More Comment – Page 272
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CommentIn at the deep end
A bolt-on to a standard contract for a swimming pool put the contractor into dispute with the facilities manager. But can a collateral warranty within a contract be referred to adjudication?
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CommentHansom: Mixed messages
Digby Jones’ scintillating wit and Boris Johnson’s world-famous joke repertoire both go over the heads of the Chinese, talent gets shoved aside in a government reshuffle and Guildford’s PR exercise goes awry
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CommentThe government has lost the plot with allowable solutions
The proposed central fund in the allowable solutions consultation widens the gap between construction and energy markets
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CommentAre we ignoring one of the biggest construction opportunities out there?
Many of the UK’s buildings need to be repurposed to meet today’s demands, which could offer a wealth of opportunity for construction
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CommentA revolution with results
With vastly improved GCSE marks and a steady community use, Barnsley’s Horizon College makes the case for school investment
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CommentTreasury claims housing
The prime minister’s decision to reduce the rank of the role reflects, perversely, how much more seriously the government is taking housing
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CommentTwo sheets of A4 BIM please
There’s a lot of misunderstanding surrounding BIM - essentially it should make all our lives easier
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CommentWhy are we so bad at data entry?
Simple errors, such as using the wrong unit of quantity, happen too often and make much of our building performance data meaningless
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CommentBonfire of the houses
Help to Buy will have a sting in the tail in terms of cost and repayment - not to mention house price inflation - and could end badly
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CommentWhere will EU regulation go next?
Sustainable building policy in Europe is evolving and it looks like future regulations will go way beyond energy performance
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CommentSimplicity is the key to BIM FM
Clients have many reasons not to use BIM, but mainly it’s because we as an industry are making it unnecessarily complex for them
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CommentWhat's allowable under allowable solutions?
The government’s consultation on the next steps to zero carbon homes is a chance to argue for the inclusion of embodied carbon
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CommentDon't treat housing ministers like premiership managers
Alastair Stewart on why getting rid of the first housing minister in years who knew anything about the industry is a mistake
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CommentBe aware of serial defects clauses
A recurring clause in civils work contracts on wind farms can be problematic
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CommentColombia is hungry for growth
The US government may be shutting up shop, but another country in the americas is open for business
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CommentBring back the SME housebuilders
Housing was centre stage over the party conference season, but we will not build the new homes the country needs unless SMEs are brought back into the market
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CommentAll frame and no work
We need to overhaul EU procurement processes which are slow, inefficient and expensive
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CommentABB Limited vs BAM Nuttall Limited: Material breach of the rules of natural justice
It may be obvious that the adjudicator had gone on a ‘frolic of his own’ and committed a material breach of natural justice. Here the position was more opaque
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