All Editorial articles – Page 11
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Comment
Defective work: Making amends
If you’re an employer cheesed off with a contractor’s work, it’s tempting to get someone else in to sort it out, then claim for the costs. Here’s why you should count to 10
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NewsBaqus issues profit warning as public spending ‘disappears’
Listed QS Baqus has issued a profit warning as its public sector contracts dry up in the wake of the election
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NewsCabe to call for single tough housing benchmark
Design quango wants standard, based on Building for Life, to be included in planning regulation
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CommentWonders & blunders with Maxwell Hutchinson
Maxwell Hutchinson dreads the decline of a health centre in Islington, but is sickened by a trip down Farringdon Road
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NewsLend Lease prepares UK boardroom shake-up
Dan Labbad is to stamp his authority on Lend Lease’s UK business with a major management restructure
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Ex-Redrow boss moves to Gladedale
Neil Fitzsimmons, the former boss of housebuilder Redrow, has become chief executive of Gladedale.
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CommentShould you be tempted by Brazil?
Beach volleyball as the sun goes down, caipirinhas on demand and £360bn of government-assured infrastructure investment.
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NewsGovernment to halt BSF projects within weeks
As pressure from contractors for clarity mounts, officials prepare formal announcement
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CommentHansom: Childminding
This week government officials babysit their ministers, architects make sure we mind our p’s and q’s, multibillion-pound rail projects scream and shout - and Building practises its keepie-uppies
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Comment
Contracts in writing
Until now, a contract has had to be in writing for a dispute to be referred for adjudication…
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FeaturesCountry focus: Romania
The downturn hit Romania hard but it’s in a reasonable position to recover
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Comment
Crossrail solved
Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)
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CommentWhat if everything we did was wrong?
For example, we use much more material than we need to keep a building up, and we follow codes that make absurd demands on design. Fortunately, there’s a simple remedy
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HBF raises fears of housebuilding hiatus
The Home Builders Federation has warned that there could be a hiatus in housebuilding after South Oxfordshire council moved to scrap housing targets in line with government advice.
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CommentUnfriendly fire
I write in relation to Chris Ryan’s comments in Wonders & Blunders (28 May, page 32) on Thomas Deacon Academy, of which I am a director
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NewsHCA told to work up proposals for slimmed-down future
The Homes and Communities Agency has been told to work up a series of options for how it might be slimmed down to aid a ministerial decision about its future over the summer.
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CommentSimple game, tricky rules
Here’s a conundrum for you: What happens if part of a contract is within an adjudicator’s jurisdiction and part is outside? And if a decision is made on all of it, is it enforceable?
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NewsThe Siemens Pavilion: Going for green
Electronics firm Siemens has unveiled plans for a £30m conference and exhibition centre in London’s Docklands, which should be ready for the 2012 Olympics
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Oh, grow up
Paul Morrell’s article (28 May, page 28) suggests he will be saying sensible things to the ministers he is advising