All Letters articles – Page 77
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The land of smiles and mass protest
An extract from Building journalist Nick Jones' Bangkok blog …
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Pack it in
I fully agree with David Brown's comments on the home information packs. Nick Raynsford's thinking, along with the government's in general, is flawed in respect of this legislation.
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Watch where you're pointing that
Building's last "At your service" set of legal questions and answers (3 March) very helpfully summarised changes in the JCT98 standard form.
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Cheque, mate
In February 2004 I had a £100 bet with Dennis Lenard, the then new chief executive of Constructing Excellence.
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CIBSE cleans up
The article by Jennie Price "The climate has changed" (17 February, page 40) was a clarion call for building services professionals.
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Great minds, crap trousers
Last week's provocative Building cover, featuring star architects Toyo Ito and Massimiliano Fuksas, posed an intriguing question.
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Delays and frustration
I am disappointed that Nick Lane believes that the Society of Construction Law's delay and disruption protocol recommends one technique in all circumstances - time impact analysis (17 February).
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a bottle of Quinto do Vale D.Maria 1999 gold medal-winning port and a £25 drinks voucher, courtesy of door manufacturer Vicaima?
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Get ready for L
Now the transitional arrangements for 2006 Part L have been confirmed by the ODPM, the industry is in a much better position to address how it adopts these regulations.
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CommentThai twiglets
Our thanks to Mike Catterall of Adams Johns Kennard for this photo demonstrating precarious south-east Asian improvisation.
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Building meets Hello!
I was disappointed to read your Valentines Day article about couples who met on site (10 February).
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A telling comparison
The bottom line of an editorial in the Daily Telegraph on 4 February asserted that the Healh and Safety Executive should be closed down.
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The dangers of playing safe
Your industry debate on off-site manufacturing (17 February) appears to miss a key member of the team in the delivery of any off-site solution.
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Defending the estate
I would like to compliment you on the article entitled "No more messing about in boats" (17 February), which I found most entertaining.
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CommentDynamic tension …
Our thanks to Martin Thorp of Thorp Consultancy in Edenbridge, Kent, for this photo, taken at the Amber Fort near Jaipur in India last year.
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Name and shame
I can understand why you elicit pictures from the readership on safety blunders. The humour makes light reading. Sadly these real-life events often go unreported - at great cost to workers and their families.
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A plan submitted
There seems to be much debate and difference of opinion about how to claw back excess profits as a result of granting planning permission (17 February). Is a strategy based on the following a possibility?