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CommentThe grim reality of life as an architect
Watch programmes like Grand Designs and you’d think architecture was a glamorous, highly paid and creative profession. Rot, says Susanna Clapham
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CommentPre-action disclosure: Show trial
Arbitration has often been criticised for its lack of early disclosure. But in fact arbitrators are obliged to avoid expense, and this is one good way to do it
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Quality of work: The QS's duty
A QS has been sued for valuing work that was defective. Luckily for it, the law is clear on this point. But surely QSs have a duty to speak up if they spot something’s wrong?
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Quality of work: Outside the QS's remit
The QS is concerned with value and quantity, so it is right that the law should not require them to be held responsible for matters of quality
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CommentHome improvements
Regarding the article “Osborne’s axe fells schools and housing” (22 October, page 9), you’re right that we’re going to need to attract a huge amount of private sector finance into the refurbishment of our existing housing stock over the next decade
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In the detail
On first analysis, it looks as though capital spending has borne the brunt of the cuts to next year’s Scottish budget announced in the UK spending review.
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There is another way
I read with interest the article by Malcolm Taylor in Building (22 October, page 33). His dissatisfaction with the RICS expresses the feelings of many of its QS members.
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Don't bring back arbitration
Earlier this month Tony Bingham called for arbitration to be restored to its pedestal in construction contracts, but it was ripe for toppling
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CommentQuentin Shears: How to cut a school by 40%
’Suddenly I knew how George Osborne felt when he got his hands on the communities department payroll’
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CommentDropping in for a pizza
Thanks to Martin Corbishley for spotting this demonstration of the lengths some people will go to for a decent Quattro Stagione
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CommentConstruction growth continues to roar, but can you hear it?
On the GDP measure, construction grew 9.5% in the second quarter of this year and 4.0% in the latest quarter. Is it real?
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CommentWhen does hospitality become bribery?
New legislation is leaving businesses nervous about what is and isn’t allowed
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CommentTwo bags of ballast = One dimwit in a hi-vis
Thanks to Gavin Williams of Wates for spotting this evidence of the seesaw theory of mathematics
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CommentWhy the spending review might prove a turning onto the road to Nirvana for housebuilders
However, the prospects for housing, housing associations and contractors are far less rosy
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CommentDid the spending review kill off PFI?
The chancellor described PFI as ’flawed’ last week, but it hasn’t fallen out of favour for all sectors - at least not yet…
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CommentHas government really made an 'investment in the future'?
Osborne made commitments to invest in key areas but capital budgets have still been hit
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CommentSpending review: What’s the damage?
We now have certainty and the knowledge that government plans to invest
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CommentHow I learned to love part L
The Building Regulations - it hardly needs saying - must be greeted with fear and loathing. But oddly, says Gus Alexander, they can instil a feeling approximating joy - if only for 10 seconds
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CommentThe RICS: Are we being served?
Open mike: QSs have little in common with estate agents yet we share the same professional body. We have to break free and form an organisation that truly represents us