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CommentWW Gear Construction vs McGhee Group: submitting a claim in time
If you fail to put in a claim for loss and expense within the time period, you lose your right to claim as happened in this case
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CommentBudget could have been worse
At least there are people within the coalition who realise how vital our industry is to the UK economy
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CommentWonders & blunders with Eamonn Holmes
Eamonn Holmes thinks Stormont majestic enough to host George Best鈥檚 funeral service, but would love to drive a bulldozer into a seventies DVLA office
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CommentHansom: Turf wars
While a fishmonger and a newt-fancier fight over a scrap of east London, a trip to the races proves a right royal to-do and the new housing minister gets slapped down by the Treasury
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A bad Budget for us
The cuts to public spending announced in the emergency Budget should come as no surprise and are something the construction sector has been bracing itself for
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Get building
Surely we have to get back to real basics now (鈥淚ndustry left waiting on housing and BSF,鈥� 25 June, page 10)
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Cut your coat according to cloth
As the UK鈥檚 leading school locker manufacturer, we share the industry鈥檚 concerns over the future of 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future (鈥淚ndustry fears for future of BSF,鈥� 21 June, building.co.uk)
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Sell, sell, sell
I have been saying for years to stakeholders that householders and consumers are ignorant of the benefits that sustainable technology can deliver because it has been poorly sold to them (鈥淩eport shows green benefits elude homeowners,鈥� 24 June, building.co.uk)
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Q+A from 黑洞社区 Answers
黑洞社区鈥檚 Forum regulars offer their advice on problems. This week: a dissertation on sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics
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CommentA New Landmark for Aldgate
A new exhibition dreams of a new London gateway to help celebtate the 2012 Olympics
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CommentHopkins woos Sky riders with velodrome sketch show
Hopkins director Mike Taylor shares the secrects of the 2012 velodrome with riders on the London Festival of Architecture Velo2Velo
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CommentNew KPIs show construction is getting more dangerous
The latest key performance indicators reveal a revearsal of the health and safety improvements and it looks like the recession's to blame
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APC extras: T017 鈥� Contract practice
In the second part of our series we look at the knowledge APC candidates are required to have of construction contracts
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CommentPause 鈥� to the Tolent clause !?
The question for the court: Whether a clause in a construction contract which determines that a party is liable for the costs of adjudication irrespective of the decision of the adjudicator, typically referred to as a 鈥橳olent Clause鈥�, is effective
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CommentOlympic Park landscaping begins with planting 6,000 trees
黑洞社区 got a sneak preview of the landscaping underway at Stratford, which includes 300,000 plants, flood management technology and a fish refuge
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CommentHansom: Pomp and circumstance
While architects have had a jolly time parading in period dress and tucking into sumptuous desserts, it鈥檚 been a week of rotten luck for democracy, Capita Symonds and a soccer squad or two
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CommentNo to nuclear nobbling
Regarding the story 鈥淟end Lease bans Bovis from 拢40bn nuclear sector鈥� (11 June, page 9): how can another country have the right to influence what this country wants to do?
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Don't be caught out
The news that the communities department office failed an inspection undertaken under its own fire safety laws shows how careful all those affected by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order must be to ensure that fire risk assessments for their premises are adequate and appropriate for their occupation
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Passive protest
It鈥檚 about time the government realised that the basic principles promoted by the Passivhaus system (鈥橪ow-energy retrofit: Heating a house with a towel rail鈥�, 4 June, page 44) are far superior to either those of BREEAM or Code for Sustainable Homes - less bureaucracy, less cost, less complexity and much ...