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CommentAnd as for the waiters...
The dining situation in the new grandstand was not as good 鈥� the original was more private and special 鈥� and the waiters are not attentive.
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CommentAnd then she said...
黑洞社区 control surveyor Sarah Pearce captured this fascinating conversation on a domestic site in Leicestershire. It鈥檚 not the spot we鈥檇 choose for an intimate chat, unless they really are the confessions of a window cleaner...Email your 鈥渇avourite鈥� health and safety pictures to building@cmpi.biz. The sender of every published picture ...
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Wheres your Olympic spirit?
In the wake of the Wembley fiasco, fears have been raised that the London 2012 Olympics may run over time and budget.
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How to get recruitment right
It was interesting to see the comparison between gangmasters in the agricultural sector and those in construction (3 November, page 76).
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a 拢25 drinks voucher? This scheme has such a diversity of community uses, it even contains a theatre. But what is it?Email your answer to building@cmpi.biz First correct answer wins. The editor鈥檚 decision is final. No cash alternatives will be offered. No ...
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The killing bill
Again we have a member of the legal profession offering biased views on a political debate to make his life easier.
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Knock it down and start again
In regard to your recent article on Ascot (17 November, pages 28-30), the original royal enclosure lawn was 2m above the racetrack.
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More than zero
Anything we do to remain alive on this planet comes with a carbon burden. The use of renewable energy comes with a carbon burden 鈥� photovoltaic cells and wind generators for domestic energy production consume energy in being manufactured, resulting in carbon dioxide emissions 鈥� renewable energy is NOT 鈥渮ero鈥� ...
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A race-goer riled
I visited Royal Ascot in June and July (17 November). I like the building and think it was remarkable that it was completed in time for the meeting. However, there are some issues that need rectifying.
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CommentThe eternal quest for perfect reception
Simon Perry writes: 鈥淲hile on holiday in Belgium, the home of the European parliament, which hands down the vast quantities of health and safety regulations, I happened to notice this unique approach. I presume they were seeing how many regulations they could break!鈥�
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CommentDear landlord
Charles McDonald, the real estate manager at the Carbon Trust, is right to target landlords in the battle to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings (3 November). Landlord developers are escaping accountability. As a design-and-build contractor, we employ good architectural practices, good building services consultants, and front-line M&E subcontractors ...
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A little less conversation
I think the proposal from WWF, the green lobby group, to make zero-carbon development a condition of public funding is spot on (10 November, page 15). The government keeps stating that Britain is at the forefront of reducing global warming, but in reality we are still only talking about it. ...
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CommentPart C (for cats)
Further to your recent campaign concerning the 黑洞社区 Regulations I recently came across this on one of our sites.
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Bricks and blunders
I regularly drive past Grosvenor Waterside, the 鈥渂est private housing development鈥� in this year鈥檚 brick awards. Are you joking? Smart contemporary lines? It looks identical to the 鈥渂est commercial building鈥� shown next to it.
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Quality over quantity
Your editorial on 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future (3 November, page 3) got the wrong end of the stick. The real challenge for Tim Byles is not to deliver 3,500 schools or to spend 拢45bn; it is to find a way to marry quantity with quality.
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A lesson plan
What a sad story of waste and stupidity (3 November). In a week when our children are reported to be the worst in Europe, our government creates so much red tape that it costs a contractor 拢2m to be unsuccessful in bidding for 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future.
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CommentDon鈥檛 try this at home, kids
We鈥檙e doing wrong by our children all over the letters page this week. Andy Hopkins, a planning supervisor at BCHT Group, sent us this snap of devil-may-care window fitters in a Bradford school zone. Should do wonders for construction recruitment 鈥�