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An eye to the future
I would like to point out that the South Bank Centre is not seeking to increase the rent for the BA London Eye from 拢65,000 to 拢2.5m as stated in your issue of 2 September (page 15 - see related articles). The South Bank Centre and Bromley council, which has ...
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Why can鈥檛 we be more German?
The article on logistics in the UK is timely. If our recent experience as a small firm of architects is anything to go by, our German cousins beat us hands down. We needed eight 250 kg L-shaped pre-cast concrete units for a client near the M25 and found that British ...
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鈥� Or how about a 拢500 answer?
We are a small company with a turnover of 拢1m and have worked successfully with small and major contractors. In all cases 100% of funds are released on completion of our works.
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Sanitising history
I see you have featured yet another sanitisation of England鈥檚 disappearing industrial heritage (Woodhorn Colliery, 26 August, page 10).
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A deep-sea red herring
The Guardian recently published a letter from James Abbott, editor of Modern Railways, responding to an article on construction that it published on 30 June.
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Leave law to the lawyers 鈥�
In a recent article, Tony Bingham endorses the initiative to raise the standards of adjudicators by teaching them complex areas of construction law (12 August: Legal).
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鈥� or is it too late?
As Tony has so well described over the past eight years or so, the original idea of the adjudicator being only an enhanced QS/architect/engineer has really gone by the board and there is now a requirement for a proficient handling of matters of law while under pressure.
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We stand corrected
Your 鈥淚n brief鈥� column (12 August) incorrectly reports a fatality on a Kier Regional site in Kensington during 2004.
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Bucks redux
I wrote on 12 August that the competition brief for the 拢60,000 house contest was prescriptive.
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Symptoms of a soft market
It would appear from your comprehensive report 鈥淐rime and punishment鈥� (5 August) that the Office of Fair Trading has only recently become aware of collusion in the building industry.
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A chance to catch up
I have been heartened by 黑洞社区鈥檚 coverage of the introduction of measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from buildings.
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黑洞社区 gets Loaded
Bearing in mind the raging debate in recent weeks regarding the role and perception of women in construction, it was interesting to see in Hansom (5 August) news that wouldn鈥檛 have been out of place in a copy of Loaded: women were referred to as 鈥渕unters鈥� and you reported the ...
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Shurely shome mishtake
I read with interest your article on 15 July regarding the costs for the Olympics (page 24). Can you please tell me, did you make a mistake?
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CommentMaster of shadows
The answer to the competition on 22 July was David Hindle, then managing director of Amey 黑洞社区, taken in 1992. The winner was Eddie Hume of Kier Group. It seems that what Mr Hindle was doing in the photograph was 鈥渂eing a phoenix鈥�.
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A message from the judges 鈥�
Your piece last week on the 拢60,000 house (5 August, page 13) misrepresents both the reality of the competition and CABE鈥檚 position. It is based on an unverified quote and a good deal of inaccurate speculation 鈥� for example there were 30 submissions, not 33, and the shortlist comprised nine ...
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鈥� and an interested party
As one of the architects involved in this competition, I am surprised there can be any criticism of the design from anybody. The time provided by the ODPM, despite being extended by two weeks, was extremely tight. The brief for the Oxley Park site, produced by English Partnerships, was extremely ...
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Sorry, David
Having read the article regarding the proposed hotel at Brooklands racing circuit (29 July, page 9), I鈥檓 not sure David Coulthard would be thrilled to be described as a 鈥渇ormer Formula 1 driver鈥�, as he was racing in Hungary for Red Bull last Sunday, and has just re-signed with the ...
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Wrong, wrong, wrong
It is misleading and inaccurate to say that Acton Housing Association, part of the Dominion Housing Group, has 鈥渢he worst record for spending鈥�.