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Comment2018 in legal - the year of the agreement
While one particular agreement dominated this year’s headlines, there was plenty on offer from other agreements
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CommentVR: Is what you see what you get?
In the eighth part of our series on new technology, James Worthington considers the impact virtual and augmented reality could have on construction projects and some legal issues that may arise
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CommentIs the demise of some big retailers an opportunity to repair our high streets?
Not every town needs multiple department stores – they are a product of a homogeny that has characterised our retail spaces for too long
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Bleak midwinter
Our business minister grapples with some paperwork, a Victorian refurb gets distressed (but in a good way), and, as it’s almost Christmas, we contemplate nuclear extinction
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Comment2018 - never a dull moment in construction
It’s been a hell of a year - in short, things appear to be in a mess. One thing is sure, 2019 is not going to be boring
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Taking away the 'initiative'
Dawn Moore of Morgan Sindall calls for diversity to become part of the industry’s fabric
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CommentModular construction is not the only future
We should stop automatically reaching for modular as a response and ask instead, what is the question?
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Comment2018 has been a year of anger and frustration for construction - but we are resilient and on the cusp of change
This year has highlighted some ugly aspects of the industry – like unfair payment practices and sex discrimination – but a wave of initiatives are providing a toolkit for change
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CommentDevelopment needs to focus on biodiversity to help people and nature
Last week, the world’s leading politicians, top policy wonks and the most decorated climate scientists are gathering in Katowice in Poland for COP24, the UN’s climate change conference. As with most of the climate change conferences in recent history, the backdrop is grim. The current ...
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CommentBuilding Live: refresh yourselves
Building Live showed what contrasting opinions people have on construction issues and proved how much they care about the industry they work in
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Make good choices
A Yorkshireman questions why procurement can’t be like buying a loaf of bread and the builders of the tallest tower want their workers to have the healthiest diet
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CommentThought for tomorrow: Rise of the architects
We ask readers to share their visions of the industry in 25 years’ time. Here, Dexter Moren foresees technology offering greater power and control to designers
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CommentLegal: From Russia without love
International construction arbitration practitioners often stress the positives of arbitration: using the so-called “five Es” of efficiency, expedition, expertise, evenhandedness and enforceability. The Russian Supreme Court has placed enforceability in serious doubt by holding that a standard form ICC arbitration clause is unenforceable under Russian law because there was ...
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CommentCase in focus: Adjudication
Ted Lowery on declaratory proceedings arising out of a PFI contract
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CommentI’m a contractor... get me out of here!
Tony Bingham cheers the appeal court judges who have hacked away 20 years growth of confusion around payment notices
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CommentA new apprenticeship scheme makes the architecture profession more viable
The new scheme opens doors for more people who want to join the profession, including HLM’s Daniel Stokes
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CommentGreat infrastructure requires more than nuts and bolts - it needs vision
Great infrastructure, led by design, can shape a town or city and transform the lives of communities but it takes vision, collaboration and leadership
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CommentCan softer skills solve construction’s perpetual productivity puzzle?
There is growing acknowledgement that soft skills, collaborative behaviours and a more relational model of procurement contribute to better performance. Are these the missing pieces of the construction industry’s comparatively poor productivity jigsaw puzzle?
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CommentRelaxing permitted development rights has potential, but concerns remain
Authorities, developers and residents alike should be careful, says TLT’s Katherine Evans
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CommentMaking promises is easy – delivering them is something else
If only we had politicians who, instead of promising the impossible, focused on what can really be delivered, and then got on with it..