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CommentReading the signals from our new PM
Theresa May’s abrupt arrival in Britain’s top job should, at the very least, restore some sense of stability to the country’s leadership
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CommentPost-Brexit: Time to get on with things
After last month’s shock Brexit vote, how will the development market be affected? Now more than ever, firms will need to be proactive
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CommentBrexit: Leaving the environment behind?
What environmental regs will be in the firing line after Brexit, and will Theresa May be a green PM?
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CommentOnline poll: Theresa May
Will Theresa May be a good prime minister for the UK construction industry? Results are in
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CommentWhy can't builders and architects work it out?
Topping out ceremonies present builders with an irresistible opportunity to throw the architect off the top of the building but we need to collaborate
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CommentAdjudication: The corrections
Judges in the TCC will usually say that adjudicators’ decisions are there to be enforced. But a Part 8 procedure can be used to alter final decisions on self-contained legal points
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CommentHansom: Corridors of power
This week, the industry considers the legacy of Boris Johnson, eyes a career serving a khaleesi, props up the bar in the Commons and treads in the footsteps of Winston Churchill
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CommentBrexit: Dominoes start falling
Just a fortnight after the UK voted to leave the European Union, the construction industry is starting to feel a nasty pinch
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CommentArtificial intelligence: Frankenstein’s lawyers?
AI programmes are becoming part of legal process. Could construction lawyers could be facing obsolescence?
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CommentFuture of SMEs after Brexit
What does the future hold for SME’s in the wake of the UK’s vote to leave the EU? It’s not quite all doom and gloom
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CommentOnline poll: Pension worries
Are you worried about how Brexit will affect your pension? Results are in
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CommentBrexit could move Scotland's economy forward
We are seeing more enquiries from the public and the private sector north of the border, so perhaps we have reason to be optimistic
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CommentClaims for distress: Bit of an upset
Can you put a price on the distress and anxiety caused by a building project that goes awry? Some previous cases provide guidance
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CommentHas Kier overreached itself?
Kier’s latest trading update suggests its acquisitions of May Gurney and Mouchel have incurred significant ‘integration costs’
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CommentThe WELL building standard is changing how we design
Truly embedding wellbeing into our buildings may be new to the UK but it will become second nature soon
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CommentBrexit survival guide
Forget about Remain - that particular ship has sailed. Here are five more Rs that deserve your attention in this post-vote UK
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CommentThe implications of exiting the EU
Assessing the potential short, medium and long term impacts of Brexit
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CommentHansom: Golly, is that the time?
This week, the past is dug up and pored over, we dance and boat race our way to the present, then bury the present back into the ground in the hope that one day it is discovered by the future
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CommentBrexit: The aftermath
Whether this is simply a knee-jerk reaction to economic uncertainty or a sign of things to come for the sector remains to be seen
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CommentSCL Delay and Disruption Protocol: Take two
Fourteen years after the Society of Construction Law published its first Delay and Disruption Protocol there’s a draft second edition. So what’s changed since 2002?