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MingleMinded musings
They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, but I can鈥檛 help thinking your article, The undercover networker (3 August, page 40), may have given a negative impression.
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CommentA place in the sun
This week we stroll along the balmy streets of Barcelona while Jack Pringle meets his adoring public in Paris 鈥� both of which sound preferable to watching a 1-1 draw in Carlisle 鈥�
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CommentYou do the sums
Hands up if this sounds like a silly argument to you: spend millions of pounds to cut x tonnes of carbon or spend a fraction of that to save the same x tonnes of carbon?
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CommentFill in this brief questionnaire
What does 鈥榙ispute鈥� mean? When are two disputes linked? When are they not linked? If an adjudicator decides unlinked disputes, is his decision invalid? For one or both? How much sense does all this make 鈥�?
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CommentIt鈥檚 the heat!
A London council is checking up on the energy use of its residents thanks to a nifty web map from Ordnance Survey that details every building. Alex Smith takes a look at his own four walls
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CommentRip it up and start again
What do you do if you鈥檝e fallen out of favour with the City and your share price is heading south?
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Get it fixed
SWI Ltd entered into a subcontract with P&I Data Services Ltd for building works. SWI鈥檚 and P&I鈥檚 subcontract specified that a price would be paid for works listed on the tender documents. It was common ground that if P&I required works to be performed that were not the subject of ...
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Pay your dues
The defendants, Mr and Mrs Johnston, engaged the claimant contractor, Pierce Design International Limited, to carry out construction works at the property. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of 黑洞社区 Contract (With Contractor鈥檚 Design), 1998 edition. During the contract the defendants failed to make interim payments to the ...
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CommentYes, in your backyard
If we鈥檙e ever going to get the homes we need, rural nimbys are just going to have to accept some development 鈥� maybe even a new next-door neighbour鈥�
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CommentThe naked quango
In the first of a new series in which professionals reveal what they really think, a regeneration expert tells us just how much help agencies and quangos are 鈥�
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The code breakers
The Office of Fair Trading has, up to now, reserved its fire for contractors that cross the line during tendering. But it is not all on one side, as this case from Northern Ireland shows
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It never happened
Your article on the extension of membership of the CSCS board to housebuilders and civil engineers (3 August page 16) was not correct.
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Forum for debate
Your interview with Mike Davies, the new chair of the Strategic Forum, and his predecessor James Wates (20 July, page 36), refers to the role of the chairman rotating every year between the 鈥渢hree core member bodies鈥�.
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Ivory tower
Colin Harding returned to his architect bashing with his article on 鈥淭he Prince of Wails鈥� (20 July, page 30). Usually I disagree with his extreme opinions, but this time I had to agree with most of what he said.
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Masters and apprentices
I read with interest the recent findings by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) that 53% of their members are having problems finding the right skills (July 20, page 11). Last year we provided a grant to support FMB members to train nearly 6,000 apprentices.