In our garden sanctuary, we may escape life’s burdens to be ourselves. If you’ve no shed, as Mark Antony came tantalisingly close to declaiming in Julius Caesar, prepare to tear up now. “You” in this context is shorthand, of course, for “you men”… all you poor, pathetic shedless saddoes who will shortly well up from […]
Continue ReadingForce majeure is an event that occurs beyond your reasonable control or anticipation. When that event prevents you from performing your contractual obligations, you are ordinarily released from liability for damages caused by that breach. The rationale is that it would not be just to blame you for breach of contract when the contract became […]
Continue ReadingIn putting together http://thailand-construction.com website, it is an assumption of what I believe people are interested in and looking for on the web in a Construction & Engineering website upon Thailand – I guess it mirrors what I look for on the web, that is Jobs, News, Events, etc. Currently THE most popular sections of […]
Continue Reading(1) Thailand Construction News (TCN) E-Newsletter, (2) the http://www.Thailand-Construction.com website and now (3) the Thailand Construction News LinkedIn Group are all aimed at construction and engineering professionals working in or with an interest in Thailand. To the best of my knowledge, http://www.Thailand-Construction.com website ranks in the top 10 in Google for searches of Thailand + […]
Continue ReadingThe Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) recently carried out a survey from November 2010 to June 2011 into the ‘Costs of International Arbitration’. The survey was completed by completed by lawyers and international arbitrators from five continents. Information on 254 international arbitrations conducted between 1991 and 2010 was considered to be useful for statistical analysis. […]
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We wish to bring your attention to an old work colleague of Quantity Surveying Consultants Ltd and his new and very interesting book. Back in the 2000’s, one of the biggest projects in Thailand was the new Bangkok international airport, known as Suvarnabhumi International Airport Bangkok. Quantity Surveying Consultants Ltd was employed for three years […]
Continue Reading We wish to bring your attention to an old work colleague of Quantity Surveying Consultants Ltd and his new and very interesting book. Back in the 2000’s, one of the biggest projects in Thailand was the new Bangkok international airport, known as Suvarnabhumi International Airport Bangkok. Quantity Surveying Consultants Ltd was employed for three years […]
Continue ReadingThese days there are just so many construction and engineering websites around that it can be frustrating to find your way to the better websites. To help you, we have compiled what we believe are some top websites to begin your search. The ones we have listed are UK construction and engineering websites sites, but […]
Continue ReadingDear Friend This is not a begging letter. I do not want your money but I would like your vote. You may not be aware of the present anomaly that exists affecting the State Pension paid to certain UK citizens living abroad. Let me explain. Pensioners living in the UK, an EU Country or certain […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s second class pensioners The paper (accessible via the link below) was prepared by the International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP). Its primary purpose is to provide an overview of the plight of Britain’s Second Class Pensioners who have decided to live overseas during their retirement but find that their State Pensions are frozen by […]
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