Opinion – Page 316
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CommentWonders & blunders with Jonathan Foyle
Jonathan Foyle adores the back-of-an-envelope creativity that led to Lincoln cathedral, but is worried about the people who move to the nascent city at Salford Quays
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CommentMy digital life: Richard Nelson
Top picks from Watkins Gray Internationals business development director
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CommentRGB vs SGL: NEC3 contract in dispute
This type of contract rarely ends up in court, so this case is useful guidance for parties and adjudicators
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CommentTips for contractors taking on Connaught jobs
The collapse of Connaught means many are looking into how its contracts can be novated or assigned, but there are a host of legal issue to consider first
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CommentWhat do consultants actually do?
Consultants need to explain in simple terms what they do to avoid being blamed for job losses and cut downs
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Simon Lucas: How construction can win work on free schools
EC Harris’ head of schools will be speaking at Remodelling Education Spaces taking place on 13-14 September in Manchester
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ODA's infrastructure boss Simon Wright on controlling 2012 costs
The head of infrastructure at the London Olympics will be speaking at the Infrastructure Now virtual event on September 23
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CommentA point of interest
The question for the Court: Whether the interest provided for within an amended JCT Contract for the late payment of a debt was a ‘substantial remedy’ pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998
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CommentHow construction firms can avoid administration
Recent cases at building service firms highlight a reoccurring issue for the construction industry - the breakdown of financial controls
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CommentMaglev vs high-speed rail: Should we change trains?
The billions we will spend on HS2 will get us from London to Birmingham 28 minutes faster than the present system does. After Birmingham, the trains will travel on old lines
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CommentTwo into one won’t go
The public sector is as diverse and complex as the private sector, says Paul Morrell. Treating the two as if they were the same will stop us building a collaborative relationship between them
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CommentLatest stats pour cold water on construction growth prospects and house building
Downturn in public sector new orders was expected: the the fall-off in private sector work is scarier
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CommentJivraj vs Hashwani: A case of discrimination on religious grounds
This arbitration was declared void because a clause in the agreement restricted who could be employed as the arbitrator
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CommentYou've got the wrong house
I was very disappointed to read the main headline accompanying your article on the energy performance gap in new house building (“This house has been designed to be highly sustainable
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Restructure or be left behind
I read with interest Building’s recent article on the data for construction from the Office for National Statistics (“Newport, we have a problem”, 20 August, building.co.uk)
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What's wrong with Laing O'Rourke
Further to your article about Laing O’Rourke laying off 17,500 workers, when I worked there I only ever got in trouble for telling them their business models were flawed
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A nonsulting request
Those of your readers who managed to read e-Building on their sandy beach may have noticed the pretty fundamental consultation launched by Andrew Stunell, the Minister for Building Regulations (“What would you do with the Regs, 6 August, page 20)
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The train line
News that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed.
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CommentIt's just a step to the left ...
Our thanks, and the usual £25 voucher, go to Mukesh Modhvadia, a commercial manager at the King’s Cross Redevelopment Programme, for these aerobic pictures of a window cleaner living dangerously.
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