All Letters articles – Page 60

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    CSCS cards accepted here

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    As a card-carrying member of the CSCS fraternity, I was delighted to actually find a use for my black contract managers’ card recently: it is welcome as a form of identification when paying for goods by credit card in New York!

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    Lets talk about this

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    I have been interested to read the responses from quantity surveyors to my letter published in ڶ (23 March, page 34).

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    An unsupported industry

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    As a director of a renewable energy company, I am bemused by the lack of incentives for homeowners to use renewable energy.

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    Nurture green shoots

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    To truly commit to embracing renewable technology, the government needs to get the grants support system sorted out quickly.

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    End the Jurassic period

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Just when we thought the Jurassic period was over, another dinosaur rears its head! Does Michael Brown (23 March, page 34) not realise that the world has changed and that the skills of cost consultants and quantity surveyors have never been more in demand? The market wants effective management of ...

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    In the detail

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

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

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    QSs around the world

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    I was surprised to read Michael Brown’s letter about the QS shortage. He is factually incorrect and trapped in a bygone age.

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    Enough about ORourke

    2007-04-13T00:00:00Z

    As an informed client, am I the only person fed up with hearing how great Laing O’Rourke is and how inspirational Ray O’Rourke is?

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    A two-horse race

    2007-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Keen racegoers will know there’s a fundamental difference between Aintree and Ascot but your readers may be confused into thinking they are interchangeable following ڶ’s coverage of both in recent weeks. It’s time we marked the card.

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    Too much to do

    2007-04-05T00:00:00Z

    The article “Rogers pulls out of Olympic velopark”(16 March, page 12) was somewhat misleading. Although we decided not to go for this scheme, I reviewed the competition documents for the velopark and applaud the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for a clear and well-run competition structure.

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    Dont mess with a QS

    2007-04-05T00:00:00Z

    I write in response to the letter from Michael Brown of the CIOB (23 March).

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    In the detail

    2007-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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    A stab in the dark

    2007-04-05T00:00:00Z

    ڶ’s leader (23 March, page 3), while welcome, went nowhere near challenging the government’s apparent confidence in the latest cost estimates of the London Olympics.

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    Comment

    Nature 1, Technology 0

    2007-04-05T00:00:00Z

    While your article “Light Duties”, (16 March, page 84) included some good ideas, I was surprised that the simple idea of using deciduous trees didn’t even get a mention!

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    Flatpack living

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    The emperor’s new clothes comes to mind when viewing the Ikea flatpack homes.

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    The underbelly of construction

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    The government will never cut out fraudulent self-employment claims in construction. Most take place in the domestic market where CIS cards are not an issue.

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    Cash-in-hand culture

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Why does the construction industry always get hammered about tax avoidance?

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    Cashing in on the green pound

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    ڶ’s “green gurus” raised some timely points on the commercial reality of building sustainably (16 March). On the one hand, we recognise that this is a thriving industry with great potential; on the other, housing developers see upfront costs and little hope of recovering them.

  • Andrew Link confronted Michael Brown of the Chartered Institute of ڶ
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    CIOB is better than the rest

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    I was intrigued by the “head to head” with the Chartered Institute of ڶ (CIOB), but noted a few matters that weren’t addressed (16 March).

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    RICS fees aren’t ‘dirt cheap’

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    A great idea for new members of professional institutions to interview the leaders, but your interviewer of the future RICS president was too easily fobbed off with trite answers (9 March).