Opinion – Page 593
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Utopia – we're almost there
I enjoyed reading the "Not the Egan Review" (24 October, pages 42-49), which could go a long way to creating Utopia in the industry.
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To be remote, be intimate
In relation to your article "Good Morning, Vietnam" (5 September, pages 38-41), I would like to point out that many outsource companies are trying to produce information without knowledge or experience of the UK.
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Not in my name
I was less than impressed with your wild editing of my letter to make a politically correct point (7 November, page 35).
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Full marks for construction training
As a student at Loughborough University studying construction engineering management, I would like to comment on the article about construction students by Kate Allen (14 November, pages 44-47).
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Private space vs open plan
Paul Morrell ("Are you being served?", 17 October, page 41) commented that we ought to know how much well designed offices aid productivity.
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Broken homes
I wonder if the government is aware of the upheaval its new Home Condition Report for surveyors might generate.
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Sound and fury
I got the impression from your article "When walls have ears" (5 September, pages 56-57) that the industry was suggesting a radical new approach, but a method of robust standard details has been working successfully in Scotland for years under the term "deemed to satisfy".
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Legalised coupling
As we became a limited liability partnership in 2001 – admittedly one of the first – we were puzzled by James Bessey's claim (7 November) that LLPs became legal only in April 2003.
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CommentWonders & blunders
I take a dim view of 5000-year-old project management, but look kindly on a 21st-century model of good practice
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Payment barrier
The claimant, Dean & Dyball, had retained the defendant consulting engineers to design an impounding gate across the entrance of a marina. The defendant designed a gate that was manufactured and installed in the entrance to the marina, but that never worked properly. The claimant brought a claim for breach ...
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Beware of the bats
Two recent cases in the Court of Appeal illustrate how tortuous and legalised the planning process has become – especially when animals are involved
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Cos I say so
A recent Court of Appeal case clarifies when an adjudicator has the authority to decide his own authority and whether the parties have to go along with him
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Green ideas, grey areas
Carbon-counting websites, environmental profiles, tax breaks for investors in renewable energy… Good ideas? Well, only if they're thought up by the right people
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CommentWonders & blunders
Simon Allford raises a cheer for a much-loved oval but is unable to celebrate one of the world's most famous squares
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The good book
Professional negligence claims are often of the 'there but for the grace of God' variety, so a guide on the subject may help you swing things in your favour
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Losing made easy
Designers who contravene health and safety legislation can be pursued by the criminal courts or by any number of aggrieved parties through the civil courts
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I think we need to talk
Email and CAD have revolutionised information exchange, but unless everyone is using the same system, technology can create more problems than it solves
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A case of foot and mouth
If you think an adjudicator has no right to decide a dispute, be careful about what you say – you can lose the right to have the court overturn the result
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A watertight sieve
It's an all-risks insurance policy! Every single risk is covered! Nothing's left out! It's completely watertight! You can't lose! Unless, of course … Oh dear …