All Letters articles – Page 30

  • Comment

    Take a cut of future contracts

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    There may be such a thing as an innocent cover price, if the contractor does not want to bid but does want to show willing. However, cover prices can be used to share the work around and the only reason for that is to keep prices high

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    Blame the clients

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    One aspect of the Office of Fair Trading’s cover-pricing inquiry that seems to have been missed is the effect of clients and their professional advisers

  • Comment

    Learn basic morals

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Why do the construction companies seem not to understand their own lack of morality?

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    Be ashamed (i)

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    If a member of the RICS were found guilty of anything “fraudulent” they would be stripped of their MRICS status and would most likely be fired by their employer

  • Comment

    Be ashamed (ii)

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    As a registered architect, all I can say is that if I were found guilty of this sort of practice I would be struck off – not given excuses by the government

  • Comment

    Worry about Europe

    2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

    A key point that was not addressed in the podcast on www.building.co.uk was the future ability of the “guilty” contractors to tender for public works

  • Comment

    Wasted training

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    As a student involved in the construction industry your article certainly struck a chord

  • Comment

    Wasted trainers

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    The loss of Train to Gain funding to help keep workers skilled in the UK goes completely against the government pledge. Apart from the lost skills, there is a hidden impact on both colleges and training providers who have had to lay off staff, and in some cases training providers ...

  • Comment

    Wasted talent

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    I have just read and re-read the article in this week’s ڶ magazine outlining the bleak situation that graduates are finding themselves in. It has left me feeling numb and disheartened by the current job market

  • Comment

    Unoriginal sin

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam (11 September, page 28) has been tempted by the apple of resentment to deride those who don’t agree with his way of thinking

  • Last week we told the tale of these three graduates
    Comment

    Wasted opportunity

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    As I read your piece about the plight of graduates seeking employment (11 September, page 34), it reminded me of my own horror story during the last recession, when it took me more than 200 job applications and two interviews before I secured the job I wanted

  • Comment

    Reality check

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    I sympathise with David Marks (28 August, page 22) and understand it is tough to manage cash flows in this environment. But I would also like to say: PLEASE WAKE UP AND SEE THE REALITY

  • Comment

    Hearing voices

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam (7 August, page 31), calls for an end to the “deadly sin of designer egotism”

  • Comment

    Give us a jumpstart

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    It is encouraging that the government’s £300m scrappage scheme has boosted the UK’s car industry, with new registrations up 6% this year

  • Comment

    Empty home help

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    It has been suggested that local authorities should make use of existing empty homes in their districts

  • Comment

    A question of discipline

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Strangely, your leader (ڶ, 7 August) on the acquisition of architect DEGW by Davis Langdon didn’t include ڶ Design Partnership among the multidisciplinary firms mentioned

  • Comment

    What Bordon really wants

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    As the meeting secretary of BAAG – the Bordon Area Action Group – I am writing to correct the impression that everything in Bordon is lovely (11 September, page 46)

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    A balanced scoresheet

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    We read with interest your article (28 August, page 10) concerning the appointment of Turner & Townsend for the Hoe Valley scheme in Woking

  • Comment

    Relax …

    2009-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the funding rule change to boost the academies programme (7 September, www.building.co.uk), the relaxation of the requirement that sponsors donate £2m will help increase the range of organisations able to become principal sponsors

  • Comment

    Parry and riposte

    2009-09-11T00:00:00Z

    I don’t know if Graham de Roy (7 August, page 29) is spoiling for a fight, but he seems to have taken a highly selective view of my article (24 July, page 48) on latent defects insurance (LDI)