Dubai and Abu Dhabi's construction boom is pulling in UK quantity surveyors with tax-free packages. Here's what the move actually involves, from visas to take-home pay.
Managing subcontractor claims UK: how commercial managers should assess loss and expense, extension of time and disruption claims, what evidence to demand, and when to settle versus reject.
Dayworks value instructed work on a time-and-materials basis when it cannot be fairly measured any other way. Here is how dayworks schedules price labour, plant and materials, how JCT and NEC treat them, and why unsigned sheets cause so many disputes.
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Extension of time construction UK explained: what triggers an EOT, JCT relevant events vs NEC compensation events, notice deadlines, concurrent delay and how to avoid the disputes that follow.
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