Opinion – Page 429
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CommentParadise postponed
You don’t hear much about Sir John Egan these days. Integrated teams, lean construction, innovation … all the great doctrines he set out in Rethinking Construction back in 1998 have faded with the years. It’s not hard to see why.
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CommentConflict zones
This week we get into a swordfight with the ODA, a bunfight with Nigella Lawson and a turf war in the West Country before getting ourselves mixed up in some kind of Russian espionage mission
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Termination of a contract: M&J Polymers Ltd vs Imerys Minerals Ltd
M&J Polymers Ltd and Imerys Minerals Ltd entered into a contract for M&J to supply dispersants, which are chemicals used in the breakdown of clay and other materials, to Imerys. M&J began supplying dispersants in 1991. A new supply contract was entered into in January 2005 for the ...
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CommentEasy as PI
Money matters - As you’ll be aware, the world’s financial system is in something of a mess. And as insurance is part of that system, you may wonder what’s going to happen to your professional indemnity policy.
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CommentEco-towns: One hell of a job
Tim Ayres and Lynn Franklin - Gordon Brown’s eco-towns are going to be built on a legal minefield. Here’s a guide to tip-toeing through it
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CommentWeb watch - Reporters beware
Now readers can generate their own web content about issues that concern them on Building’s new online discussion board. Alex Smith takes a peek at the hottest topics so far…
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CommentMarket testing sustainability
Is sustainability going to be the next casualty of the credit crunch? With houses recording their first annual fall for 12 years, and Tony Pidgley describing the crisis as worse than the nineties, it’s hard to imagine consumers squandering their angst on solar panels.
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CommentTender is the blight
There’s no excuse for bid rigging, but there may be certain facts that explain it. Like, for example, the whole way competition is supposed to work in our industry
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for RMJM
For this week’s pint we are in the heart of trendy Hoxton in east London, the raw version of architect’s ghetto Clerkenwell, which lies just to the west.
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Government diktat
The Office of Fair Trading investigation started in 2004 and its statement of objection was published on 17 April 2008. Your leader column (25 April, page 3) guesses how much the the public purse might have been diddled out of.
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Talking ourselves into it
The media hype around the looming recession merely serves to perpetuate the problem.
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Pump it up
Your recent article on the Code for Sustainable Homes (18 April, page 52) makes a good point. There is indeed much confusion around the code and SAP ratings, mostly because, in important areas, the formulae used in SAP are based on historic data and are not up to date with ...
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Extinguish your torch
How long can it be before the gas torch is banned from the flat-roofing industry?
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Shurely shome mishtake
I am led to understand that the glulam option (widely and imaginatively used around the world for swimming pool structures) for the roof structure of the aquatics centre has been rejected in favour of steel – on grounds of cost! Is this information accurate?
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Sexual politics
Sometimes it’s hard to be a man. They must use tact when persuading partners not to drive off a cliff and are cruelly judged on the colour of their shirts. Still, at least they don’t have to give birth…
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CommentUnder pressure
Crazed drunken rants, crushing defeats and public humiliation were rife in a week the construction industry will remember less than fondly. And then there’s that OFT thing…
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Due diligence: Lambson Fine Chemicals Ltd vs Merlion Capital Housing Ltd
In May 2004, Lambson Fine Chemicals Ltd sold a 40-acre industrial property to Merlion Capital Housing Ltd for £12.25m. The property had been used for the manufacture of chemicals since the 1860s. By the late 1940s it was owned by Laporte and used for the manufacture of suphuric acid, sodium ...
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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Alsop and Cube Design
University of East London student comments on some recent projects shown on the Building website