China and its supporters
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The amount of building work occurring in China offers great opportunities for foreign firms. Construction activity is currently employing 35 million people in China. The country has become more open to international business during the 1990s, but the Chinese way of doing business has caused problems for foreign firms. Law was a matter of decisions made by a range of individuals, for example. However, the Chinese have introduced a rule of law and a standard building contract during 1999 in an attempt to make building contracts more attractive to Western firms.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1999
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Adjudicators' etiquette: Many adjudicators will now be considering taking on or dealing with their first disputes
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In adjudication the boundaries of the inquiry should be identified by the adjudicator. Proceedings should be conducted with efficiency and expedition in line with the 28-day period, or any agreed extensions. The statutory duty of impartiality is described as 'freedom from prejudice or bias; fairness'. An adjudicator would be disqualified from sitting to determine an issue where he is affected by actual bias. The adjudicator's job is to decide disputed facts and rules or law and he is bound to comply with procedural rules.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1998
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Be careful who you rely on
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A legal case which judged a contractor as being responsible for the use of inappropriate materials in a building was overturned at the Court of Appeal in the United Kingdom. The use of steel slag in the cellars of a civic building in Rotherham, England, caused the concrete to crack. The Court of Appeal decided that the employer was not using the contractor's expertise in the choice of materials, therefore the contractor was judged not to be at fault.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1997
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