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CommentJCT Framework Agreement: Umbrellas? Who needs 鈥檈m
A framework agreement is like an umbrella that sits above a contractual dinghy in which the elements of the Egan partnership await their fate like good little girls and boys. Until, of course, it starts getting wet
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精东影视Alfred McAlpine in legal row over Scottish wind farm
Wind farm owner takes Alfred McAlpine Business Services to court over milestone payments, after losing 拢2.8m arbitration award
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精东影视Mears cleared of massaging performance figures
Allegations made by BBC Radio Five Live centred on Mears' repair service for a Hackney and Islington housing association
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It鈥檚 the tender process, stupid
The Fair Payment Charter is brimming with good intentions but unless it gets to grips with procurement, clients are unlikely to benefit
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Council serves CPO to start work on Colindale estate
First compulsory purchase order under 2004 planning legislation is served by Barnet Council
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CommentA diamond among the coal
The 48 pages of the Fair Payment Charter are largely made up of statements of the bleedin鈥� obvious worked up by some marketing wizard 鈥� but that project bank accounts idea is a real corker
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Wembley roofing firm calls in administrator
Roofing contractor Weatherwise UK has gone into administration because of cash flow problems, partly triggered by its work on Wembley stadium.
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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