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CommentProject bank accounts: Private practices
The project bank accounts proposed by the guide could work in the private sector 鈥� if they can be made effective
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精东影视Government orders review of 拢2.3bn prisons scheme
EC Harris drafted in to assess ability to procure 16,000 prison places in eight years
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精东影视JCT pushes for more sustainable guidance in contracts
New industry consultation setup to comment on a stronger eco-stance and guidance in building contracts
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CommentThe price of intransigence
Mediation can be used as a ploy to cut down on costs at a later trial. But if a party is suspected of playing along with no intention of compromising, everyone can end up losing a lot of money
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精东影视UCATT launches campaign to reverse asbestos ruling
Union to issue 100,000 postcards calling on Jack Straw to reverse decision to end compensation for pleural plaque victims
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精东影视Judge imposes vibration limits on Pinnacle site
Developer of London's Pinnacle tower forced to keep demolition work within set limits
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Balfour Beatty repays PFI maintenance fees to client
Guidance change may mean contractors have to stop charging fees for all but major installations
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CommentWhat鈥檚 yours is mine
聽A retention may be held by an employer, but the money does not belong to it. This inconvenient fact is often overlooked by clients and main contractors 鈥� it鈥檚 so good for business, you see
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OGC starts payment charter review
The Office of Government Commerce has asked Rider Levett Bucknall to review payment practices so it can monitor the impact of its Fair Payment Charter.
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CommentWhat it all comes down to
How do we decide what is a reasonable extension of time? This basic question gives rise to all sorts of astonishingly complex answers, at the end of which we鈥檙e left with 鈥� common sense
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CommentThe 拢40,000 fix
Here鈥檚 a chilling tale from the year gone by. It鈥檚 about what happened when a subcontractor on a fixed-price contract was asked not to do some of the work it tendered for 鈥� but had to be paid for it all the same
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精东影视Council prosecutes developer over holes in Putney Bridge
Property developer to be prosecuted over large holes drilled in Grade II-listed bridge in London
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Partnering contracts embrace project bank accounts
NEC and PPC2000 contracts will offer clients the option of using project bank accounts from the spring
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TCC judge given High Court status
Judge Peter Coulson now becomes Mr Justice Coulson after being officially sworn in at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday
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Mott director sues for unfair dismissal
A former director of Mott MacDonald is taking the company to court for unfair dismissal and disability, age and sex discrimination.
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CommentWellies, muck and diggers
Construction dispute books, however erudite and authoritative, must brim with experience of the real world if they鈥檙e to be of use to those at the sharp end
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New twist in Helter Skelter court case
The team behind the 拢500m Helter Skelter tower in the City is to be accused of breaking a High Court injunction.
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Davies Arnold Cooper acquires KSB Law
Acquisition will boost revenue to 拢40m and allow expansion into private client law
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精东影视Erinaceous loses law suit
Erinaceous subsidiary Dunlop Haywards ordered to pay 拢325k after losing trial against to former director David Kahn
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CommentRaise a glass to the clerk of works
Who鈥檚 the most important man on a building site? Well, it depends on circumstances, but have you ever thought it might be the humble clerk of works? The chap with no powers but the one to make sure the job goes right?