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CommentHansom: What's trending
Mayor George Ferguson’s winning red trousers, the no-longer ubiquitous white van man, Gleeds’ celebrity lookalike and ‘Alistair’ Campbell are all worthy of hashtags this week
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CommentMy digital life ... Jo Tindall
The employment lawyer from Walker Morris on celebrity gossip, friends laughing at her phone and living in the Dark Ages
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CommentWhy building retirement housing could help the young
Encouraging older people to move to high-quality retirement housing will free up family homes for the young to move into
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CommentProud to be green
We helped deliver the BREEAM Outstanding rating on the King’s Cross Central development project
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CommentHow UK construction consultants are selling themselves abroad
UK firms are picking up increasing amounts of work abroad
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CommentWonders & blunders with Lindy Patterson
Scotland’s Forth Bridge takes Lindy Patterson’s breath away but Glasgow’s principal civic square, the scene of so many protests, is itself the subject of her protestations
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CommentTanzania – Birth of a gas giant?
Opportunities fired by natural gas could make Tanzania an attractive prospect for business – but what are the key considerations for working there?
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CommentSolid foundations
Officials could do far worse than to look at Whitehall’s approach to housebuilding and seek to replicate it on a bigger scale
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CommentConstruction is all at sea
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. Construction has a lot to learn from yacht racing
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: La Defense offices in Almere
La Defense offices in Almere, Netherlands, designed by UNStudio. Photograph by Wojtek Gurak
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CommentPC Harrington vs Systech: Wrong call
Even if the decision an adjudicator reaches is unenforceable, they should still get paid. But that’s just my opinion. The Court of Appeal clearly thinks differently …
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CommentHansom: Complete transparency
A warning on profit that is not a profit warning, a series of ‘virtual’ underground shops, a secret lift and a bit of dodgy sales lingo are just some of the things that we’re not entirely clear on this week
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CommentDispute resolution: Ask an expert
Involving an expert in dispute resolution can help your case - but make sure that they are experienced, a good communicator and can offer independent advice in the eyes of the court
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CommentB: Bouygues vs Dahl-Jenson
A-Z of key construction law cases: An early adjudication case that shows that even when an adjudicator gets things wrong, their decision can still be upheld by the courts
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CommentIs a lack of new housing resulting in more multi-family homes?
Multi-family households are on the rise, especially in London, which is just one symptom of our chronic failure to build enough new homes, says Brian Green
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CommentLimited liability: Even limits have their limits
Contract terms that seek to limit liability have to be able to pass a test of reasonableness – and not only where they are part of standard terms
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CommentBig business needs diversity
I was dismayed to read that, of the 71 director positions available in Balfour Beatty’s restructure, not one is held by a woman
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CommentStandard form contracts: Cheer up, Tony
Life has changed in the 50 years since the 1964 Banwell Report recommended the use of only one form of contract