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This is where I compile selected data I find interesting and informative about all things property and construction. It will have an Irish focus.

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Books

 - Red Team, How to Succeed by Thinking Like the Enemy
 - Risk and Insurance in Construction
 - Treitel, The Law of Contract 
 - The Letter Box
 - Rolled Lead Sheet, The Complete Manual 
 - Profit from Procurement 
 - Period Houses, A Conservation Guidance Manual 
 - Surveying Buildings 
 - How Big Things Get Done 
 - Chimney Pots and Stacks 
 - Project Risk and Opportunity Management 
 - The Purchasing Chessboard 
 - War Games, The Psychology of Combat
 - 5 Dysfunctions of a Team 
 - Lean Six Sigma 
 - The Starfish and the Spider

Buildings

 - Harry Street, Dublin, Ireland
 - More Grafton Street, Dublin
 - Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland
 - Museum Building in Trinity

Videos

 - Hi Toilet - Voice activated public toilets. Possible aid to universal access, sanitary conditions, and social benefits.
 - How complicated a concrete path can get, heated, stamped, sealed, exposed aggregate, etc. - Craziest driveway of all time!!
 - The Washington Bridge - This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse - Lessons in ability to maintain, inspection lessons, tendering issues with the new bridge, structural design lessons.
 - Sick Building Syndrome in an energy efficient design
 - Why Berlin Built a $7BN Empty Airport

Other Posts and Info

 - Game Theory and Teams
 - The Arbitration Act 2025 (the “2025 Act”) is the first major update to the law of arbitration in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”).
 - Fastned v. Die Autobahn GmbH (C-452/23) - Clause 72 modifications/changes - The Tank & Rast Judgment – Radical Expansion of Contract Modification Possibilities
 - New circular to support Green Public Procurement (GPP)
 - Minor amendments to CWMF ICMS3 Cost and Carbon Templates CC1-9
 - Govt considers making attic conversions and house extensions for elderly relatives exempt from planning; Cabinet was also updated on plans to exempt cabins from planning permission today.
 - Update to Guidance Notes 1.6 and 1.7 from the OGP (and here) regarding appointment of consultant services in public procurement. 
 - Minor amendments to current CWMF documents
 - Assignation, novation and construction contracts; Brodies
 - Equitable Estoppel: Why Keeping Your Promises Matters in Law - Kramer v Stone [2024] HCA 48
 - UK Supreme Court: Collateral Warranties are generally not Construction Contracts for the purpose of referring disputes for Adjudication
 - Existing Structures risk under a Build Contract – did the risk sit with Sisk?

 - Hi Toilet - Voice activated public toilets. Possible aid to universal access, sanitary conditions, and social benefits.
 - How complicated a concrete path can get, heated, stamped, sealed, exposed aggregate, etc. - Craziest driveway of all time!!
 - The Washington Bridge - This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse - Lessons in ability to maintain, inspection lessons, tendering issues with the new bridge, structural design lessons.
 - Sick Building Syndrome in an energy efficient design
 - Why Berlin Built a $7BN Empty Airport