All Comment articles – Page 221
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CommentWhat has happened to landscaping in housing developments?
Busy housebuilders are ignoring the detailed specification of landscaping that is so important in making a scheme a success
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CommentObsolete office space is a growing problem
Old and poor quality commercial building stock is a risk for investors especially as sustainability regulations tighten up, but there is a solution …
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CommentUniversity of Brighton vs Dovehouse Interiors Limited: Wrong nominating body
‘The adjudicator resigned having realised that the correct nominating body was not the RICS’
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CommentLaker vs Jacobs: A complex case
This case is a good reminder of the court’s unwillingness to set aside adjudicator’s decisions where mistakes within the decision may be found to exist
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CommentSpain comes out of the rain
Spain’s economy is off the emergency ward - and that goes for its property and construction sectors too
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CommentWonders & blunders with Félicie Krikler
If the Palais des Festivals wasn’t such an overbearing bunker, it might enjoy the amazing views, says Félicie Krikler. Whereas the Museum of the History of Tel Aviv-Yafo is so well composed, it is the view
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CommentWitnesses: Remember it like it was yesterday?
Judges and dispute deciders should place little reliance on what witnesses ‘recall’ happened, as our minds forget and distort events over time - however vividly we think we remember
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CommentHansom: A walk on the wildside
Something fishy is going on in Gibraltar and an otter takes against HS2, but birds and ready mix concrete find themselves oddly at ease with each other - plus, the future has hoverbuses but no tea breaks
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CommentPanama Canal project: Troubled waters
With an estimated $1.6bn shortfall and no adequate remedy in the contract, the Panama Canal project shows that a low tender price and transferred risk don’t make for plain sailing
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CommentFundamental breach: Calling time
If you think the other party to your contract has committed a fundamental breach, you better be sure before you lock the site gates behind them - as you could be committing one yourself
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CommentEFA needs to go back to school on costs
The news that contractor Bam has been dropped from five London schools worth almost £50m, after, it is understood, claiming it could not deliver two of them without making a loss, has thrown the problem of cost inflation firmly into focus
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CommentWe need a Garden City vision fit for the 21st century
Planners should look to the ideas behind Apple and Glastonbury rather than attempting to re-invent Letchworth
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CommentThe rise of start-ups and the self-employed
Cloud computing has given small design teams a real chance to compete with the big players and could fundamentally change the dynamics of the building industry
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CommentLearning from primary school data
The Department for Education has created some excellent scorecards for local authorities assessing their need for primary school places. This is invaluable information for construction
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CommentReducing embodied carbon is our next challenge
The industry is leading the way on reducing the embodied carbon in its products