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Risky business
The directive to remove the legal obligation on architects trained in the EU to register with the Architects Registration Board, as long as they are working in the UK on a 鈥渢emporary or occasional鈥� basis, is due to be brought in by 20 October (31 August, page 12).
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The shame game
Your health and safety blunders are all well and good, but just publishing them will not improve safety in the construction industry.
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CommentMysterious ways
This week, we reveal the Shard developer鈥檚 early attempts to gain help from a higher power, Barratt seeks the assistance of a brick disguised as a baby, and a minister flounders at the Fabian Society
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CommentGreen bling
Flashy, costly eco-features attached to your home might impress your friends, but they won鈥檛 help save the planet. What might is simpler and much less interesting
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CommentIm staying inside
Alex Smith settles down to EP鈥檚 guide to the best in urban design and then intrepidly explores a site that is campaigning to save Captain Scott鈥檚 ill-fated stab at polar architecture
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Securities and excess
This was a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in relation to the New South Wales adjudication legislation, the 黑洞社区 and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (the 鈥淎ct鈥�). John Holland Pty Ltd (鈥淛ohn Holland鈥�) and the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales ...
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CommentGood design equals more homes
It鈥檚 an unlikely equation, but if developers and planners worried as much about quality as quantity, it would be easier to build Brown鈥檚 3 million homes, argues Cabe鈥檚 Matt Bell
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Dodging bullets
The shadow of adjudication looms over most construction projects but, on major undertakings, dispute resolution boards can offer a helping hand 鈥� even before problems arise
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CommentTraps on the money trail
Killer clauses聽In the latest of our series on tricky terms and perplexing conditions, Helen Garthwaite looks at the pitfalls that may be concealed in the wording of a bonus mechanism
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CommentStars in their eyes
This week, a consultant makes a guest appearance on the silver screen, the HVCA hangs out at the Bafta headquarters and the new RIBA president faces the flashbulbs of the international press
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Don't take the cowards route
Tony Bingham鈥檚 article on the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) payment toolkit brought to mind the phrase 鈥淓ureka!鈥� (7 September, page 56).
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Conflicting goals
Your leader and feature on local contractors (14 September, 2007) was long overdue.
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Faero responds
黑洞社区鈥檚 report on the Faero competent persons scheme, 鈥淗IPs firm goes into liquidation鈥� (7 September, page 13), was right to suggest that its demise was a result of the government鈥檚 change of mind about how the quality of energy ratings should be regulated.
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CommentHow much trouble are we in?
So while the RICS tells us there鈥檚 a 10% chance of an eighties-style housing crash and construction of the Shard is put on hold...