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Welcome to Cheapsville

2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

Regarding the story Shapps calls for end to 鈥淟egoland鈥� homes, (9 March, www.building.co.uk) it is the planners who are failing in their duty to ensure appropriate local design.

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You only live twice

2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

Painting large areas can get tedious, so these two workers have decided to do it in true 007 style 鈥� teetering on a tiny ledge and leaning precariously over a drop.

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Inbox: Perfect Casting

2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

锘縏his week, readers assign leading roles to the overlooked Construction Industry Council; adjudicators experienced in the art of delay and disruption disputes; and architects with business nous

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Ode to Quentin

2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

Your satirical feature, The Trials of Quentin Shears continues to be the first thing I turn to in your magazine, as it is so witty and well observed.

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It's snow joke

2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

What a delicious juxtaposition in the 18 February news pages

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Don't pass the buck

2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

Regarding the article, 鈥淐an subbies survive on less?鈥� (18 February, page 20) I believe that there are significant sums that can be taken off construction project costs

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Water works

2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

In your article about the new station over the river at Blackfriars (28 January, page 44), you refer to the role of the PLA in making the use of the river a possibility for moving materials to and from the site.

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Let's not be hasty

2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately the knee-jerk reaction to a crisis described in 鈥淩ok and Connaught force repairs in-house鈥� (11 February, page 12), is typical of housing associations, and is driving the provision of an in-house repairs team.

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Use your common sense

2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

I found Alan Harris鈥� concerns that adjudicators rarely seek advice from specialists on matters of law or programming interesting (11 February, page 25).

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Keep the receipts

2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

If the government is concerned that they are overpaying for the services supplied by major contractors (building.co.uk, 9 February), a good start would be to investigate the legality of the bulk order discounts that are obtained from suppliers.

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Stranger than fiction

2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

I write regarding your piece on architects in film, (28 January, page 34). It was entertaining but, being limited only to American architects, remained firmly in fantasyland

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Credit where it's due

2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

Your leading article on the rebuilding of Blackfriars station (28 January, page 44), was both interesting and informative.

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Budget for buildings

2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

The Scottish budget deal agreed by MSPs this week is not the budget for recovery that the building industry has been crying out for

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Legal dispute

2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

It is interesting to read Ann Minogue鈥檚 鈥淐an we be of any assistance?鈥� (21 January, page 49). Minogue picks up on the point that adjudicators rarely appoint lawyers to advise on the law.

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Designed to fail

2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

Rudi Klein (28 January, page 53) writes about the problems caused by a lack of risk management during the design process. Could such problems have also been compounded by the apparent demise of the bill of quantities?

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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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A little consideration please

2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

When the construction industry is losing staff left, right and centre, including Turner &Townsend, I find Robert Deatker鈥檚 comments (14 January, page 30) on his 鈥渇avourite restaurant in Barbados鈥� and his 鈥渇avourite meal of clams and linguine鈥�, to be crass, affected and insensitive. I couldn鈥檛 bring myself to read the ...