Opinion – Page 495
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CIC publishes Scottish novation agreement
Construction Industry Council launches Scottish edition of its novation agreement for consultants
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CommentDonald and Mahmood
What happens when the blog, the revenge weapon of the lowly and humble of the earth, is taken up by towering talents such as, er, Donald Trump and Mahmood Ahmadinejad? Nick Jones found out
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CommentAge can wither
Age Discrimination Act — Giving employees the right to carry on working for ever will have a devastating impact on the development of businesses, as older workers hinder the succession of younger talent to the top
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CommentHarry Houdini is dead
Two weeks ago we ran the story of the consultant that got caught up in a legal wrangle over a landslip. The case then proceeded to the Court of Appeal, where it attempted an impossible escape …
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The taxman cometh
This was a trial of a preliminary issue. The issue was whether the contract for supply of building workers to London Recruitment Services was a contract with one subcontractor (Euro Pay Limited) which held a Construction Industry Scheme Tax Certificate or whether Euro Pay was itself contracting as agent for ...
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CommentA model answer to a difficult problem
Future schools have to use a fraction of the energy of the ones we have now. Here Simon Foxell and Bill Bordass explain what designers can do to make it happen
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CommentNow and then — Penned in a nest
David Rogers on whether you would wish your wife or your servants to live in a block of flats …
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CommentFond farewells
This week we come to terms with the eventual departures of Colin Harding and Sir Peter Mason, bid adieu to the women-only construction empire and kiss goodbye to our invite to CLM’s all-night party
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What have you missed?
If you’ve been away this summer, the government’s latest requirements for planning applications may have passed you by. They aim to make developers provide more detail at outline planning stage, and inevitably will cause headaches
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What's yours is yours
State your case — When a contractor goes bust it’s simply accepted that poor old subbies hand over all materials on site to the employer. But this could be an infringement of their human rights
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Feathering your nest
Tax tips — Bird protection areas are thwarting schemes and reducing land values. But, according to Salvador Amico, you may be able to improve your cash flow by deferring your tax liability
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More than a short-term fix
I read with interest the article on health and safety training for foreign workers (25 August, page 24). At Six Two Training, we are offering CSCS courses for foreign workers in a variety of languages, including Polish, Russian and several others. Despite actively marketing the courses, the uptake has been ...
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An uneven load
Tony Bingham’s article (25 August, page 44) was interesting but I wondered if Mr Moon had any responsibilities?
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CommentUpdating heritage
Constructing Excellence South West supports the 99% Campaign. I would be interested to have a discussion with someone about involving English Heritage in this process as I believe that listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas have a contribution to make.
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Crossed wires
Gardiner & Theobald provides a very useful cost comparison between wired and wireless networks (14 July, page 80). Wireless technology is shown to be about 35% the cost of a wired network.
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Bricking it
Did anyone else see the feature on TV on 17 August about A level results and school leavers.
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Watch those lawyers
I have often been forced down the lawyer path of giving construction dispute advice with the preamble of “on the one hand, and on the other”, I was thus somewhat surprised to read that Helen Garthwaite (23 June, page 80) has the confidence to take a firm view.
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CommentWhat I saw on my holidays
Mark Nash of the Architects Design Group spied these workmen while holidaying in Budapest this summer. “No scaffolding, no harness, no margin for error,” he notes. Beautiful city though the Hungarian capital undoubtedly is, I doubt the view was worth it …