Opinion – Page 574
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CommentReturn to sender
Attention all clients! If an adviser turns itself into a limited liability partnership and writes to ask you to change your contracts accordingly, don't. This is why …
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CommentLegal aliens
The little green men from Euroland love to stamp on anything the British are good at, such as the PFI – although 'competitive dialogue' may mark a lighter touch
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Barker but no bite
After Kate Barker's review of housing supply, the industry looked forward to tough changes sparking a housing bonanza. Get one thing straight - it isn't going to happen
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CommentIt's a gas, gas, gas
Welcome to the crazy mixed-up world of utilities, where you never know who's selling what or who's going to install it – and neither does anybody else!
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CommentMarketwatch: office special
It was billed as 'The Big Comeback' – London's office developers were going to wow us with a spending extravaganza. But as we report, in reality market recovery has been more of a slow burn
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CommentDiary of an architectural practice, aged 6 months
This month staff at Make get technical – from grappling with the photocopier to the weighty matter of voting for their favourite cake electronically
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A servant may have but one master
The Construction Industry Council's new novation form rejects the idea that a consultant can work for a client and a contractor – and be liable to both
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You be the judge
In our third session, after we posed a tricky hypothetical case back in April, a reader dons a wig and passes judgment – and our question-setter offers his view. Plus another contentious issue to get your teeth into …
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Tom's tower
Tom Barker (11 June, page 34) asks us to believe that the building industry is not catching up with the technological ideas that were proposed back in the early 1960s and then sets out to "explode a few myths".
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Timely advice
Jeremy Thorp (Letters, 4 June, page 34) may be interested to investigate the provisions of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, which provides a statutory right to interest on late payments.
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Dubai-opener
Now that Building has some understanding of Dubai (4 June, pages 38-42), might I suggest you publish a follow-up article called "All Work and No Play" on the British staff and managers who underpin many of the key subcontractors on construction projects in Dubai. ...
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Condemned to the gutter
Although I believe you have captured the enterprising and "can do" spirit that exists in Dubai, I don't think that references to "demanding clients" added anything to the article and are certainly not helpful to British companies working in the region. I am sorry to say that the tone ...
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On the safe side
I believe the construction industry is destined to fail in its quest to improve safety unless it begins to place a higher value on human relationships and interaction.
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There's the rub
Regarding Dennis Lenard's comments on being "stuck in the 1980s", as a founder member of Product Innovation in Architecture, I am finding it virtually impossible to get anything other than lip-service paid to innovation. Everybody wants it but nobody will pay for it. The catch-22 scenario is that you would ...
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Still ahead of the Falklands
Digby Jones tells us that the sum of £250bn is not a great deal to spend on upgrading the transport system of the world's fourth largest economy (18 June, page 14).
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An end in sight …?
The Brooke Report has been a huge achievement for the RICS, enjoying wide membership consultation and producing a conclusive report within a short deadline.