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CommentRICS consultancy form: A false friend
The RICS鈥� forms for appointing consultants may be easy to use, but they have some distinctly hostile implications for those who sign them without amendment
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精东影视OFT clears housebuilders 鈥� but raises zero-carbon fears
Year-long inquiry finds 鈥榣ittle evidence鈥� of malpractice, but says eco targets could affect competition
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CommentConstruction Act payment rules: Unspeakable
One problem that has bedevilled the Construction Act鈥檚 payment rules is finding a few simple sentences that explain what they actually are 鈥�
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Lianakis AE v Alexandroupolis: Ability don't enter into it
The European Court of Justice has made it clear that public bodies cannot take account of a bidder鈥檚 capacity to do the job at the award stage
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Jacobs sues SOM for 拢4.7m over Qatar project
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the US architect behind the Freedom Tower in Manhattan, is facing a 拢4.7m legal claim over a job in Qatar.
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FeaturesRisk mitigation overseas: why a hard hat isn't enough
For contractors active overseas, meeting their duty of care to workers requires a much wider assessment of risk - including natural disasters and insurgent attacks
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Inquiry demanded into seventies jailing of striking builders
Justice secretary quizzed over Labour's failure to open inquiry into alleged collusion surrounding 1972 case
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Crackdown on rogue security firms in Scotland
Police raid seven constructions sites and identify security staff without valid licences
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CommentNovation: Wise precautions
If you鈥檙e a contractor and you鈥檙e asked to accept the novation of a consultant, make sure it really is going to be joining you 鈥� and be careful which form you use
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CommentCivil Engineering vs VGC Construction: Did you hear the one about鈥�?
聽鈥� the subcontractor who put in a claim for 拢300k with no supporting evidence? Well the parties ended up telling it to the judge, who supplied a rather surprising punch line
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精东影视Credit crunch ignites boom in construction fraud
Average building firm's loss to fraud rose 69% last year, says new report
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Further delay to Shard deal
A final construction contract on the 312m-high Shard is unlikely to be agreed before the end of the year, it is understood.
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Cash dries up at Foster hotel
Work has ground to a halt on a 拢25m Foster + Partners-designed central London hotel after funding dried up.
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CommentCJP Builders vs William Verry: Some verry fine distinctions
This case highlights the importance of adjudicators giving parties the chance to be heard. But in other cases they are right to disregard submissions
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Dispute resolution body picks team of super adjudicators
One of the organisations responsible for nominating adjudicators has overhauled its structure in an attempt to improve the quality and speed of adjudication decisions.
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CommentCEDR adjudicators: Fast relief for aches and pain
Here鈥檚 a new cure for those heated disputes: wait until adjudication comes to an end, don鈥檛 tell the parties who鈥檚 won what, then ask if they fancy a bit of mediation. Hey, it works
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精东影视Government faces eco-town judicial review
High Court grants campaign group permission to argue its case against plans for Middle Quinton eco-town
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Planning rules waived for home extensions
BPF and RICS welcome new regulations that will remove 80,000 applications a year from the planning system
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精东影视Contractors fined 拢38k after pelvis injury incident
HSE highlights dangers of lifting after 600kg glass panel falls on worker in Kensington
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精东影视Advertising watchdog rules in favour of Kingspan
Advertising Standards Authority upholds manufacturer's claim over costs of disposing insulated panels