All Inbox articles – Page 7

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    Fun in the sun

    2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

    I saw redundancy coming (“Have you been made redundant?” 8 April, building.co.uk) and went where my talents would be appreciated

  • The stalled Oakmayne Plaza (pictured) and 360 London projects bear testament to how lucky the Strata tower is to exist at all
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    Elephants should not be grey

    2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

    The Strata tower (9 April, page 38) is as bold as it is ingenious

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    Castle defender

    2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

    I tend to agree with William Nicholson’s observations

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    After the fire

    2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

    We are once again faced with deaths as a result of a fire in a tower block as James Shears and Alan Bannon tragically died in the fire in Shirley Towers in Southampton

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    A willing volunteer

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    So, out of £32.2m of public funding Persimmon boss Mike Farley paid himself a bonus of £406,000 (1 April, page 9) – no doubt for his excellent performance during their financially difficult period!

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    On the terraces

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    I read that a Stirling prize winner is to “reinvent the terrace” for the legacy of the 2012 Olympics

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    And finally …

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Some readers weren’t fooled by ڶ’s code level seven story (page 14, 1 April) …

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    Offsite doesn’t mean offshore

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    I read Richard Ogden’s article “Fast build nation” (26 March, page 32) with interest

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    More flock to the cause

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Rydon would like to sign up to your excellent initiative and back Charter 284

  • Lessons will be learned from Ashley primary school
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    The future of low carbon

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    I was delighted to read about the steps being taken at Ashley primary school (26 March, page 48)

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    Thinking out of the box

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The Homes and Communities Agency’s requirements are driving developers toward construction of “homes” rather than simply dwellings (“New standards could add £10k to new homes”, building.co.uk)

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    Save our regs!

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The article “Councils start early on Tory planning overhaul” (26 February, page 10) was read with interest and concern

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    Could it be magic?

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    I was intrigued to see that the ڶ for Life score of one of the developments in round one of the Kickstart programme had flowered from 1.5 to 16.5 (26 February, page 11)

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    Houses and trousers

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The Tories’ planning green paper is another cheap shot at gaining votes (22 February, building.co.uk)

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    … gone?

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    I am thinking of giving up completely on construction (“Anxious about finding work in 2010?”, 26 February, building.co.uk).

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    Going, going …

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    In response to ڶ’s story about the skills crisis (“Union warns of skills time bomb”, 5 February, building.co.uk), as a trainee building surveyor I am beginning to regret my decision to join the industry

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    Hard facts

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    With regard to your article “MPs: Ban import of child-labour stone” (12 February, page 14), I would like to draw your attention to the Stone Federation’s document, Selecting the Correct Stone, which is to be published shortly.

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    eBest practice

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Your article, “Contractors attack rise of eBay tendering” (26 February, page 15), is wholly unfair and quite inaccurate

  • Introducing Polokwane’s all-new Peter Mokaba stadium …
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    Yellow card

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Regarding your feature on the South African World Cup venues (12 February, page 38), we have been involved with the new Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane since our team won the commission in June 2006

  • Eddie’s looking up at the stars, but is his language still in the gutter?
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    Man behaving badly

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    As an avid reader of ڶ, I must register my disappointment at seeing the increased use of swear words in print