All Letters articles – Page 17

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    Welcome to Cheapsville

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the story Shapps calls for end to “Legoland” homes, (9 March, www.building.co.uk) it is the planners who are failing in their duty to ensure appropriate local design.

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    You only live twice

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Painting large areas can get tedious, so these two workers have decided to do it in true 007 style – teetering on a tiny ledge and leaning precariously over a drop.

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    Inbox: Perfect Casting

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    This week, readers assign leading roles to the overlooked Construction Industry Council; adjudicators experienced in the art of delay and disruption disputes; and architects with business nous

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    Ode to Quentin

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Your satirical feature, The Trials of Quentin Shears continues to be the first thing I turn to in your magazine, as it is so witty and well observed.

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    It's snow joke

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    What a delicious juxtaposition in the 18 February news pages

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    Don't pass the buck

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the article, “Can subbies survive on less?” (18 February, page 20) I believe that there are significant sums that can be taken off construction project costs

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    Water works

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    In your article about the new station over the river at Blackfriars (28 January, page 44), you refer to the role of the PLA in making the use of the river a possibility for moving materials to and from the site.

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    Let's not be hasty

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Unfortunately the knee-jerk reaction to a crisis described in “Rok and Connaught force repairs in-house” (11 February, page 12), is typical of housing associations, and is driving the provision of an in-house repairs team.

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    Use your common sense

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    I found Alan Harris’ concerns that adjudicators rarely seek advice from specialists on matters of law or programming interesting (11 February, page 25).

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    Keep the receipts

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    If the government is concerned that they are overpaying for the services supplied by major contractors (building.co.uk, 9 February), a good start would be to investigate the legality of the bulk order discounts that are obtained from suppliers.

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    Stranger than fiction

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    I write regarding your piece on architects in film, (28 January, page 34). It was entertaining but, being limited only to American architects, remained firmly in fantasyland

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    Credit where it's due

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Your leading article on the rebuilding of Blackfriars station (28 January, page 44), was both interesting and informative.

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    Budget for buildings

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish budget deal agreed by MSPs this week is not the budget for recovery that the building industry has been crying out for

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    Legal dispute

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    It is interesting to read Ann Minogue’s “Can we be of any assistance?” (21 January, page 49). Minogue picks up on the point that adjudicators rarely appoint lawyers to advise on the law.

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    Designed to fail

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Rudi Klein (28 January, page 53) writes about the problems caused by a lack of risk management during the design process. Could such problems have also been compounded by the apparent demise of the bill of quantities?

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    Bad behaviour

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    It’s stories like the one about Apollo undercutting its rivals (28 January, page 10) that have the clients running to secure partnering frameworks with contractors instead

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    Do the maths

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the suggestion that schools should have a longer day to save space (28 January, page 9), most secondary schools already have to offer sessional lunch breaks in order to accommodate all pupils into the hall

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    Back on track

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    I don’t think that Building gives enough weight to the personal commitment of Lord Coe to provide an athletics venue at the heart of the East End (Building blog, 25 January)

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    Protect our assets

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    There is much comment and debate at present about the actions and spending of state-owned banks but should our attention now turn to the councils who are selling off their property assets to balance their books?

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    A little consideration please

    2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

    When the construction industry is losing staff left, right and centre, including Turner &Townsend, I find Robert Deatker’s comments (14 January, page 30) on his “favourite restaurant in Barbados” and his “favourite meal of clams and linguine”, to be crass, affected and insensitive. I couldn’t bring myself to read the ...