All Letters articles – Page 39

  • Comment

    An even-handed approach

    2009-01-30T00:00:00Z

    The article Sheep vs Grass (16 January, page 42) was a lovely idea, and a simple, clear list of green duds and gems would be great.

  • Comment

    From where I stand …

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    I have just seen the health and safety blunder photo entitled “I can’t look” (9 January, page 31) and felt it necessary to write in

  • Big school: John Roan’s existing sites are four times the size of the peninsula land
    Comment

    Old school ties

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    I was sorry to read of the travails of the John Roan School and to see it described as “an unremarkable comprehensive”.

  • Comment

    School fight, round three

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Nick Raynsford MP complains (16 January, page 30) that the piece on Greenwich ڶ Schools for the Future (BSF) schemes is misleading and misrepresents Southern Gas’ position on the gas holder that has stalled plans to build a school on the Greenwich peninsula

  • Comment

    Too little enforcement …

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    As far as I am aware, there is still no legal requirement for any property owner or its managing agent to implement the recommendations from an energy performance certificate (EPC) immediately

  • Comment

    Opening doors

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    I am a second-year occupational therapy student at Coventry University. I am interested in receiving information regarding door access for some coursework

  • Comment

    Don’t recycle

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid’s Guggenheim-Hermitage museum design looks just like the Phaeno Science Centre in Germany.

  • Comment

    … and too many assessors

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Saturation of the energy assessment market has now become a real problem

  • Comment

    Act on training now

    2009-01-23T00:00:00Z

    It is exciting news that the newly formed UK Contractors Group will be making the skills shortage a priority (9 January, page 15)

  • Comment

    Waste not

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Your recently examined the role compost plays in soil manufacture and decontamination (14 November, page 70)

  • Comment

    Which way to tender?

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Two-stage tendering was invented for situations in which the client had to start building as a matter of urgency, yet retain an element of competition between contractors

  • Comment

    Right on track

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    ڶ Design Partnership was commissioned to undertake the masterplan for Birmingham City University on a wonderful site that will be the centrepiece of the Eastside regeneration

  • Comment

    News to me

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Ross Holleron states (12 December, page 59) that “Hanham Hall … will produce excess heat from its combined heat and power system in summer months. Some of this will supply the hall and a communal glass house, but the rest will have to be dumped.”

  • Comment

    Lets have some help, here

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Confidence in the construction sector is at rock bottom, and what construction firms badly need is a scheme that reduces the risk of doing business

  • Okay, let’s get this straight … here is East Barnet school, designed by Frank Shaw Associates, built by Norwest Holst and commissioned by the London borough of Barnet. Oh, and the image is courtesy of Frank Shaw Associates
    Comment

    Credit where it’s due

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    I was pleased to see our image of East Barnet school published on 5 December, page 6. As an architect interested in project delivery, I am a keen follower of your magazine

  • Comment

    Premium bonds

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Having been engaged as an independent loss adjuster in the handling of claims on performance guarantee bonds in the construction industry for the past 20 years, I continue to despair at the lack of understanding of them shown by employers and their advisers.

  • Comment

    Bravo, Bingo!

    2009-01-09T00:00:00Z

    A short year-end note of thanks and admiration for Tony Bingham

  • Comment

    Luck of the Irish

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    On a recent visit to Northern Ireland, I was amazed by how easy it was to acquire a CSCS card there compared with mainland Britain.

  • Comment

    We gotta rep to protect

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    It has been brought to our attention that your publication (10 October, page 95) used the term “formica” in a manner that could be interpreted to mean decorative plastic laminates in general.

  • Comment

    A game of risk

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Confidence in the construction sector is at rock bottom. What construction firms badly need is a scheme that eliminates most of the risk associated with doing business.