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CommentBully beef
Did you see any of the BBC TV drama Life on Mars? Sam Tyler, modern day detective, was accidentally catapulted back to 1973, in the same job and surrounded by Sweeney-style coppers of 35 years ago.
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Watching our waste line
Aghast at the amount of waste generated within our industry and at our reluctance to do much about it, the government wants to make site waste management compulsory. But is it going after the right guys?
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A timely reminder
Cheltenham Ladies’ College took exception to an architect and, relying on the contract, began proceedings. It lost: the reasons why, says Corinne McCarthy, should be a warning to others
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CommentThe youth of today
While the industry’s old hands said adieu to Paul Morrell and discussed sustainable construction, the youngsters were engaged in a drunken debauch at the Marriott. Who said QSs don’t know how to party?
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How to fight a towering inferno
During the recent debate on tall buildings, as illustrated in Amanda Levete’s article (5 April, page 34) one issue is ignored: fire safety. Are we to presume the process of control in design and construction will ensure that the right decisions are taken on fire safety?
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QSs: the disaster managers
Further to the debate on the future of quantity surveying, perhaps if the role of the QS were taken more seriously, the Olympics – not to mention the Scottish parliament and Wembley stadium – would have been properly budgeted in the first place. The Scottish parliament ended up costing 10 ...
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Not from round here
Not from round here Sir Digby Jones is right to highlight markets such as China and India as potentially fertile areas for exporting British PFI expertise.
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Wonders & blunders
Roger Bolton tells some harsh truths about his home town of Carlisle but is lost in wonder at the eternal city’s temple to all the gods
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Without good reason
The claimant brought proceedings seeking a declaration that an expert determination was not final and binding because the expert had materially departed from the terms of reference and had failed to provide adequate reasons.
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Taking sides
The parties entered into a JCT With Contractor’s Design contract for the construction of 114 residential apartments in Manchester. This case concerns the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision. During the adjudication, Crosby Homes raised three jurisdictional challenges:1 There was no jurisdiction under the “side agreements”2 ...
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CommentWho are you today?
Contract administrators are in the sometimes awkward position of having to act for the client one minute and being impartial the next. Here’s what happened when one got the balance wrong
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CommentThe percentage game
Remember Ian McGlinn? He was last seen in the High Court suing everyone in sight after ordering the demolition of his Jersey dream home. Here he is again, still in court, trying to get the other parties to pay his legal costs
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When justice prevails
Jonathan Lewis and Mark London Ever suffered from an adjudicator’s unfair decision? If so, the Humes vs Homes case will make for encouraging reading: the court recognised the adjudicator’s decision as wrong and refused to enforce it
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How to handle snakes
Collecting money from debtors in the construction industry can be like playing snakes and ladders, says Claire Sandbrook. But there are ways to play the game to ensure you get to the top
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CommentThe Polish Olympics
The Beijing Olympics are mainly being built by British firms, but if we don’t want our own Games built by eastern European labour, we need to train our young people now