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Inbox: Universally challenged
This week, our readers take issue with 鈥檆hampagne-drinking鈥� architects, plans to cut the cost of skyscrapers and the industry鈥檚 approach to labour and skills
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Bank on this
Money pervades readers鈥� thoughts this week, as they ponder project costs and value for money, whether suicide bids ever pay off, banks not lending - and what does zero mean, anyway?
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CommentWho can we blame?
The knives are out this week for ineffectual green policymakers and boardroom cavemen who refuse to embrace BIM but, strangely, construction lawyers come out of it all unscathed
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Time will tell
It鈥檚 back to the future this week as readers reflect on whether or not the Localism Bill will deliver what it promises and if BIM heralds a bright new future
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Inbox: who's right?
There鈥檚 little consensus to be found this week: the merits of BIM are in dispute, as is the the economic case for high-speed rail, and readers even disagree about introducing double decker trains to the UK
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Call in the experts
Readers offer their specialist knowledge on matters various: a QS stands up for QSs, a solicitor fills a gap in a legal piece and a commuter appreciates the view
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Righting wrongs
This week readers take on iffy construction output data, poorly worded legislation, lawyers who overlook partnering and the rationale for building energy-from-waste facilities
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The small print
Readers are concerned with the nitty gritty this week. Did completion mean practical completion or not? Was it a bank or a public holiday? More importantly, to pay or not to pay?
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Inbox: One fine day
锘縄magine a world in which all building projects had superlative design, ultra efficient costs, sustainable solutions, spotless health and safety - and there were no outraged letters to publish
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Inbox: What a waste
Readers bemoan a perceived lack of ambition on Oxford Street鈥檚 revamp, unsuccessful attempts to cut costs on education projects and QSs who fail to tackle underbidding and uphold ethical practices
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Spread the word
Hansom is right (25 March, page 19) that the CIOB has better things to do than worry about a definition of construction management; and we鈥檙e doing them
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CommentMore nuclear, please
Having been struck by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, then flooded by a tidal wave over 10m high, the Fukushima reactors, understandably, suffered some damage
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Defects after completion
Dominic Helps wrote an illuminating account of what damages a client might expect if serious faults are found in an otherwise completed and occupied building (18 March, page 47)
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The big questions
Readers share their respects for construction industry giant Sir Frank Lampl, who died last week, as well as pondering the nuclear debate and media coverage of unrest in the Middle East
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A pollution solution?
Excel Industries is concerned that the consultation on the Code for Sustainable Homes and the energy efficiency standard for zero-carbon homes makes no apparent reference to a review of Category 6 - pollution
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It's a gas
In regard to your article on the Passivhaus and Decent Homes refurbishments (11 February, page 50) should we expect that only empty properties will be upgraded?
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Covered up
Regarding the article 鈥淪potlight now on OFT to defend five-year investigation鈥� (11 March, building.co.uk) I鈥檓 not quite sure how cover pricing could affect the best price for the job. It would require all but one of the bidders to be seeking a cover price, the likelihood of which is very ...
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Missing digits
As the owner of a late Victorian semi-detached house in a conservation zone I have been reading Robert Prewett鈥檚 Passivhaus Diaries, regarding the conversion of 64 Midmoor Road to a low-energy building, with great interest (4 March, page 42)
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Those who dare ...
Reflecting on Richard Saxon鈥檚 letter (Inbox, 11 March), and Rob Charlton鈥檚 original thoughts (25 February, page 33), they have identified one of our industry鈥檚 core problems - too much functional focus and segregation on a project.