All Letters articles – Page 53

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

  • Comment

    Build on the green belt

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    I think it makes sense to build on some green-belt land.

  • Comment

    Leave it alone

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    ڶ on green-belt land is not sensible.

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    A little respect

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

    After more than 30 years in building control, I feel a little unappreciated by recent views on whether the regulations work. I believe, and have told government departments, that we should have a simpler set of regulations and approved documents for domestic work.

  • Comment

    A time for heroes

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

    It was interesting to read your article on leadership (28 September, page 54) as it is an area the industry needs to take more seriously.

  • Comment

    Get your own house in order

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

    How can a government department that was widely criticised for the way it introduced Part L a year ago suddenly chastise building control so vehemently (5 October, page 42)?

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

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

  • But they do do very reasonably priced electrical goods …
    Comment

    A matter of conscience

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

    It surprised me to find an article recommending that materials should be sourced from China, a country that doesn’t recognise human rights (remember the students’ protest in Tiananmen Square?) and that is buying illegally forested timber from Malaysia, leaving it struggling to sustain its natural diversity (12 October, page 14).

  • Comment

    The painful birth of Part L

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

    I am not sure the enforcement of Part L is as poor as is often claimed.

  • Comment

    Apples and pears

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The table comparing the government’s housing target with NHBC completions (5 October 2007, page 32) is misleading.

  • Comment

    No time to waste

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    I have discovered that many in the building profession have been too busy to study the Code of Sustainable Homes, but to my horror I find that it is being considered as a legal obligation.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

  • Comment

    Can’t you control yourself?

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Your interesting article on self-certification (5 October, page 41) raised the question of whether the UK construction industry was efficient enough to take on self-certification?

  • Dams, wind farms, solar generators and biomass could be combined in a single network stretching from Norway to Saudi Arabia …
    Comment

    Energy: the big picture

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Bill Watts is right to say putting renewable energy devices on buildings may be a poor investment, but I feel he does not go far enough (24 August, page 32).

  • Comment

    Water: the big picture

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Further to David Lush’s column (28 September, page 36), a grid, or regional grids, is part of the answer to water shortages, but only after two basic problems are corrected.

  • Comment

    Short and simple

    2007-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham (“KISS and tell”, 14 September, page 56) may like to know there is a subcontract that meets his requirements – one for which he and ڶ are partly responsible.

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    Sauce for the goose

    2007-10-12T00:00:00Z

    It was with interest that I read that the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) says it will not be using retentions in its contracts, but has stopped short of banning them along the supply chain.

  • Comment

    Theyve never had it so good

    2007-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Peter Whitbread’s letter questions society’s over-reliance on academic success in preparing the construction workforce of tomorrow (14 September, page 34). I am pleased to say that, in fact, the choice of qualifications now available leaves young people better prepared than ever before.

  • Comment

    Not so excellent?

    2007-10-12T00:00:00Z

    I have just read your article on BREEAM (21 September, page 14) and feel compelled to write to you.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-10-12T00:00:00Z

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