All Comment articles – Page 67
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No bar, black sheep: Construction Act adjudication prevails
Mistakes and omissions on payment or adjudication that fall foul of the Construction Act can be expensive
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How do we implement social value?
Delivering social value requires involvement of the whole supply chain — it is our collective responsibility
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Time to rein back enhancements to office buildings
Enhancing the specification of office buildings has become unsustainable – they increase construction costs, and often ‘improvements’ are unnecessary
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Construction industry gossip: Thank U, next
The latest housing secretary – I forget his name – struggles to convince the industry he’ll be around long enough to be taken seriously
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5 minutes with… Francesca Sharkey, development manager, Qatari Diar
Francesca Sharkey  tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about Swiss spas, a love of creating beautiful things, and a capacity for listening
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The perils of payment on modular
Be wary when amending standard form payment provisions for modular construction
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Adjudication and insolvency
How does a court decide whether to uphold an adjudication enforcement for a company at risk of insolvency?
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Grenfell fire inquiry: Failure of command
The report into the events on the night of the fire focus on systemic failures within the fire brigade — but it leaves no doubt the principal reason for the fire
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Everything but a beach: Manchester’s great offer
Recent events demonstrate that Manchester has the clout to match the economic pull of London
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Is it fair to share the pain? Rectifying defects on a project
Jeffrey Brown considers who should pay for the rectification of defects discovered during the work under a target cost contractÂ
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Insolvency and inquisitiveness
Simon Lewis explains the limits of requests for information under section 236 of the Insolvency Act when a company goes bust
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5 minutes with… Gavin Hale-Brown, founder of Henley Halebrown Architects
Gavin Hale-Brown  tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about a cemetery in Italy, getting dirty to make buildings work, and being a secret artist
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Construction industry gossip: Bish-bash-bosh
Climate-change protesters get aggressive, Esther McVey opens a portal to more criticism, it does  rain in the Antipodes
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The NHS is making people sick – we need five-year rolling capital programmes
We need politicians to give the NHS estate their full attention, then perhaps they can use the construction industry more effectively to ease the pain
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Picking up the tab – the importance of commissioning
Why do most standard form contracts fail to describe commissioning as an activity that defines completion?Â
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Rewriting the rules: Will the Future of Consultancy initiative change the way consultants work?
The Future of Consultancy could help consultants create new strategies to come out on top in emerging areas such as asset operation – if they take action
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Housing is more than a numbers game
The main political parties should stop with the soundbites and base housing plans on solid data, not random figures
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5 minutes with… Lilla Smith, director of architecture and design at Macklowe Properties
Lilla Smith  tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø about the New York property industry, loving Lego and the challenges of apartment design