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Prepare yourself for a shock: D&O insurance for corporate manslaughter
The Corporate Manslaughter Act puts company executives in the firing line for breaches of health and safety, so it’s wise to get some protection
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CommentHansom: The spice of life
Suspicious goings-on in the bedroom, recalcitrant plumbing in an ancient loo, growing pains at the Olympics and the case of the disappearing numbers - you can’t say we don’t bring you variety
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CommentWonders & blunders with Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons doesn’t hesitate to praise St Pancras station. But he finds post-war housing repetitive and deviant
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Karsan Vaghani: Universities don't need iconic buildings any more
Higher education cuts mean the priorities for university estates is changing and value for money is now key
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CommentPassivhaus refurb diaries, part 4: The day of the airtightness test
The architect behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles reviews the results of the first airtightness test…
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CommentAedifice vs Mr Ashwin Shah: Does the adjudicator have jurisdiction?
The process of objecting to an adjudicator’s jurisdiction has to be conducting properly, as this case highlights…
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CommentNewport: We have a problem...
The recent upsurge in the construction output figures has baffled the industry, so is it all a cock-up on the part of the ONS statisticians in Wales?
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Global job opportunities: Think the unthinkable
Why you should consider working in Saudi Arabia
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CommentHow to challenge an adjudicator's jurisdiction
Here's a quick guide, courtsey of the courts, on how to object to an adjudicator resolving your dispute
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CommentWhy does BREEAM ignore embodied carbon?
Discussion about the future of BREEAM has so far not included this major element of a building’s overall carbon performance
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CommentMore regulation isn't the answer to poor design
Boris Johnson’s housing design standards won’t be as effective as simply giving consumers tools to make an educated choice at the point of sale
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CommentIt will take a joint effort to improve BREEAM
If we want an effective way to rate refurbs and fit-outs we need the BRE and the RICS to work together, argues RICS head of policy
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CommentCoalition government’s first 100 days: the industry’s verdict
As the government marks its first 100 days with tough-talking speeches, leading industry figures give their opinion
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CommentCity Inn vs Shepherd Construction: concurrent delay
This case went all the way to Scotland’s Inner House where the court backed a practical approach to analysing the causes of delay
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CommentRIBA conditions of appointment: A return to a simpler time
The RIBA’s latest conditions of appointment aren’t perfect, but they’ve swept away many of the onerous obligations in the 2007 edition
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City Inn vs Shepherd: How much sand is a snowstorm worth?
Let’s delve deeper into City Inn vs Shepherd. At first glance, it looks like the three appeal judges came to different conclusions on relevant events. Look again …
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CommentPFI can’t take sting out of cuts
Public sector clients tempted to reintroduce cancelled projects as variations to existing PFIs may be breaking the rules
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Set-off on the right foot
The law governing situations where two parties owe each other money is murky. But a recent Court of Appeal case sheds some useful light
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CommentHansom: The end is nigh
This week, we contemplate our mortality in the form of moribund school programmes, vanishing staff, and Brits making their final exit from the Middle East … meanwhile, death stalks the Euston Road