More Comment – Page 716
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A turn for the worse
A decade of revolutionary culture change seems to have culminated in the triumph of a class of supervisor bureaucrats. The real workers are back where they started
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You’ll pay for this
Why are construction leaders so reluctant to join the political fray over tuition fees?
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Scotland is freezing
The Human Rights Act limited Scottish claimants' rights to freeze defendants' assets before judgment. But a recent case may encourage this tool to be used more
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I've put the bomb there
If a project manager supervises the installation of a fire risk, then warns its client that it has installed a fire risk, does the warning absolve it of blame after the inevitable fire?
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Thanks, partner!
From my experience of working in Holland, the way in which Ballast Nedam has treated staff and subcontractors at Ballast UK comes as no surprise.
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Under guarantee
I would like to offer some support and consolation to those subcontrators owed money by Ballast.
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We're all doomed
I want to express my outrage at the government's proposal to increase tuition fees to undergraduates.
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Name that toon
You refer, in the issue of 9 January (page 38), to the Gateshead Music Centre as a building due for completion in 2004, and claim that "the city of Newcastle will be gaining a Lord Foster landmark". However Gateshead is on one bank of the Tyne and Newcastle is ...
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What's with Duncan Wallace?
Mr Duncan Wallace is the possessor of a mighty intellect and has provided a supplement (Hudson's Building & Engineering Contracts 11th Edition First Supplement), which is comprehensive and scholarly.
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Healthy competition
I agree with Gus Alexander (19 December, page 23) that capacity and expertise are hot topics in healthcare architecture.
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Let your voice be heard
I have resigned from the RICS after more than 50 years in the profession.
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Nimbyism at work
Another reason for housing sites not being developed (19 December, page 18) is restrictive covenants.
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Hissed again
In recognition of your timely post-Crimbo blitz on the dangers of the demon drink (16 January, pages 1, 3 and 24), wouldn't it be a consistent gesture to abandon the lashing out of £25 drinks vouchers to the winners of the excellent "In the detail" competition on this page? ...
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Returning fire
This was an appeal from a decision of His Honour Judge Bowsher in the Technology & Construction Court of 3 March 2003. The judge had found the defendant architect (Paskin) liable in full for the damage arising from the spread of fire on 4 January 1998 that destroyed the food ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Ross King worships a bijou temple in Rome, but the United Nations Secretariat makes him question his faith in Le Corbusier
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Construction idol
Channel 4's Demolition Day proves that our appetite for reality TV knows no bounds … and that even experts in the building trade can develop a taste for showbiz
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Suing the sewers
If overflowing sewers are driving you round the U-bend, don't hold out any hope of compensation from the water company – just get yourself a good mop
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What's in a handshake?
When a TV company started looking for a home for Fame Academy, it kept its options open with two potential agreements. If only it hadn't shook on one of them …