Thank you for those figures, which are definitely interesting. I think your answer crystallises my discomfort at the broadening of the charitable...
Indeed, the report is primarily of what the EA have said, and where the criminal liability lay - note the emphasis on the soil in the river....
In view of other comments, that response raises as many questions as it answers. To put the question another way, if a would-be volunteer doing a...
Indeed. Civils seems a lot more mature in this regard than IT...
If the choice is fixed price vs. cost plus, then I agree. But other models exist as well - in the IT world, time and materials is common. I'm...
Because ultimately a contract is a commercial deal. In a situation where a contractor can't afford to deliver, the client also has a problem as...
Similar was being said, in the opposite direction, 30-odd years ago for privatisation.
There’s a lottery there - some win, some don’t (and I’ve seen both scenarios play out). For those who do win that lottery, the gains (largely due...
I’ve also seen it suggested that there will be a massive inter generational wealth transfer as my parents generation die and pass their wealth to...
Two separate points. One, in general, I'm inclined to cut NR the benefit of the doubt in trying to enable operation and not jump early - but that...
Precisely my points - and why I'm far from convinced that a fixed price is any more than part of the jigsaw when making sure that a contract will...
I'd agree on HS2. I'd suggest that the fiasco of the Edinburgh trams shows how tricky it can be to cost those risks properly, and get the right...
Fixed price isn't necessarily as secure as you suggest.
My understanding was that, with the available skills and materials, the air brake was not straightforward and its long term advantages harder to...
It felt dry up there on Friday, and as the county’s been declared in drought…
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt - and hope that there's some genuine reflection going on rather than knee jerk reaction to poor sales. The...
I hope the diesel gala was commercially successful - it deserved to be given the quality of the event, but the numbers there on Friday weren't...
And developing that thought further, Pickering may not be metropolitan but it is only an hour or so drive from Leeds. Alton is similar from SW...
They will. But the question remains as to how their performance compares with other attractions in the same area.
I don't think there's any dispute about the need for premium offerings, and the ability of these to boost income. The question I'd be asking is...
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