All Letters articles – Page 47

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    The lesser of two evils

    2008-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Thank goodness for the common sense shown by Tony Bingham in drawing a clear distinction between bid rigging and cover pricing (16 May, page 64).

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    In the detail

    2008-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

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    A load of hot air

    2008-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The argument that spare office cooling capacity could be the solution for overheating on the London Underground (23 May, page 11) is fatally flawed.

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    Not like the nineties

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The £200m package to buy unsold homes proposed in the draft Queen’s Speech is the government taking money from housing associations (16 May, page 10).

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    Keeping them keen

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Staff retention is and has for a long time been a major issue in the construction industry.

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    John the Evangelist

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Your leader (9 May, page 3), coupled with Sir John Egan’s personal comments (page 32), rightfully acknowledge the progress that has been made in implementing some of the recommendations of Rethinking Construction.

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    In the detail

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    Treasury trove

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Your leader column (9 May, page 3) reports that the first year for gathering figures for projects completed on time was 2001.

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    New towns, same old story

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Like many others, I predict that the 15 eco-town proposals (11 April, page 30) will prove contentious.

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    Jeremy Hackett

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    I write to correct two facts included in your recent tribute to my late husband, Jeremy Hackett (25 April, page 14).

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    Bring on the managers

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    The recent article on the NEC by John Redmond (2 May, page 63) missed a trick.

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    Anglo-Saxon attitude

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    I am afraid Wayne Hemingway’s argument (9 May, pages 44-46) is very shallow and fails to justify why we need to destroy pretty areas of England to encourage yet more overpopulation.

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    In the detail

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    This week..

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    A lesson in value over cost

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    A 1,200 pupil school that costs £18.75m will (approximately)...

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    But can we trust clients?

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    I was very surprised, considering you are a journal for the building industry, how one-sided your coverage of the Office for Fair Trading investigation (25 April) seemed to be. The contractors are always in the wrong, while nobody else seems to be even involved.

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    A call for sense

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Following the story “Family of dead woman calls for carbon monoxide alarms” (25 April, page 23), if Barratt did use Corgi-registered installers then they should be contacted and the other work they’ve done checked.

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    Pump it up

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Your recent article on the Code for Sustainable Homes (18 April, page 52) makes a good point. There is indeed much confusion around the code and SAP ratings, mostly because, in important areas, the formulae used in SAP are based on historic data and are not up to date with ...

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    Talking ourselves into it

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The media hype around the looming recession merely serves to perpetuate the problem.

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    Shurely shome mishtake

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    I am led to understand that the glulam option (widely and imaginatively used around the world for swimming pool structures) for the roof structure of the aquatics centre has been rejected in favour of steel – on grounds of cost! Is this information accurate?

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    Extinguish your torch

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    How long can it be before the gas torch is banned from the flat-roofing industry?