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CommentPage turners: Society of Construction Law essay prize
The winners of this prestigious prize have some clever things to say about delays and quantum meruit disputes. Their papers are all must-reads
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Buying a business: Gods of small things
If you’re planning to buy a business in our fragile economy, you need to know what you’re getting. So use lawyers who will scrutinise every little contract
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CommentNo to nuclear nobbling
Regarding the story “Lend Lease bans Bovis from £40bn nuclear sector” (11 June, page 9): how can another country have the right to influence what this country wants to do?
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Don't be caught out
The news that the communities department office failed an inspection undertaken under its own fire safety laws shows how careful all those affected by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order must be to ensure that fire risk assessments for their premises are adequate and appropriate for their occupation
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Passive protest
It’s about time the government realised that the basic principles promoted by the Passivhaus system (’Low-energy retrofit: Heating a house with a towel rail’, 4 June, page 44) are far superior to either those of BREEAM or Code for Sustainable Homes - less bureaucracy, less cost, less complexity and much ...
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Q+A from Building Answers
Building’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems from access in a shop to objecting to an extension
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CommentWhere rigans dare
Andrejs Trabo in Riga, Latvia, spotted this “mountain climbing champion” demonstrating an unbelievably stupid solution to the problem of not having a long enough ladder
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CommentNick Raynsford: It’s an inept beginning
So much for turning Britain into ’a nation of homebuilders’. Rather, the coalition seems hell bent on stopping the housing recovery in its tracks
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CommentQuentin Shears: The winning mentality
“We should put the usa game behind us. We can’t do any worse against Algeria”
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Britain’s grand strategy
Open mike Find a map of the UK, spread it on a table, examine its rail links and ports, then consider how they could be upgraded to make the whole country work better. Like this, for example …
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Building buys a pint … for MPG Shreeves
Building’s meeting with MPG Shreeves has an inauspicious start
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CommentShepherd Construction vs Berners: Freezing orders
Can a freezing order be used to assist a claim for payment?
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Comment50 Years of London Architecture Exhibition
A short-lived London Festival of Architecture Exhibition provides a must-see account of Modern architecture in London.
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CommentDegrees of awfulness
George Osborne’s Budget isn’t as bad as we feared – but it’s still going to hurt
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CommentTaxing times for construction
While increased VAT is a blow, other tax measures will benefit the industry
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CommentConstruction will not come out unscathed from Osborne's Budget, but it could've been worse
Construction hasn’t done as badly as some had feared as additional capital spending cuts are put in hold
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New KPIs show construction is getting more dangerous
Why do the latest construction safety Key Performance Indicators show construction has become more dangerous as the recession has bitten?
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Comment28 degrees but Budget leaves construction feeling cold
The Chancellor said there would be ‘no further falls in capital expenditure’, the key area for construction. That sounds good but the falls are very harsh
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CommentAldgate vs Unibar: Damage caused by fire
This case concerns the extent to which different types of loss are recoverable
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CommentEmergency Budget: impact on built assets
The new Budget’s efficiency measures and tax rises aim to address the deficit, but what does it mean for built assets?