Opinion – Page 583
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Food for thought
We invite you to chew over the main issues arising from the proposed review of the Construction Act, while he helps himself to a large slice of humble pie …
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Living on one's wits
Small practices are the tiny, furry mammals skipping under the scaly feet of industry dinosaurs, with an agility and an imagination that they can't begin to grasp
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Pressure testing the HBF
The Sustainable Buildings Task Group. It doesn't sound like a revolutionary cabal.
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We can buy Poland!
Poland's accession to the European Union in May will fire a starting pistol for foreign investors who want to get their hands on the country's land
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Novation without tears
In the wake of Blyth & Blyth, novation agreements have needed clarification. But will the publication of not one but two standard forms be a help or a hindrance?
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CommentBe reasonable, Ann
A reader writes Stavry Onissiphorou of ACE picks a good-natured – and closely argued – fight with Ann Minogue over whether it’s fair for consultants to limit their liabilities
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Damage limitation
The claimant, a development company, issued proceedings for negligence against the defendant, their retained architectural consultants, as a result of water penetration into the rear basement structure of a number of houses in a terrace which the claimant was refurbishing for investment purposes. The defendant issued Part 20 proceedings against ...
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CommentLeave the act alone
The plan, announced in the Budget, to set up the CIPER forum is deeply troubling. It will be a kind of secret society, and it will want to change the Construction Act
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Reality check
The Court of Appeal has just added two heaped spoonfuls of common sense to the rules on what adjudicators can do without breaching natural justice
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The links effect
Specification duties are not the sole preserve of the architect. Manufacturers, contractors and installers all contribute to the choices that can make or break a building. In this flooring and roofing bumper issue, we look at the key links in the supply chain in an aeronautical extension to RAF Hendon ...
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CommentOpen mike: Enemies of the people
In the first of a series of guest columns, Jeff Howell, The Sunday Telegraph's construction writer, explains what shocks the public most about their builders
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CommentMarketwatch: private medicine/laboratories
We all know about PFI hospitals and LIFT schemes and how they are dominating the medical construction market.
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Comment*Cosying up ...
Building's series of profiles of clients with lots of work to hand out continues with Mitchells & Butlers, one of the UK's largest licensed retailing companies.
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*Tips on making an acquisition
Lee Teste is a partner at Manchester-based consultant TMG Corporate Finance. His recent work has involved advising on Charles Evans Group's acquisition of Stockport Joinery and Stockport Windows.
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Diabolical liabilities
The Construction Industry Council is reponding to changes in the insurance market by insisting that the client takes on consultants' extra risk. This won't do
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Not you again
Adjudications are meant to settle disputes cheaply, but there are many ways that the parties can thwart this simple goal. Amec discovered a couple of good ones