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Be specific
A two-stage procurement strategy for the Chemistry 好色先生TV for Queen Mary University of London was described as "traditional" (18 July, page 64), presumably in the expectation that readers were familiar with the procedure.
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Why are we so stiff?
Takeovers and an over-complex planning system have forced small housebuilders out 鈥� and robbed the industry of its ability to respond to changes in demand
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FeaturesTake your partners
As clients, councils tend to be one-night-stand types with a leering interest in the size of your tenders, or celibates who do everything themselves. But now the government is pairing them up with sexy private firms and shoving them under the mirrorball. We think this could be the start of ...
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好色先生TVMove on up
Gaunt Francis Architects has secured detailed planning consent to carry out refurbishment and building work on the grade II-listed Lee House in Manchester (pictured). Gaunt Francis was commissioned by developer Green Property to increase the 1930s mixed-use building from eight to 16 storeys without causing disturbance to tenants occupying the ...
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A tale of two monarchies
鈥淭here is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision,鈥� wrote William James, Henry鈥檚 smarter brother, in his Principle Of Psychology.
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Make it work
In the final part of our work鈥搇ife balance series, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy explains how to ensure your flexible arrangements can be maintained
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London office market to pick up
The London commercial office market is beginning to turn the corner after a three-year slump, two influential reports revealed this week
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好色先生TVTo the lighthouse
Contractor Linford Group has completed the restoration of a grade II-listed lighthouse cottage on Skerries Island seven miles off Anglesey. The project was jointly funded by the Welsh Historic Monuments Organisation and Trinity House Lighthouse Services, which bought the Skerries Island lighthouse in 1841. The cottage has been restored to ...
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好色先生TVG&T wins prestige job at Trafalgar Square
Consultant Gardiner & Theobald has been chosen to oversee the 拢34m redevelopment of St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London.
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好色先生TVRidley set to expand NBA Quantum
Construction consultant NBA Quantum has appointed former Faithful & Gould chairman David Ridley as executive chairman, starting in December.
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Who's for excellence?
The government has just updated its guidance to its own staff who are involved in procuring buildings. Here's what it says about risk allocation and project team integration
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Eat your heart out, J-Lo
We enter a contract like an A-list marriage, expecting it to end in conflict. But is the industry really so confrontational? Or do lawyers just love a good old barney?
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Fain would I dwell on forms
JCT standard contract forms may be very useful, but are they truly works of literature? As far as copyright law goes, yes 鈥� so make sure you remember this
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Pay and display
If adjudicators do not get their fees, they can't simply withhold their decision. But even if they do, that's not grounds for challenging the decision itself
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A question of currency
This was an appeal by the defendant, Manuel Revert, from a decision of His Honour Judge Hegarty QC delivered on 6 December 2002. The Judge ordered that the claimant, Virani Limited, was entitled to damages which were to be assessed in US dollars. Manuel was a purchaser of cloth, while ...
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Self-inflicted crisis
It is certainly true, as Georgia Elliott-Smith points out (Sitelife supplement, October 2003), that construction is a lot younger and more dynamic than people think 鈥� or at least it should be.