More Comment – Page 734
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A wee problem with the windaes
The front cover of Building (20 June) featured a picture of a window at the Scottish parliament building.
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The expert's opinion
This was an appeal by the defendant from an order of Judge Hull QC in which he refused Katra's challenge to an order confirming a previous strike-out order. The claimant was seeking to recover the sum of £2,789.63 in respect of building works, by arguing that the quality of the ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
I applaud a bank's eco-activism in Docklands but lament the wastefulness of energy-ignorant refurbishment
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CommentInstant justice
Believe it or not, some people still argue about the relative merits of arbitration and adjudication. But for ease of use, speed and cost, the latter wins hands down
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A concrete example
The widespread amendment of design-and-build contracts heaps undefined risks on contractors and breeds disputes. But soon all cards will have to be on the table
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Machiavelli's advice
What does the future hold for contractors? History can give us some of the answers – and so can a well known renaissance philosopher
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Deathwatch
It is estimated that 1.5 million non-residential premises in the UK may be affected by a new regulation to control asbestos at work. Is yours going to be one of them?
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If it walks like a duck …
… and it talks like a duck and it looks like a duck (etc) then it probably is a duck. The same principle applies to contracts. Let me explain
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A misdiagnosis?
We write in reference to your feature on the Cumberland Infirmary (30 May, page 38).
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Lock up your aeroplanes
I read with shock and horror how sex offenders have been unleashed to work in restricted access areas on airport projects (13 June, page 11).
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Diversity blues
Try something next time you go to work or visit another construction business.
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Don't forget what you are
Some members of the RICS have pushed that body into mimicry of big multinational business by wandering off into attempted globalisation.
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The complete wall package
I read with interest the Brick Bulletin (13 June, page 83) and in particular David Szymanki's article (page 95).
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High-flying greenhorns
You published a reader's article complaining of over-regulation (11 April, page 39), followed up by a reader's letter (9 May, page 35) complaining that there is an expert consultant for everything.
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Let there be light
Constructing new buildings with windows is not exactly rocket science, and it would seem that the Cumberland Infirmary is breaking the law in asking its employees to work in windowless workspaces (30 May, page 38).
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Ask a silly question
Skilled labourers work in abysmal conditions, are paid peanuts and have to compete against cheap imported labour. Take a guess why nobody wants to work in construction
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Tunnel but no light
Kent council drew guffaws of disbelief recently by suggesting its residents might like to help solve its housing shortage by upping sticks, moving to France and commuting to their jobs in England via the Channel Tunnel. Well, perhaps we should all start learning French.
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Working with you, not against you
To provide affordable housing on private residential developments through section 106 planning agreements requires an effective partnership not only between housebuilders and local authorities, but increasingly between housebuilders and housing associations – the main providers and funders of affordable housing in the UK.