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Keep it clean
As someone who swears too much and is not proud of it, I agree with Chris Winks鈥� letter (5 March, page 27) about unnecessary swear words being printed in 黑洞社区
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Budget blues
Two years ago they removed the tax relief available for building factories, roads, railways, airports 鈥� that is, industrial building allowances
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Small is beautiful
I have noticed the adverts in 黑洞社区 for the Good Employer Guide you will be publishing in October. I think it鈥檚 a real shame you limit entry to firms employing at least 30 UK-based professional staff, and I feel you are missing a trick here
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A Morrell crusade
A green building strategy with a focus on new work and skills is the only way the UK construction industry will be able to compete and survive in a changing world with its emphasis on low carbon (鈥淢andelson and Morrell reveal green building strategy鈥�, 17 March, building.co.uk
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CommentBridge on track
This week鈥檚 黑洞社区 stated that 鈥渢he completion of Blackfriars station 鈥� has been put back four months until spring 2012鈥� (12 March, page 10)
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The many aspects of risk
I refer to your recent articles on timber-framed construction which contain several inaccuracies as to the insurance industry鈥檚 stance regarding this topic
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Helping the aged
Strengthening the 黑洞社区 Regulations to improve the energy efficiency of our buildings and to help meet this country鈥檚 ambitious zero-carbon targets is admirable, and I鈥檓 wholeheartedly in support (鈥淧art L changes announced,鈥� 12 March, building.co.uk)
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All aboard
Recent announcements by climate change secretary Ed Miliband are indeed good news (12 March, leader, page 3)
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Safe as houses
May I add to the comments made in Geoff Arnold鈥檚 letter on behalf of the UK Timber Frame Association (12 March, page 26)?
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Too much capital
Good to see proposed infrastructure projects (鈥淗igh-speed rail network proposals revealed鈥�, 11 March, building.co.uk), but I notice that the emphasis is on improving transport to and from London. There are high-speed rail networks to and from London already in existence
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The true cost of installing a boiler
Some people have asked why I said the cost of replacing a boiler was likely to be nearer 拢5,000 than the 拢1,367 you suggested (22 January, page 24) or the retail cost of about 拢750
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黑洞社区's bloomer
I read with interest your article on the BBC鈥檚 attack on UK construction (5 March, page 9)
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Broadcasting to the Beeb
The BBC has criticised construction firms for 鈥渨asting resources and duplicating effort鈥� (5 March, page 9), yet in the past 18 months we have seen more than 300 organisations from across the industry commit themselves to halving construction waste sent to landfill by 2012
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CommentDoes anything eat psyllids?
Oh dear. Nothing in this article mentions predators for the psyllids (鈥淜notweed under attack as biologists release killer beetles,鈥� 9 March, building.co.uk)
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A success story
Thank you for recently bringing to our attention the existence of the Graduate Talent Pool website (29 January, page 32)
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Young people today
The recent announcement that the Constructionarium, the UK鈥檚 only dedicated site-based training centre for university students could be forced to close as a direct result of a lack of government funding (5 March, page 10) is a worrying sign for the future of our industry
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Can鈥檛 see the wood
In the context of your story about insurers threatening to pull cover for timber frame (5 March, page 11) you give the impression that six people died in a timber frame building as result of a fire in a housing block in Peckham in November
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CommentPFI and the Panama Canal
I read your article on the Tories鈥� plan to lift the lid on PFI deals (26 February, page 14) and I have to say I think they are getting this one wrong and should look at the history of PFI
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Ageing gracefully
Housebuilders need to make profit to have sustainable businesses and the resources to build homes (5 March, leader, page 3) but they risk casting themselves as the bad boys if they resist measures to address the needs of our rapidly ageing population
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Offering the world
While I read with interest your interview with Mr Shapps, the shadow housing minister (5 February, page 28), your choice of headline was unfortunate for a professional journal