More Comment – Page 498
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CommentCould do (a lot) better
It’s good that Cabe is assessing designs for Building Schools for the Future, but the way it’s going about it leaves much to be desired
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Comment10 years is a long, long time: liability for defects or collapses
There are strict laws in the Emirates about defects that threaten a building’s stability, and you’re liable for a decade. So what can you do to avoid having to pay out?
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CommentCatch-up from Cannes
Building’s journos are out in force at Mipim, bringing you the latest interviews, videos and news stories from the property event
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CommentCakes and ale? Fat chance
While bigwigs from our own industry forgo power lunches and business-class flights for the communal fridge and easyJet, at least Dubai’s know the value of pointlessly exorbitant gestures …
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Do as you would be done by
With our construction supply chain under pressure, I read with great interest your article “Out of credit” (27 February, page 20)
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CommentThese things are important
Bernard Cribbins was the voice of The Wombles, not Paddington, who was voiced by Michael Hordern (27 February, page 32)
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Bargain basement
I read with interest the articles on markets that could ease the burden of recession and on the complex regulations associated with loft conversions (20 February, pages 46 and 62)
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Ready and willing
I am currently studying Building Surveying and the Environment at the University of Plymouth
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CommentRenegotiating tenders in Dubai
Has your UAE client asked you to take a pay cut? Here are some tips from lawyers on minimising the pain
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Red alert as new orders plunge to record low in January
January 2009: the worst monthly new orders figures ever recorded.And with little sign that February will be prove any better, the latest figures for new orders underline the collapse of construction across the board.Every sector - even public non-housing - was down on a year earlier with the exception of ...
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Window shoppers aplenty but buyers dwindle in the housing market
There has been a big surge in window shoppers, but no increase in sales. In fact they are a little worse. That is the nub of the latest housing market survey from the surveyors' body RICS.Much will be read into the surge in interest with suggestions that this represents the ...
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Are the leaders of the contracting industry fit for purpose?
My attention was drawn to a letter sent yesterday by the Construction Products Association's chairman Adrian Barden to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform regarding the current plight of the construction industry.It makes hard, clear, well researched and convincing points. It outlines the problems and makes ...
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CommentJan and me: Amanda Levete on Jan Kaplicky
Jan Kaplicky, who died in January, was a visionary architect whose creativity drove him to test the bounds of the possible, says his former wife and design partner
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Construction output falls off a cliff
The last time the construction industry had to puzzle out what to do with output falling as fast as it did in the final quarter of 2008 was when the Rubik's Cube was the must-have Christmas present.Official figures published today show a drop of 7% in construction output over the ...
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CommentSo, Mr Bond...
This week, I’ve been unmasking a phoney company chairman, burning documents after reading and planning my escape route to the south of France. Whoever said construction wasn’t thrilling?
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CommentGoing public
The government’s decision to bring out its cheque book yet again – this time for the PFI – is a massive fillip for the industry
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CommentFair enough?: Breaching natural justice
The case of Dorchester vs Vivid raised the familiar question of when an adjudication breaches natural justice. Here’s what the judge had to say…
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CommentMea culpa: Disputes from the architect's point of view
The tale an architect wants a building to tell can turn into a shaggy dog story if the builders doesn’t want to tell it as well... and if they aren’t distracted by people like me