Opinion – Page 478
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The price of being free
Cabe’s recent notice advertising that it is looking for architects to join its design panel but expecting them to work for free has attracted much criticism.
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CommentWanted ...
... three-storey office with reception area, seminar room, exhibition space and underwater meeting room on 1,000m2 site on Fox Dale Island. Smudger Monro (that’s him below) tells us more
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CommentWatch out, Homer Simpson
Judges interpret contracts with reference to what a reasonable person would understand under the circumstances. Just don’t expect any help if you claim stupidity
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CommentGive it a chance
The ODA is taking lots of flak for its sustainable development policy. But Jennie Price, outgoing WRAP supremo and incoming Sport England chief, thinks we should cut them some slack
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CommentHansom Romantic interlude
The mating season is here again, so let’s enjoy the gorgeous sight of architects displaying to clients while headhunters feather their nests and Ken Livingstone bangs heads with the French
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CommentPassing notes
YouTube is the lunchtime detention of the online world – filled with pranks, giggles and health and safety violations. Alex Smith can hardly bear to look ...
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What the law says about legal costs
If you think you have to operate complicated rules on invoices and payments, spare a thought for your legal adviser, who is under all manner of statutory obligations and constraints
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CommentVisas alone are not the answer
The RICS’ campaign to persuade the Home Office to relax the rules preventing overseas QSs staying in the UK is a no-brainer.
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CommentFighting the invisible killer
New regulations aim to drastically cut down the number of deaths caused by asbestos-related diseases through management, licensing and prohibition guidelines
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Forget the buildings
Amanda Levete’s views on the need for “internationally renowned” architects to design the buildings for the Olympic Games are a powerful demonstration of how the job you do can warp your perceptions (“Doing what it takes”, 9 February, page 34).
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Wanted: managers
Thanks to the touting of numerous green policies and the debate over the practicality or indeed feasibility of zero carbon development, environmental issues continue to dominate discussion across construction trade press. This emphasis is something to be celebrated, but we must be conscious of other, equally pressing, issues that are ...
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Ratings war
Metropole (Folkstone) appealed against a decision of the Customs commissioners that the supply of works to replace the balcony of a listed building was standard rated for VAT purposes. Metropole was a company representing the flat owners who had purchased the freehold to a listed building. Once Metropole purchased the ...
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CommentBarratt’s big deal is just the start
The increasingly dramatic world of housebuilding took a spectacular plot twist this week.
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Without a care
On 9 January 2001, Ian Gray, a fire alarm installation engineer and employee of Fire Alarm Fabrication Services Limited (FAFS) fell through a skylight window in the roof of a building at Victoria Station. He died as a result of the injuries he sustained.This was an appeal by E H ...