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In this article, Construction Week rounds up the top risk factors that lead to fatalities at construction sites around the world, and how these can be avoided. The data in this article has been produced based on insights shared by key health and safety agencies such as ILO, and is aimed at increasing awareness about onsite health and safety in the global construction sector. ALL ABOUT THE SET-OFF There are four basic types: legal set-off, equitable set-off, banker’s set-off and insolvency set-off. Legal set-off can only be used as a defence to court proceedings, and the claims in respect of which set-off is to be applied must be defined or liquidated sums, which can be proved. It is important that the claims be both due and

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WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN PREPARING A DISRUPTION CLAIM So when preparing a disruption claim for a loss of productivity it is very important to consider not just immediate effects on the rate of production but also the inefficiencies of some of the secondary factors. David Merritt is a director at Hill International based in Dubai. He is a chartered quantity surveyor and barrister

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In this article, Construction Week rounds up the top risk factors that lead to fatalities at construction sites around the world, and how these can be avoided. The data in this article has been produced based on insights shared by key health and safety agencies such as ILO, and is aimed at increasing awareness about onsite health and safety in the global construction sector. ALL ABOUT THE SET-OFF There are four basic types: legal set-off, equitable set-off, banker’s set-off and insolvency set-off. Legal set-off can only be used as a defence to court proceedings, and the claims in respect of which set-off is to be applied must be defined or liquidated sums, which can be proved. It is important that the claims be both due and

owing at

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couture.

TOP 10 KSA SUPPLIERS 1- Sabic. Sabic’s business lies in the manufacture of chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and metals. Sabic, the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, states it is the largest and most profitable non-oil company in the Middle East, and one of the world’s five largest petrochemicals manufacturers. It is involved in the manufacture of

chemicals

WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN PREPARING A DISRUPTION CLAIM So when preparing a disruption claim for a loss of productivity it is very important to consider not just immediate effects on the rate of production but also the inefficiencies of some of the secondary factors. David Merritt is a director at Hill International based in Dubai. He is a chartered quantity surveyor and barrister

(non-practising

THE BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATIONBENEFITS OF BEING A CONTRACTORCONTRACTORS BENEFITS GROUPMY BENEFITS CONTRACTORS PLAN Contract administration is the procedural management of a contract during the execution of a project. A contract administrator should ensure compliance with contractual provisions related to the flow of adequate information, submission of notices, valuations and payment assessments, submission of claims for additional payment, and

extensions of time.

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TOP CAUSES OF GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES, AND HOW TO In this article, Construction Week rounds up the top risk factors that lead to fatalities at construction sites around the world, and how these can be avoided. The data in this article has been produced based on insights shared by key health and safety agencies such as ILO, and is aimed at increasing awareness about onsite health and safety in the global construction sector.

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One of the other new names to enter the 2021 Construction Week Power 100 list is King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) Partner, Joanne Strain, who comes in at number 81. Strain has been the Partner at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) since 2016, where she became the first female promoted to partnership at KWM in

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