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A Look at Innovation
Entrepreneurship, demand and cost are main drivers. The innovation which results in new and emerging technologies is the driving force underlying the Capitalist system, and the economic principles which drive...
Be Specific!
Validity and interpretation of pay less notices In the case of Advance JV & Ors -v- Enisca Ltd. [2022] EWHC 1152, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered the validity...
Appraisals? Let’s Sack Them
Why they are not ideal and an alternative method Where is a great journalist called Lucy Kellaway, once the irreverent management columnist at the Financial Times, now full-time teacher and...
A Safety Journey
Your author reflects on his 45 years in the industry through the lens of safety. With the focus of this issue on safety and as one of a handful of...
No Time To Lose!
The implied obligation as to time for completion and the perils of failing to progress works expeditiously In the recent case of Barkby Real Estate Developments Ltd. v. Cornerstone Telecommunications...
What’s My Number?
Considerations in preparing for retirement … or not The “What’s my number?” question was a question originally posed to me some years ago by a guy called Adam Young, one...
Standards and Regulations
Your author takes a look at recent, and possibly future, changes in the U.K. In a recent interview with LIFTjournal,[1] René Hermann, chairman of the Working Group CEN TC10 WG1,...
Look Back in Anger
Collateral warranties provided retrospectively may qualify as “construction contracts.” The Court of Appeal in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd. v. Simply Construct (UK) LLP [2022] has clarified that subject to...
You Need To Think About Where You Put It!
Handrail placement is a key component in escalator safety. Many thanks to everyone who responded to my last column about handrail sanitisation and training. It was interesting that there was...
It’s Lonely at the Top
Coaching vs. mentoring and their importance to lift business owners and leaders The vast majority of lift business owners and managers we encounter have “come off the tools,” usually from...
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