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    Bad behaviour

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    It鈥檚 stories like the one about Apollo undercutting its rivals (28 January, page 10) that have the clients running to secure partnering frameworks with contractors instead

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    Do the maths

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the suggestion that schools should have a longer day to save space (28 January, page 9), most secondary schools already have to offer sessional lunch breaks in order to accommodate all pupils into the hall

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    Back on track

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    I don鈥檛 think that 黑洞社区 gives enough weight to the personal commitment of Lord Coe to provide an athletics venue at the heart of the East End (黑洞社区 blog, 25 January)

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    Protect our assets

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    There is much comment and debate at present about the actions and spending of state-owned banks but should our attention now turn to the councils who are selling off their property assets to balance their books?

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    Don't curb your enthusiasm

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    I really like Kulveer Ranger鈥檚 enthusiasm (26 November, page 36) - these large infrastructure projects need huge amounts of positive energy from those in the driving seats to make them successful

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    VAT for domestic building ...

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    I hope this government knows what it is doing, because interest rates will have to rise soon as well (VAT increase could cost 11,000 jobs, 17 December, building.co.uk)

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    How to do architecture right

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    I don鈥檛 entirely disagree with Lucy Rogers鈥� points (inbox, 10 December) in relation to my column (19 November, page 31)

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    VAT on domestic animals

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Funny how Labour鈥檚 1% hike on NI was a 鈥渏obs tax鈥� that every CEO in the country seemed to want to scream about and sign carefully staged letters about, but now a 2.5% rise in VAT is being introduced by this shambles of a government with barely a word from ...

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    Measured response

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Amanda Levete (17 December, page 28) is quite right to point out society鈥檚 predilection for inappropriate rulers but wrong to devalue the way architects, by their designs, are the measure of all things.

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    Easy, tiger

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    I write regarding your article 鈥淥ne hungry tiger鈥� (3 December, page 32). As in most reports about Ireland鈥檚 economic woes these days, the writer stated that the once-mighty Celtic tiger has accepted an 拢80bn bailout.

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    Divided we stand

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Gordon Taylor (no relation), misunderstands the purpose of a professional body (3 December, page 26), when he argues for consolidation of the professions

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    Green agenda can help industry

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The latest report from Audit Scotland on progress towards cutting energy use in Scotland鈥檚 public sector (Improving energy efficiency: a follow-up, published 8 December) suggests that local authorities in particular still have a long way to go

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    Career advice for Lloyd

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest the letter from Lloyd Holmes in the 10 December issue of 黑洞社区 Magazine and was pleased to see that he is considering a career in the UK nuclear industry. I was disappointed, though, to see that he views future prospects as 鈥済loomy鈥�

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    Where should I start?

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    My dad gets 黑洞社区 and recently I used it as an information source on my GCSE project (19 March)

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    Grey opinion is worth having

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    In Pascale Scheurer鈥檚 rant (19 November, page 31) about just about everything, it is sad to see that she has a narrow-minded and muddled attitude to public participation.

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    Improving our energy grades

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Despite our being well on the way to achieving zero-carbon for new build, the WWF and Ecofys Climate Policy Tracker report for the EU has awarded the UK an E grade for its carbon policies, given the lack of support for improving the performance of our existing building stock

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    Centuries-old news

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Your recent article on the Irish coming to Britain to work in the UK construction industry is about 250 years too late (3 December, page 32).

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    Pester power

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Just in case it has been missed by everybody in the industry, the Health and Safety Executive has published an amendment to HSG168. In layman鈥檚 terms that鈥檚 the amendment to the guidance for managing fire strategy on building sites. This is a very thought-provoking document.

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    Too many targets

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    As we have reached the time of year for the 黑洞社区 Sustainability Awards, I thought it would be appropriate to air my frustration with the current level of environmental energy policy.

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    Knowles on Levete 鈥�

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The article by Amanda Levete in 黑洞社区 (19 November, page 26) kindled a few memories. She poses the question: 鈥淗igher education is going to become increasingly inaccessible, so why don鈥檛 we create ways of training architects on the job?鈥�