a subcontractor by Totty Building Services to deal with the sheeting on the roof at commercial premises at Foss Island Road, York. The works contemplated included the replacement of the metal top sheets on the roof and replacement of existing roof lights. ...