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CommentHealth and safety: Risky business
Health and safety is a live issue and will remain in the headlines for the foreseeable future. As construction activity picks up, it should not fall down the list of priorities
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NewsAnother worker dies on Brazil World Cup construction
Construction worker dies after falling from roof of stadium where England team will play its first World Cup game
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CommentAdjudication: Fit for purpose?
Is adjudication serving to resolve small payment disputes and provide cash flow?
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NewsFears 拢750m framework may be open to legal challenge
Further delays and 400 tender clarifications spark concern over consultants鈥� public sector framework
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Ministers seek to block bad HS2 assessment review
Ministers seek to block publication of report that describes HS2 as in danger of failing
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CommentEarly payment schemes: The industry disease
Construction firms claim their early payment schemes give them flexibility, but critics say they are unfair to subcontractors and are killing growth. So who鈥檚 right?
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NewsGovernment faces Brussels fines over energy efficiency failure
UK could be hit with millions of pounds of fines after European Commission ruling on energy performance certificates
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CommentContracts: Beware the short cut
Many subcontracts try to incorporate main contract terms with a simple phrase or two. But such quick fixes can easily come unstuck - what you really need is certainty
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CommentProfessional advice: The wrong trousers
If you wanted advice on a medical matter, you wouldn鈥檛 turn to your butcher, so why go to a landscape architect when you need design advice? Choose the right person for the job
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NewsTwo more Wrekin directors banned after ruby scam
Forged valuation of ruby inflated troubled company鈥檚 worth by 拢11m, giving false impression of collapsed firm鈥檚 financial position
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CommentContract fatigue?
The continuing desire to bring new standard form contracts to the market is astonishing 鈥� maybe the construction industry should adopt a new year鈥檚 resolution
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CommentAdjudicator jurisdiction: The challenge
This case is useful in exploring issues around whether an adjudicator can have jurisdiction to hear a dispute if there is no contract in writing
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NewsGalliford Try sued by Prater over 2012 village delays
Exclusive: The 拢4.4m claim from cladding firm is second claim Galliford Try faces relating to athletes village
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NewsPickles rejects Persimmon scheme over design
Rejection sends message that sustainable development must involve good design
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CommentRectification of contracts: Correction facility
Rectification of contracts is not granted lightly by the courts. But where clauses have been intentionally doctored in drafting, this remedy still has an important role to play
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Comment黑洞社区 maintenance: Someone to watch over me
Whatever the law says, construction folk should raise an almighty stink when buildings such as hotels are not maintained to the latest standards. Public safety may depend on it
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CommentExpert shopping: They're not just for Christmas
Choose carefully when picking an expert to support your case 鈥� replacing them if they don鈥檛 provide the answers you want may prove difficult
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NewsQatar delegation says worker conditions not improving
International trade union body warns firms working there are 鈥榦n notice鈥� over reputational risk
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NewsBlacklisting High Court cases put back to Spring
Judge postpones application to roll all four High Court compensation claims into one
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NewsSpeedy Hire boss steps down as 拢5m hole found in accounts
The chief executive of Speedy Hire has stepped down from the business following the discovery of a 拢5m hole in the accounts of the firm鈥檚 international division