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Practical Completion: a contextual art?
I was once asked by a trainee Architect: how do you know when practical completion has been achieved on a traditional contract? I was tempted to say, in the spirit of Potter-Stewart's US Supreme Court judgement in Ohio v Jacobellis; you know it when you see it.
Good Record Keeping or Consensus Ad Idem?
Riva Properties Limited v Foster + Partners Limited considered one of the most fractious synergies in construction: design and cost. How do designers remain creative whilst keeping fundamental matters (such as cost) recorded, in control and firmly in the minds of the client and project team?
By Act or Omission: a contractual obligation
'We're extending!...you're an Architect, you'll do a few doodles for us won't you?'. It's the question many architects are asked by friends and the same question many dread, and for good reason.