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Noises off
In my experience, good acoustics in schools are still viewed as a nice-to-have rather than a must-have (鈥淐an you hear me at the back?鈥�, 15 May, page 40)
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Good health
Regarding your article on a health scare prompting regulation change (29 May, page 13), hats off to NHBC for producing a report that takes the real world into account
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A cable to the sun
In reply to Hugh Bantin鈥檚 query about wind energy (8 May, page 32), yes, it is fickle and average output is about 30% of maximum
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The third amendment
The Standing Joint Committee for The Standard Measurement of 黑洞社区 Works has prepared amendment three to the Seventh Edition, effective from 1 June.
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The true aim of architecture
Robert Adam鈥檚 rant (22 May, page 24) about architects and how 鈥渢hey like to pretend they know best about what鈥檚 good for society ... 鈥� reminded me of a talk Buckminster Fuller gave at the school of architecture at Bristol university in 1965
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Messing about near boats
I work for a charity called the Waterway Recovery Group (www.wrg.org.uk) which restores the derelict canals of England and Wales
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But they won鈥檛 do VAT
I completely agree with your leader on 13 March that the government should have taken the cue from the EU and cut VAT on maintenance and refurbishment to 5% in the last budget
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A matter of consequence
The idea of improving the existing housing stock has been debated and analysed for many years now, especially in the information, advice and guidance for Part L (15 May, page 9)
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The conservatory con
It鈥檚 good news that the regulations are becoming more onerous in England. However, in Scotland we have had minimum U-values for conservatories for some time
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The key to the code
鈥淭he problem is that we are making it up as we go along鈥� (leader, 22 May, page 3)
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Answering Mr Arrowsmith
As stated in your recent article 鈥淏etrayal of trust鈥� (15 May, page 34), NICEIC does have some sympathy with Mr Arrowsmith鈥檚 situation
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Roger that
I have for many years felt that Roger Knowles, chairman of Baqus, was the voice of reason and practicability in the building industry so I was delighted to read his letter in Inbox (15 May, page 32)
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But is it legal?
I was interested to read the published response from Peter Whitbread in your 8 May edition regarding 鈥淟ip service won鈥檛 do: discrimination in construction鈥� (24 April, page 52)
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It's up to us
Your editorial (1 May, page 3) says 鈥渢he Exchequer is applying brakes by way of efficiency savings鈥�. About time, I say!
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Get your facts straight
I read with interest your article asserting that the government will miss its carbon reduction targets of 12.5% by 2010/11 (1 May, page 10)
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Not just any old wood
Regarding our timber study for the Wood Window Alliance (24 April, page 69), it is important to realise that the negative value for embodied carbon was based on the knowledge that the timber would be sustainably sourced from a well-managed forest, and that in the future, most of it would ...
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All publicity is good
The essence of 黑洞社区鈥檚 editorial in the 9 May edition (page 3) is that the Prince of Wales鈥� intervention into the quality of design of the built environment, is a good thing. Up to a point
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The usual victims
The Verry debacle (8 May, page 24) is just the same old, same old 鈥� look at Eugena, Wiltshire and the others. Who gets hurt? Yes, you guessed it, the 鈥渟pecialist trade contractor鈥� and the small subbie
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Overcoming overload
I read with interest Cedric Sloan鈥檚 article in 黑洞社区 on 1 May (page 33). He draws attention to the information that is provided with most invitations to submit a tender. One of the points he makes is that far too much information is provided
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Ten into six doesn鈥檛 go
It was a shame to see that CNP has become the first big-name QS/project management casualty. At the end of the day consultants are all about people and my sympathy goes out to all who have and will lose their jobs, shareholdings, and so on. Consultants have been hanging in ...