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Tick-tock: the sustainability clock
What are construction companies doing to meet the 2019 carbon emissions targets?
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Architect sandwich, anyone?
It鈥檚 easy to blame the architects for the glut of 鈥渓ook-a-like鈥� housing developments throughout the country.
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Don't curb your enthusiasm
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 ...
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
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
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
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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Green agenda can help industry
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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�
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�
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鈥� And Taylor on Knowles
Further to the article by Malcolm Taylor (no relation) in 黑洞社区 (22 October, page 33) regarding his dissatisfaction with the RICS, I was interested in the follow-up letter by the much respected Roger Knowles (29 October, page 27) and his effort to entice more QSs to join his breakaway organisation. ...
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Let鈥檚 play associations
I read with interest your article on specialists (19 November, page 36) and would respectfully point out that at least six companies in your fit-out category are NAS members, including ISG Retail, and are most certainly not subcontractors as your opening header suggests. I would also point out that they ...