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CommentWeb watch 鈥� And so it spreads
Since we observed a few weeks ago that architects were suffering from the Flash bug, one perfectly healthy HTML site seems to have been infected.
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Claim to enforce an adjudication: Cantillon Ltd vs Urvasco Ltd
This was a claim to enforce an adjudication decision. The decision allowed Cantillon Ltd 拢391,565.50 plus VAT and one fifth of this decision related to Cantillon鈥檚 claim for 13 weeks extension of time. Cantillon had submitted two extension of time claims to adjudication, one for 16 weeks and one ...
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CommentPromises, promises
The Olympic project will be built by small businesses, so let鈥檚 have some genuine 鈥榗onstruction commitments鈥� to allow them to get on with the job
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The death sentence is getting tougher
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act comes into force on Sunday. Best to know what it entails now
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Comment1666 and all that
A month after the Great Fire, King Charles was keen for the Reconstruction Commission to get to grips with sustainability as part of a rebranding strategy going forward. Sir Christopher Wren takes up the story 鈥�
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Style or substance?
To quote your article on the industry鈥檚 websites (20 March, pages 40-41): 鈥淔lash is the best way to show images because it uses mathmatical formulae to draw graphics very quickly, while HTML draws images one pixel at a time.鈥�
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Behind closed doors
I was peturbed to read Peter English鈥檚 article about a case that he said demonstrated that contractors need not always agree to give clients discounts (14 March, page 70).
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Too little, too late
Admirable though the issue of regulations for sustainable homes is, I fear it is all a little too late when one considers the vast amounts of energy wasted in other locations.
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Collective blunders
My heart sinks each time a body rushes to tell us that it is setting up a committee to show how refurbishment or anything else should be done, like Kate Symons of BRE does in her column (28 March, page 41).
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CommentWonders & blunders
The decorative, anti-modernist efforts of Goodhart-Rendel excite Alan Powers but the patterned facade of the Blue Fin 黑洞社区 is a damp squib
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CommentHansom BAA, humbug!
Is there really anything more to be said about last week鈥檚 fiasco at Heathrow鈥檚 T5? You bet there is. But it鈥檚 not all bad news and schadenfreude: we put on some light entertainment for you, too
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Buyers and sellers feel construction market shudder
If the RICS construction survey is a good indication of what the future may look like, then the monthly Purchasing Managers Index produced by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) tends to give a fair indication of the mood of the moment.So when the March results released today ...
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There may be trouble ahead
How worried should we be about the the findings by the surveyors body RICS in its latest construction market survey showing that the outlook for the industry is at its worst for a decade?The short answer is seriously concerned. But that is only a partial answer. It certainly does not ...
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CommentThe new seekers
Alex Smith explains how building4jobs.com is making the long and painful process of looking for a job a whole lot easier
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Court refuses to enforce adjudication: Rhode vs Markham-David
Judge Thornton heard an application for summary judgment in respect of the enforcement of an adjudicator鈥檚 decision, and gave permission to defend. This cases deals with the hearing of that defence.Mr Rhode as builder carried out work for Mr Markham-David in 1999. Work went well until the parties fell out. ...
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CommentThe makeover manifesto
Open mike 鈥� A refurbishment revolution is needed if we stand any chance of cutting carbon 60% by 2050. And it may have just begun in a stable in Watford 鈥� Kate Symons explains
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CommentSpanish flair
Madrid鈥檚 new Barajas airport takes Gus Alexander by surprise at every turn. Offering a stimulating and innovative space, he discovers that it鈥檚 more a feat in Spanish pragmatism than technicality