More Comment – Page 355
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CommentEnergy Act, Green Deal and EPCs: Key legal points to remember
From April 2012 new regulations relating to the energy performance of buildings come into play, ahead of the roll-out of the Green Deal in October
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CommentLeander vs Mulalley: In your own time, gentlemen, please
A contractor tries to claim loss because the subcontractor isn’t ‘getting on with it’. But what if the subbie is working hard - only to a different clock?
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Leander vs Mulalley: Getting contracts right first time
Tony Bingham outlines the mess that Mulalley got in over a badly drafted contract - here’s how to avoid these pitfalls and side-step costly adjudication
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Inbox: A numbers game
Readers note that a decision not to invest can be a wise one, that the big helping the small could amount to fewer accidents and that some calculations about the Green Deal could be flawed
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CommentThe Green Deal: Sustainability suspended
The government’s half-hearted approach to the Green Construction Board and now the Green Deal suggests a worrying lack of commitment to the eco agenda, says Richard Steer
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CommentBrian Green on … construction output
The sectors the industry are looking to for growth are stagnating - and the government needs to respond quickly
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CommentRetail index: Contract awards fall sharply from November high
CPA forecasts 3% growth in 2012 despite weakening consumer spending
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CommentMy digital life … Fiona Frost
This iPhone convert gets easily lost in blogs and rates WhatsApp, allowing her to stay in touch with friends and family abroad
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CommentThe importance of witnesses: Suárez vs Evra
When Luis Suárez ended up in front of the FA tribunal in the race row with Patrice Evra, both appeared as witnesses - and what we heard determined the case
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CommentWonders & blunders with Jeremy Till
Jeremy Till celebrates the democratic, contested space of Tent City outside St Paul’s but decries the increasing privatisation of our cities, symbolised by the gate to Paternoster Square
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CommentOlympic venue spotlight: Balfour Beatty's Olympic feat
The chief operating officer of the main contractor on the aquatics centre talks legacy and LOCOG
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Video: Greg Barker responds on Green Deal
Climate change minister answers questions on insulation drop-off
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CommentThe Green Deal: We're not getting insulation pre-assessments right
Insulation pre-assessments are key to the success of the Green Deal - but most are being carried out using completely the wrong method, warns sustainable building expert Neil May
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CommentRegularly and diligently: Leander Construction Ltd vs Mulalley & Co Ltd
This case sets out the law regarding implied terms requiring a party to proceed regularly and diligently
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CommentA quick guide to responding to a referral notice in adjudication
A quick guide for a party to a construction dispute who is served with a referral notice, refering the dispute to adjudication
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CommentLet's avoid disaster
The Green Deal is looking increasingly like a poor deal, but the government has time to improve it for all our sakes
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CommentLatest data shows construction sliding into recession
ONS stats show construction output shrinking in the last quarter
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CommentGalliford Try vs Lanes Group: Premature adjudication
An adjudicator who outlines a preliminary view needs to make sure he’s not reached a final decision too soon