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CommentAn actor’s life
Garvis Snook takes to the stage with his all-singing, all-dancing troupe of Rok staff, while property developers pretend to know about wine and Ken Yeang reveals a movie-star influence
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No help at all
My company has taken on an apprentice in order to put something back into the industry and has done all the right things – enrolled him at college, contacted the Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council about an apprenticeship and contacted
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CommentGuilt by association
The rules of bias can apply differently to arbitrators and judges. But if you are hoping to use apparent conflicts of interest within a practice to dodge a decision, beware of looking opportunistic
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Leave it to the professionals
Simon Rawlinson’s excellent article on construction management (1 September, page 62) will hopefully dispel any myths surrounding the CM route.The key to the successful use of CM is ensuring clients use only experienced, specialist CM organisations that have the culture, systems, people and skills to make it work and operate ...
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Evidence of life
I appreciate that there are many diverse roles within the property/construction industry, but as a chartered building surveyor with an MRICS professional qualification and a BSc degree, it’s really nice to know from your latest annual salary guide that I don’t exist
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CommentCertifiable adjudicators
Like the umpires in last month’s ill-fated test match, adjudicators test the dispute against the rules and make a judgment – unfortunately some construction folk, and one or two lawyers, haven’t quite grasped that they can’t tamper with the ball either …
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CommentSomething in the air
Yes, there really is and it’s a worker installing a light fitting with an astonishing disregard for his reproductive future.
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Collaboration is the real Olympic prize
Project bank accounts and project insurances were pioneered six years ago, but few have adopted them. Will the 2012 Olympics prove the catalyst for permanent change?
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CommentFriends at last
“In love” would be too strong a term for it. But the City is certainly feeling warm and cuddly towards contracting, a sector it has traditionally treated with frigid indifference.
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Collaboration is the real Olympic prize
Project bank accounts and project insurances were pioneered six years ago, but few have adopted them. Will the 2012 Olympics prove the catalyst for permanent change?
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Age has always been an issue
Richard Steer provides an interesting perspective on the age discrimination laws that come into force in October. He voices concern that lack of mobility at the top end of the age bracket will stifle prospects for younger entrants to the industry. However, this ignores a fundamental aspect of the demographic ...
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Sound check
Plans to run a rail line under Sir Paul McCartney’s London studio have outraged the former Beatle, according to a tabloid report, but also brought the often neglected issue of unwanted vibrations to the fore.
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Declaring war on waste
With the subject of sustainability hitting the news on a daily basis, it is good that Jennie Price offered some practical advice on how to go about achieving it.
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CommentWonders & blunders
German architect Bernd Truempler blows a kiss at the Olympia Park in Munich, and a raspberry for our own dear national stadium …
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Unclear intentions
The claimant had retained the defendant as architect in connection with certain construction works that the claimant wished to be carried out at his property. Before the works were completed certain disputes arose between the two parties. The claimant instructed solicitors who wrote a letter of claim to the defendant ...
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CIC publishes Scottish novation agreement
Construction Industry Council launches Scottish edition of its novation agreement for consultants
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CommentDonald and Mahmood
What happens when the blog, the revenge weapon of the lowly and humble of the earth, is taken up by towering talents such as, er, Donald Trump and Mahmood Ahmadinejad? Nick Jones found out
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CommentAge can wither
Age Discrimination Act — Giving employees the right to carry on working for ever will have a devastating impact on the development of businesses, as older workers hinder the succession of younger talent to the top
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CommentHarry Houdini is dead
Two weeks ago we ran the story of the consultant that got caught up in a legal wrangle over a landslip. The case then proceeded to the Court of Appeal, where it attempted an impossible escape …