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The value of conflict 鈥�
Peter Rogers鈥� argument for one professional institute to replace all the existing bodies (24 September, page 24) is a step too far 鈥� too radical for the 鈥渟ilo mentality鈥� of the individual professions (the unhappily accurate words of your perceptive leader that week, page 3). But perhaps more importantly, the ...
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BIW response
Your article 鈥淚nland Revenue probes IT provider BIW鈥�, (24 September, page 14) is, in our view, sensationalist and potentially misleading.
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Arup鈥檚 cunning plan
Arup Major Projects鈥� case studies (17 September, page 48) are good examples of programme management and Arup is undoubtedly adept at this.
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Getting the wind-up
There are less catastrophic, but just as effective, methods of securing payment than resorting to a winding-up petition (13 August, page 34; Letters, 17 September, page 32).
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Transatlantic drift
The neat substitution of 鈥淯SA鈥� for 鈥淯K鈥� in a quote attributed to me (鈥淎rchitect quits over troubled Nato project鈥�, 10 September, page 10) certainly makes for more titillating and incendiary copy than the facts.
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Doorstepping
We has swapped the hurly-burly of management at Berkeley Homes for the post of managing director at Silver Homes, a privately owned housebuilder developing just 20-50 upmarket homes a year in Sussex, Surrey and Kent
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Delayed reaction
The letter from Peter Atherton regarding the lack of skilled labour (3 September, page 35) brings to mind some information I read in Peter Nicholson鈥檚 Encyclopedia of Architecture.
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Wriggling-out petitions
I read Nick Lane鈥檚 article 鈥淒on鈥檛 fall for Redmond鈥檚 wind-up鈥� (3 September, page 52) with great interest and learned a lot from his hints to main contractors on how to avoid the consequences of receiving a statutory demand or winding-up petition.
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What the deuce 鈥�?
We would like to clarify that Capita Symonds is the lead structural engineering as well as civil engineering consultant for the Wimbledon Centre Court project (3 September, page 16).
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Cyclists are normal 鈥� honest!
The introduction to your article about elevated composite cycle lanes (27 August, page 50) was a bit over the top, even for late August. Cycling in London is not only for the superhuman.
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CABE convinced
Your coverage of the CABE review of Birmingham鈥檚 new PFI hospital (27 August, page 13) is a distortion of the tone of its report.
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It鈥檚 all in the regs
What is set out in the article by Paul Morrell on the Scottish parliament building (3 September, page 40), albeit in different words, is nothing less than the need to comply with the CDM Regulations.
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Our man of many words
Further to Jonathan Meades article on five great architects you鈥檝e never heard of, could I suggest George Edward Tonge, who designed Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, and CE Mallows who came up with Tirley Garth in Willington, Cheshire. And could someone enquire of Mr Meades what on earth 鈥渇arniente鈥� ...
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Iron will
Davis Langdon鈥檚 article on the costs of metal roofing (Specifier, July, page 13) missed an important point.While it is true that base metal prices vary, data from the 黑洞社区 Cost Information Service shows that an increase in roofing cost of 拢1/m2 adds only about 0.1% to overall building cost. This ...
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The fender defence
I was interested to read that signature architect Ken Yeang has proposed the construction of two 40-storey towers to developer St Modwen at the Elephant & Castle shopping centre in south London (30 July, page 9).
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Curry鈥檚 scary stuff
David Curry鈥檚 article scrutinising the government鈥檚 thinking on the future of council housing (13 August, page 39) was one of the most frightening I have ever read in 黑洞社区.
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Sorry, sir
I was fascinated by your diary item 鈥淭he Kingsdale experiment鈥� (9 July, page 27).
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Poundbury rules
You mention Poundbury in connection with the new commuter village of Cambourne near Cambridge (13 August, page 36). Both are faced with potential expansion way beyond the original plans.
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Peter the portly puss
Your readers may be interested to know that Peter Lobban, the chief executive of the Construction Industry Training Board has a salary of 拢214,775.