Opinion – Page 479
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CommentA skip of one’s own
If a skip has your name stamped on the side, that’s your skip, isn’t it? And anyone who takes it should jolly well give it back, right? Well, not always, as this cautionary tale demonstrates
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CommentDangerous drop
Sites are safer than they were in 2002, but the next set of HSE statistics will show that things are getting worse. The causes are difficult to pinpoint but the solutions are easier to find
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CommentDistinctly average
Below par performances this week from the officials at the TCC and a Scottish recruitment consultant. At least Mace’s attempts to join the celebrity party circuit are more than OK...
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CommentDoing what it takes
The Olympics will only truly succeed if the powers-that-be overcome their intellectual timidity and attack the problem with passion, imagination and a whole lot of money
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CommentThe one with two buckets
State your case Is a settlement deal subject to adjudication? Mr Justice Jackson’s answer will stick in the memory. He says it depends on what’s in your bucket.
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What do you mean, ‘be reasonable’?
When deciding to end a contract, is it reasonable to consider your commercial interests based on the employer’s history of legal actions? This is what a judge in Salford had to say
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How Lift has worked wonders
Your article on the Lift primary healthcare programme raised some interesting points about how effective the scheme has been since its inception and certainly merits further analysis (26 January, page 38).
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Will this do?
I was pleased to read your article about office fit-outs (“Call that sustainable?” 26 January, page 50).
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CommentGood to go
Right this minute the Communities England superagency is being assembled by a team of experts intent on producing a slick, smart regeneration powerhouse
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Er, didn’t we get the last one? ... for RLF
Last week Building ventured up to Edinburgh to meet RLF. This week, we have ventured five minutes up the road to meet ... RLF. Oh dear – a glitch in communication between reporters means the lucky company is our drinking buddy two weeks in a row. This week it’s the ...
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CommentThe men with two heads
It seems that under most contracts, the contract administrator does really have to spend some time acting for the client and some time acting impartially
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CommentBinghams blog
Tony Bingham has been released into the ether, with a regular blog on Building’s website. Here’s a taster on that big bugbear, small print ...
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CommentHow curious
This week we try to work out the thinking behind Richard Simmons’ eloquent attack on the motion he was supporting, EC Harris’ coffee policy and MPs’ mourning of Rick Stein’s dead dog
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CommentMaking it worth their while
You will have no difficulty recalling Building’s many column feet over the past few years devoted to tales of disastrous contracts and distressed contractors.
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Supplementary information
The claimant contracted with the defendant to carry out the construction of a gas pipeline running from Samlesbury to Helmshore in Lancashire. The contract was the NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (second edition) Option A; also, the Priced Contract with Activity Schedule, with certain secondary options and an Appendix 1 ...
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CommentFor goodness’ sake
The home buyer of the future is going to want to pay extra money for low carbon homes, because owning a good home makes people feel so much better about themselves