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CommentStorytime: Wilfred and the chisel
At Bristol鈥檚 Kingsdown Council school in 1946, I joined Mr Bowell鈥檚 woodwork class. He was a quietly-spoken man in a carpenter鈥檚 work coat
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Winds of change
I read with great interest the report published by Scottish Renewables, highlighting the huge potential for job creation in the offshore wind generation industry over the next decade.
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A nonsulting request
Those of your readers who managed to read e-黑洞社区 on their sandy beach may have noticed the pretty fundamental consultation launched by Andrew Stunell, the Minister for 黑洞社区 Regulations (鈥淲hat would you do with the Regs, 6 August, page 20)
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The train line
News that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed.
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What's wrong with Laing O'Rourke
Further to your article about Laing O鈥橰ourke laying off 17,500 workers, when I worked there I only ever got in trouble for telling them their business models were flawed
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CommentYou've got the wrong house
I was very disappointed to read the main headline accompanying your article on the energy performance gap in new house building (鈥淭his house has been designed to be highly sustainable
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Restructure or be left behind
I read with interest 黑洞社区鈥檚 recent article on the data for construction from the Office for National Statistics (鈥淣ewport, we have a problem鈥�, 20 August, building.co.uk)
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Swedish lessons
It was interesting to read the discussion on building.co.uk about how to harness the 鈥渟ustainability values鈥� of the 2012 Olympic Games (Green expertise in danger of being lost, 27 July)
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CommentHitting the roof
I have asked 黑洞社区 for a right to reply to Luke Wessely鈥檚 column 鈥淟and of the Dachdeckermeister鈥� (6 August, page 25), in which someone with a clear vested interest in a particular form of roofing wanted to suggest that its choice was a no-brainer
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Controlling interest
Doom and gloom followed the latest Construction Trade Survey鈥檚 reports. But this forecast of a bleak future should be seen as an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and challenge the way the industry works
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Enforcing no set-off clauses
In her otherwise excellent column on the 2010 RIBA forms of architect鈥檚 appointment (A return to a simpler time, 13 August), Rachel Barnes predicts that a court may decline to enforce the no set-off clause
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All skilled up and nowhere to go
News that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed
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With a little understanding
The 鈥渂ig society鈥� is working well, then (Prescott 鈥檊rowth areas鈥� pull plans for thousands of homes, 6 August, building.co.uk)
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Right tool for the job
Your article, Government鈥檚 carbon compliance tool 鈥檌nadequate鈥� (2 July, building.co.uk) raises an important question: why is the government continuing to spend money expanding the capabilities of SAP, when other alternative tools are already available in the form of SBEM and DSM?
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Smaller fish are endangered
Aecom鈥檚 deal to buy Davis Langdon for 拢204m will further reduce the opportunity for smaller consultancies to win major projects (5 August, building.co.uk)
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Don't trust Gove
Perhaps if Michael Gove identifies where the funding was coming from for both the capital and the revenue, the Academies Bill might be more believable (Gove defends 鈥渞ushed鈥� Academies Bill, 20 July, building.co.uk)
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Have glass, won't travel
Here鈥檚 a new feature concept: 鈥満诙瓷缜� buys a pint for 鈥� anyone outside London.鈥�
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Let's get falls to fall
Recently released Health and Safety Executive figures, showing that worker deaths were down from 178 fatalities in 2008/09 to 151 in 2009/10, are testament to the work of safety practitioners across the UK
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Schools are too expensive ...
The number of people involved and the massive fees that are paid, no wonder the cost of the schools is off the scale