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Stay frosty
When an adjudicator gets personal, their decision can be clamped by the High Court. Whatever the referee thinks of the parties to the dispute, there must be no suggestion of bias.
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Is that your final answer?
The JCT must clarify how far the final certificate puts an end to liability, particularly now that a new ruling further complicates the issue by stating that contractors can later be sued only for faults relating to design
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Be prepared
The JCT design-and-build contract says that the valuation of a job is to be done by the contractor. This can put an unwary employer in a number of difficult and costly positions.
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Golden Gordon
Gordon Brown's pre-budget report has particular tax consequences for small and medium-sized businesses. Here's a round-up of what the chancellor is about to do for your economic well-being.
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Cost update
Piped supply systems are the focus this quarter, with an examination of materials prices and recent wage agreements for heating engineers.
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Foreign parts
Tired of rainy days and grey skies? How does a job in the Caribbean sound? Here are some hints to get you going.
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Appointments
Contractors Refurbishment and fit-out specialist Higgins City has appointed Simon Baker senior contract surveyor and Steve Pritlove contract surveyor.EBC Group has appointed Peter Griffin as a non-executive director. Richard Gunning has been appointed area director in Bristol.Graham Cocking has been promoted to managing director of the building division of Norwest ...
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The land of opportunity
Despite the special relationship, a shared language and the rest, UK firms often find it harder to get work in boomtown USA than China. Here's a comprehensive guide to the problems – and how to overcome them.
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The outsider
High-flying executive Ken Brown has been drafted in as president of architect SOM. His mission: to transform the business of architecture.
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New York storeys
The most exciting city on earth has long had a reputation for low-grade high-rises and Mob rule. But now New York is getting its groove back …
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Green is good
Wall Street's Gordon Gekko summed up the ethos of the 1980s as "greed is good". Now consumers are forcing developers to think green, not just greenback.
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Metal guru
Frank Gehry is showing the technophobic US construction industry how computers can transform building. But does anyone believe him?
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Famous five
Norman, Richard, Zaha, Nick and Terry are having awfully big adventures in the States, with a run of projects all the way from Seattle to Cincinnati …
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Sort it out yourself
A protocol for construction and civil engineering disputes has just been introduced, and it does everything to stop you getting into court short of hiding the judges. But will it work?
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Last chances
Parties often have a time limit to raise objections after a certificate has been issued. But they also have the right to call for an adjudicator at any time. So, can they or can't they?
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Interest charges
With the trend towards no-win, no-fee agreements in construction claims cases, the obscure charge of champerty acts as a barrier to profiteers' ill-gotten gains.
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The American way
How does US construction law compare with the UK variety? Honours seem to be even, with better general protection for contractors over there, but no pernicious "pay when paid" over here.