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CommentThe art of realpolitik
Few projects have inflamed passions more than the 2012 Olympics. The process of marrying the aspirational and the practical has put some sectors of the industry and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) at each other’s throats.
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CommentTroubles along the way
A recent case involving temporary works, and what happens when they fail to do their job, casts some light on the tricky inspection obligations of professionals
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CommentCustard pies
Facebook and LinkedIn are the latest players in social networking. Which you choose depends on whether you prefer to talk to managing directors or throw cakes at them.
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A warning
The claimant, Hart Investments, sought to hold the first defendant, Fidler, responsible for the collapse of part a building that Hart owned. Fidler was a structural engineer and denied responsibility for the collapse. He was employed by both the claimant and the second defendant, building contractor Larchpark.Hart alleged that Fidler ...
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CommentNobody’s forcing you to do it
The Construction Act deals a knock-out blow to adjudicators who try to hold on to the award until they get paid. But if the parties don’t like that rule, they don’t have to adjudicate at all
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Disaster on your hands? Take notes!
If your supplier gets it wrong and costs you sleepless nights and wasted days, you can claim money for your lost time. A recent case illustrates the latest legal thinking on how you do it …
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Managed to death
A Treasury crackdown on tax avoidance may spell the end for ‘managed service’ companies. Rebecca Power explains what this will mean for the firms that use them
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CommentModified rapture
Contrary to media speculation, the proposals in the planning white paper do not mark the end of democracy. In fact, as long as they’re not watered down, some of them are rather sensible
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CommentGroovy times
We score some primo grass this week and, between bursts of coughing, drink enough booze to hospitalise ourselves before strapping on an axe and delivering a child. Alright. Yeah. Baby.
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No mercy for architects
Tony Bingham may have been too hard on the clients who took their architect to the cleaners after he failed to carry out his fundamental duty of co-ordinating the works (25 May, pages 64-65).
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Rogue testing
The industry is going through a huge change in respect of envelope testing, with thermal imaging as the new kid on the block. I wish to warn your readers not to be too enthusiastic in using its practitioners.
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At the risk of banging on …
An average of 3 million UK households persistently suffer from noisy neighbours – a rise of 31% over the past five years, new research claims.
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An uncanny likeness
As an avid reader of Building I noticed a picture (18 May, page 60) captioned “Calatrava’s Tenerife opera house”.
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CommentToo much of a good thing
Back in September 1988, Building ran a series entitled “Crisis? What crisis?” arguing that the market was overheating.
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CommentStrict time
Surely a contractor has a right to claim for an extension of time if the delay was the fault of the employer? Well no, not necessarily, according to the third edition of the NEC
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CommentIn safe hands
With its CDM webinar and awards coverage, nobody could accuse the Building website of not taking health and safety seriously. But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for humour.