All Letters articles – Page 36

  • Comment

    Pull together

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    The current market conditions are forcing clients and their supply chains to review costs and tender processes. However, as an industry we must resist any return to adversarial, lowest price procurement processes

  • Comment

    Salmond fishing

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    This is an open letter to Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to express my concern at the lack of direction from the government in addressing the pressing concerns of construction in Scotland

  • Comment

    Iconic architecture

    2009-04-17T00:00:00Z

    ڶ (13 March, page 38) says the era of the icon is over and predicts more modest buildings post-recession. But you interview only architects. Why not some of the clients?

  • Comment

    Impact: zero

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Clive Soley’s assertion that Heathrow and London’s economy is under threat if a third runway is not built cannot go unchallenged (27 March, page 42)

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    Lest we forget...

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Do you know where the war memorials are in your area? Are they being well looked after or have you noticed that they are falling into disrepair? Have you tried to contact the relevant authority about maintenance?

  • Comment

    Sound education

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Acoustics within schools remains widely overlooked, despite the introduction of BB93, the government standards for the acoustic design of schools. This needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency

  • Comment

    Add it up

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Your leader article (“Adding up for the academically challenged”, 20 March, page 3) makes a huge, and incorrect, assumption

  • Comment

    Keep off my land

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    I would preface my comments by stating that I was brought up on a social housing estate. Our argument is not with social housing tenants but the fact we have been deceived by Bellway (6 March, page 20)

  • Comment

    Figure it out

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Re: ‘Colleges delayed’, 20 February, page 10, BAM Construction has 11 colleges currently at approval in design stage and waiting further substantial funding from the Learning and Skills Council

  • When the energy rating was calculated for Daniel Libeskind’s Imperial War Museum in Manchester last September, it received a G, the lowest score
    Comment

    Don’t encourage them

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    As with the banking industry, we’ve seen an age where architectural incompetence and buffoonery was rewarded over professionalism

  • Comment

    Cut it out

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    I have just read your article “Robinson Low Francis slash staff pay 12.5%” (13 March, page 15)

  • Comment

    Keep the dream alive

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Your article, “Death of a dream” (13 February, page 40) is perhaps to be questioned

  • Comment

    Accentuate the positive

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    The role of all professionals in development and construction is already changing as a result of the recession

  • Comment

    The weak in politics

    2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

    I read Sir Michael Latham’s article on the chief construction officer (CCO) with great interest (6 March, page 34). Also the BERR consultation document – which is better than Sir Michael allows given the shortage of straw for these particular bricks

  • A beginner’s guide to trees. This week, we have the larch
    Comment

    What a larch

    2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

    We were interested to see the images you published on the front cover (27 February) of the design of York St John University

  • Comment

    ...And easy ones

    2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

    I have just been reading the debate about the proposed changes to the Construction Act. The amendments have reached a key stage in the process of becoming law and are about to be adopted unless someone does something about it. And they should!

  • Comment

    Tough choices...

    2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

    As a partner in the Sector Skills Council for construction, CITB-ConstructionSkills takes the development of professionals seriously (27 March, page 13)

  • Comment

    You're a bit out...

    2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Davis Langdon’s take on “The World Construction Outlook” (27 February, page 62), is a welcome summary of where some international opportunities lie

  • Comment

    A question of attitude

    2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

    The ڶ/Saint-Gobain survey (“Short-term fears voiced over sustainability in the recession”, reported at building.co.uk on 27 February) provides a valuable insight into the less-than-positive attitudes of construction clients towards sustainability. However, the impetus to act is now greater than ever

  • Comment

    Ready and willing

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    I am currently studying ڶ Surveying and the Environment at the University of Plymouth