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    I pick me

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Can an employer get rid of its construction manager and take on the job itself? The answer is no, according to the judge in this recent court case …

  • Left to right: Rudi Klein, Ann Minogue, Julian Holloway, Rachel Barnes, Andrew Helmsley
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    At your service

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    This month Building relaunches Legal aid, its free advice service with a brand new panel of top construction lawyers.

  • Jason Millet
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    Who's hungry?

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    We've all enjoyed the spectacle of Carillion and Balfour Beatty each grabbing a bit of Mowlem and pulling, but it doesn't mean we should expect a round of takeovers

  • Tony Bingham
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    One thing straight

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    When the DTI asked an industry mob to discuss the Construction Act, a fight quickly ensued - but those present showed great solidarity on another issue

  • Comment

    Multiplex's legal position

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Last month's news that the FA has switched the Cup Final to Cardiff shocked the industry - it should also prompt us to question the use of lump-sum contracts

  • Hansom
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    Hansom

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    What are the connections: Mace and an East End hard nut; Richard Rogers and the Windsors; Boris Johnson and Jaws; Renzo Piano and the X Factor? Read on …

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    One fell swoop

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The housing minister seems to like the idea of changing the regulation-making process. Might it be, asks Paul Everall, that in future all changes happen at the same time?

  • Denise Chevin
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    McDonough's gamble

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    A minute's silence, please, for the passing away of an industry giant.

  • Comment

    The dangers of playing safe

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Your industry debate on off-site manufacturing (17 February) appears to miss a key member of the team in the delivery of any off-site solution.

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    Un point

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Following on from your piece on the Europan housing design competition (17 February), I thought you'd be interested to hear from us as we have direct experience of the whole "Eurovision" effect.

  • Comment

    Building meets Hello!

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    I was disappointed to read your Valentines Day article about couples who met on site (10 February).

  • Comment

    Name and shame

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    I can understand why you elicit pictures from the readership on safety blunders. The humour makes light reading. Sadly these real-life events often go unreported - at great cost to workers and their families.

  • Comment

    Defending the estate

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    I would like to compliment you on the article entitled "No more messing about in boats" (17 February), which I found most entertaining.

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    A plan submitted

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    There seems to be much debate and difference of opinion about how to claw back excess profits as a result of granting planning permission (17 February). Is a strategy based on the following a possibility?

  • Comment

    A telling comparison

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The bottom line of an editorial in the Daily Telegraph on 4 February asserted that the Healh and Safety Executive should be closed down.

  • Young couple
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    How to survive... an office romance

    2006-03-02T07:24:00Z

    Amaya Lopez offers lovestruck colleagues 1 10-step guide on how to avoid losing your job and breaking hearts.

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    Let us examine the facts

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    We have to suspend disbelief when watching TV heart-throb Judge John Deed hand out justice from the bench - but in the jury room he's very convincing

  • Comment

    Croydon - noted for its breathtaking scenery

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Thanks to John Carmichael for this picture of a site in Croydon.

  • Comment

    Under review

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    This was an application for judicial review of an adjudication decision under the adjudication legislation in Queensland. JJ McDonald & Sons Engineering Pty Ltd (JJ) had entered into a subcontract with CEPM Pty Ltd (CEPM) that required CEPM to supply and install temporary framework, fix and tie the reinforcing steel ...

  • Jill Craig
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    Look to Lisbon

    2006-02-24T00:00:00Z

    The MEPs have just voted on the directive that aims to create a single market in services, but by ditching the ‘country of origin' principle they have given in to the protectionists