Construction
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Project co-ordination: Design delivery - Conducting the design - Construction
31 August 2010
James Mather discusses the Managing the Design Delivery guidance note, which is currently in development, and the role of the design delivery manager in project co-ordination. Design Delivery...
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Construction - Affordable homes with a view - Construction
26 August 2010
Colin Wishart discusses Edinburgh's newest social housing project. The first tenants have now moved into the attractive apartments at Lochrin Basin in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh. Designed...
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Project co-ordination - Regime change - Construction
24 August 2010
As projects become more complex, says Donnie MacNicol, co-ordination will become increasingly important to their success. Co-ordination is becoming increasingly challenging on projects through the growing number of...
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Project co-ordination: EDM - Electronic overload - Construction
23 August 2010
Steve Pittard outlines the RICS Electronic Document Management guidance note and its importance to project co-ordination. Many companies struggle to manage the increasing quantity of documents and files...
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Timber floors and masonry walls - Not yet the twain shall meet - Construction
20 August 2010
Colin Potter ponders the compatibility of timber floors and masonry walls. Part E floors and walls are like people: on their own they can work very well, but...
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Project co-ordination - Project management legalities - Construction
16 August 2010
Laurence Cobb looks at the increasing scope of the project manager's role and the impact of case law on their responsibilities. What is project management and why is...
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Arbitration
- Choice of dispute resolution process
- Mandatory and non-mandatory provisions
- Appointment of an arbitrator
- Removal of an arbitrator
- Immunity of the arbitrator
- Duties of the arbitrator
- Powers of the arbitrator
- Intervention by the court
- The award
- Costs
- Appeal
- Enforcement
- Key cases
- Key legal issues
- Further information on arbitration
- Bills of quantities
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Building control
- Introduction to building control
- Local authority control and private certification
- Building control standards
- Enforcement of the regulations
- Regularisation of unauthorised building work
- Local acts
- Legislation relevant to building control
- Building regulations
- Approved documents
- Developments
- Building control cases
- Frequently asked questions
- Further information on building control
- Capital allowances
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CDM
- Application, interpretation and notification
- Clients
- Designers
- CDM co-ordinators
- Principal contractors
- Contractors
- Competence and resources
- Pre-construction information
- The construction phase plan
- Implementing and monitoring the CDM plan
- The health and safety file
- CDM Legislation
- Key cases
- Key legal issues
- Further information on the CDM regulations
- CDM podcast
- Collateral warranties
- Computer-aided design
- Conceptual cost planning
- Condition surveys
- Construction site fire safety
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Corporate manslaughter
- Corporate manslaughter
- The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
- How will construction professionals be affected?
- Investigation of work-related fatalities
- Initial investigations
- Courts
- Duty of care and breach
- Health and safety proceedings
- Remedial orders and publicity orders
- Managing corporate risk
- Achieving statutory compliance
- Case studies
- Cost management
- Defects claims
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Disability discrimination
- DDA at a glance
- Disability facts
- The purpose of the DDA
- The DDA and surveyors
- Benefits of the DDA to clients
- Territorial coverage of the DDA
- DDA and Approved Document M - what's the difference?
- Current standards and design guidance
- What is defined as a disability?
- The DDA and 'compliance'
- Reasonableness under the DDA
- Listed buildings and conservation areas
- Landlord and tenant
- Who is exempt from the DDA?
- Terminology
- Experience and qualifications of advisors
- The DDA in practice
- Access audits and reports
- Desktop and other audits
- Access Statements (planning and Building Control)
- BS 8300 index
- Primary DDA legislation
- DDA 2005
- Regulations
- Codes of practice
- Key legal issues
- Further DDA information
- Document management
- Expert witness
- Extensions of time
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Health and safety
- Health and safety development
- Guidance
- What employers must do
- Good and best practice
- Advantages and disadvantages of implementing good practice
- Statistics
- Lists and tables
- Definitions
- Current H&S issues - smoking
- Legislation and key H&S issues
- Key cases
- Further information on health and safety at work
- Inclusive design
- Insurance
- KPIs and benchmarking
- Lean construction
- Letters of intent
- Liquidated damages
- Litigation
- Loss and expenses
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Managing client relationships
- The importance of managing client relationships
- Understanding the client
- Client relationships in project delivery
- Managing ongoing client relationships
- Knowledge of the client's business objectives
- Mapping individual relationships
- CRM systems
- Going the extra mile
- Client care and entertainment activities
- Other aspects of the client experience
- Frequently asked questions
- Further information on managing client relationships
- Measured surveys
- Modern methods of construction
- NEC 3
- Negotiating construction disputes
- Non-standard bespoke forms of contract
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Party walls
- Party walls legislation
- Rights conferred by the act
- Party wall procedure
- Role of party wall surveyors
- Excavating in close proximity to existing buildings
- Compensation for loss or damage
- Expenses of work and costs of awards
- Limitations of the Act
- Definitions under the Act
- Dos and Don'ts for construction professionals
- Party walls cases
- Key legal issues
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Party walls disputes
- Practical guide to disputes
- Disputes where no valid notice has been properly served
- Disputes which arise following the service of a notice
- Disputes where a party wishes to challenge an award
- Miscellaneous matters
- Party wall disputes legislation
- Party wall disputes cases
- Further information on party wall disputes
- PFI
- Planning and programming
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Post-occupancy review
- Overview
- Defining the brief and scope
- Performance criteria and agreed service levels
- Planning the review
- Collation of information against the checklist
- User surveys and interview questionnaires
- Selecting the stakeholders for surveys and interviews
- Carrying out the review
- Evaluation of the results
- Identifying areas of change
- Building the benefits case for change and feedback
- Implementation of the results
- Communication to the stakeholders
- Post-occupancy legislation
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PPC 2000 and TPC 2005
- PPC 2000
- What PPC 2000 offers
- Ten common pitfalls
- The multi-party approach
- Partnering documents
- Profit and incentives
- Intervening events
- TPC 2005
- What TPC 2005 offers
- Partnering team
- Structure and partnering documents
- Intervening events
- Further information on PPC 2000 and TPC 2005
- A fresh look at partnering
- Practical completion
- Procurement strategies
- Project monitoring
- RICS Code of Measuring Practice
- Rights to light
- Site inspections
- Soil surveys
- Specifications
- Standard forms of contract
- Valuations for interim certificates
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VAT
- Value-added tax
- Property users
- The supply of land and buildings
- VAT standard-rated supplies of land
- VAT zero-rated supplies of land
- The supply of construction services
- VAT zero-rated construction services
- VAT reduced-rate construction services
- Services of consultants
- Miscellaneous matters
- Glossary of VAT terms
- VAT legal issues
- VAT legislation
- VAT cases
- Further information on VAT
- Waste management
- Whole life costing