All Letters articles – Page 28

  • Comment

    What the charter means

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    In response to your article which stated that the Chartered Institute of ڶ (CIOB) would expel any chartered building company found guilty of cover pricing (27 November, page 9), I’d like to clarify a few points

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    Morrell boost

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    I think the appointment of Paul Morrell (27 November, pages 10-11) is an inspired move and I hope he gets his own way with the agenda for the sake of the industry at large

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    Actually, it's the actuaries

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    ڶ’s editor is misinformed about why pension funds have failed (23 October, page 3). We didn’t suddenly “start living 10 years longer”. Life expectancy has been rising steadily since Bazalgette fixed London’s sewers and wiped out cholera

  • Comment

    Talking up the upturn

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Following the Construction Products Association’s announcement that nine out of 10 construction products firms has reported significantly falling sales, it is easy to feel negative. However, as America and the rest of Europe are well on their way out of recession, we must be positive to ensure that we follow ...

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    The price is wrong

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    The message sent out by Richard Steer is very apt in relation to what is happening in the marketplace. I question, though, whether his points only apply to QS consultants

  • Comment

    My health and safety sleep-in

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    After 50 years’ unbroken employment in the construction industry I was made redundant in July. I’ve been catching up on some ڶ back numbers before savouring the luxury of going back to bed for an hour or so before breakfast

  • Comment

    Crazy money

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Richard Steer’s point that low bids are giving the QS industry a bad name is absolutely on the mark (13 November, page 34) – and if we’re not careful, what we’ll see eventually is death by a thousand cuts. However, the larger consultancy firms such as the big six or ...

  • Comment

    It’s no fun anymore

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Having been a member of the RICS for more than 50 years, I read with interest your leader on 20 November (page 3)

  • Why don’t children ever listen?
    Comment

    Sound advice

    2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

    The Noise Abatement Society’s Love Your Ears campaign aims to raise awareness and protect children’s hearing from permanent damage through continued exposure to loud music on MP3 players. However, it should also echo with the construction industry, where BB93 verification is yet to become mandatory and schools still risk failing ...

  • Comment

    Three simple rules

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Further to your “increasingly controversial” safety blunders pictures – yes you should still publish it, but with the following rules: All the blunders need to be in the EU to prevent the “let’s laugh at Johnny Foreigner” school of blunderography. All the blunders should have a name of the contractor ...

  • Comment

    Heated debate

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    The article revealing that the Zero Carbon Hub is suggesting an energy use figure of 30-45kWhr/m2/yr figure for the 2016 Code for Sustainable Homes indicates a lack of vision and seriousness on the part of this organisation (23 October, page 13)

  • Comment

    Train the chain

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Regarding Steven Morgan’s article (9 October, page 24) I heartily agree that clear lines of responsibility are crucial for a successful project

  • Comment

    The West is the best

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    I liked your Dubai leader (“After the goldrush”, 30 October, page 3) and I was interested to read about the future reliance on Indian QSs and off-site services

  • Comment

    The banks must act

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    While confidence in the commercial property market is continuing to rise, this is not being matched by the availability of freehold assets for investors to buy

  • Comment

    No laughing matter

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    For some time I have been uneasy about the direction of your health and safety blunders

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    Get over it

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    What is all the fuss about over these OFT fines (Hays fumes 2 October, page 10)?

  • Comment

    With friends like these …

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Gillian Birkby (16 October, page 50) hits the nail on the head in berating public bodies for their unreasonably onerous appointment terms

  • Comment

    She who laughs first …

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    I always find it interesting to read articles about women in construction (23 October, page 36)

  • Comment

    Bingham bites back

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    The Office of Fair Trading’s response to my column (23 October, page 30) condemns the OFT

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    Back at you

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    You have really rattled my cage now! I complained that ڶ should not publish health and safety photos when it could do something positive, like report the matter to the Health and Safety Executive. Then you published Charles Johnston’s letter (23 October, page 31) suggesting my view was a “minority ...