Opinion – Page 601
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The nerve of it
My case is based on complete tosh but the adjudicator looks like a nice chap and if I put in a claim for a million he may give me half. Yeah, I'd say that was fair …
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We're just fine, thanks
I was intrigued to read Andrew Gay's article on Mott MacDonald on 5 September. We agree with much of what he wrote.
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Death to the quantity surveyor
I would be interested in joining a body that could promote my profession as a construction cost consultant – however, I do not believe that an institute purely for quantity surveyors will do this (12 September, page 12).
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Give me one good reason
I am a 36-year-old building surveyor and a probationer member of the RICS.
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Tough on the tender side
His Honour Judge Thornton's attempt to talk up enthusiasm for taking on the public sector ("Enemies of the State", 29 August, page 42) only examines the tip of the iceberg.
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With bodies, less is more
It was kind of Building to suggest that I might be suitable for the role of championing construction within the RICS (15 August, page 3).
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A reader writes: A state of gradual collapse
In the latest of our columns by Building readers, Gavin Clarke reveals the awful truth about the Scottish construction market – and tells us who's to blame, too
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Desperate measures
Two important themes are emerging from Kate Barker’s inquiry into why we build so few houses.
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Wonders & blunders
Comedian Tony Hawks is uplifted by Gaudí's Barcelona buildings, but just finds the Design Council's offices funny peculiar
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The root clause
The appellant, Hewden Tower Cranes Limited, had hired out a crane to the first respondent, Yarm Road Limited, to construct a building at Canary Wharf. The contract between Yarm and Hewden incorporated, among other things, the Model of Conditions of Plant Hire and Yarm's standard terms and conditions. The crane ...
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Secret squirrels
Confidentiality is not the preserve of film stars and BBC journalists – obligations of confidence are intrinsic to your common or garden construction contracts
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The arrangement
Subbies beware: a client that finds it's hired a dodgy contractor may promise to pay you direct – and then try to wriggle out when it all goes spoon-shaped
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The yuppies will save us
Not so long ago, it seemed many UK cities would be better off as farmland. Now, thanks to retail therapy and loft living, we are seeing a great transformation
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BigBoy666 vs Ladeeezman
The chat room isn't just a place for lonely hearts and insomniacs. It can be used for online mediation – avoiding the costs of hotel rooms and full-time lawyers
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Rubber chicken: Chickens, sheep and Cowes
Construction’s regatta in Cowes is a great opportunity to get sunstroke, eat raw meat and be tucked up in bed by 9pm with your landlady’s carrot cake
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Four acts, one scene
The claimant, Thames Water, sought to recover its full costs of work carried out on a sewer necessitated by the construction of the Jubilee Line by the defendant, London Underground. London Underground contended it was only liable for 82% of the expense incurred by Thames Water as the work to ...
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Cut to the bone
If anybody on a site ever heard the great and good discussing Egan reforms, it would sound like a sermon on brotherly love delivered in the middle of a firefight