All Letters articles – Page 77

  • This war memorial is in a central location in a British town. But what is the building behind it?
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    In the detail

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    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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    Building unfair to Mowlem

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    I would like to express my distaste at your depiction of Mowlem staff versus those of Carillion on the cover and feature in Building dated 3 March.

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    Bingham back at school

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham's typically tongue-in-cheek "nursery school" article, (3 March) was in fact a serious commentary on the recent all-day conference held by the DTI to try to repair some holes in the otherwise successful adjudication provisions, now some eight years old. There were 150 industry "all sorts" invited to inform ...

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    Lighten up, Alex

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    After Alex Brett's letter last week (3 March "My bloody Valentine"), I can't wait to hear his reaction to the "How to survive an office romance" article featured in the same issue.

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    Nothing standard about it

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Retentions have been a hot topic in the construction industry for a number of years.

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    Thai twiglets

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Our thanks to Mike Catterall of Adams Johns Kennard for this photo demonstrating precarious south-east Asian improvisation.

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    New tricks

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    You will no doubt receive countless letters on the subject of Wembley.

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    Get ready for L

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Here’s a building that bulges out at the top, but the bulge contains nothing but fresh air. So what is the building?
    Comment

    In the detail

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    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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    Delays and frustration

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    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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    Great minds, crap trousers

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Last week's provocative Building cover, featuring star architects Toyo Ito and Massimiliano Fuksas, posed an intriguing question.

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    CIBSE cleans up

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    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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    Cheque, mate

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    In February 2004 I had a £100 bet with Dennis Lenard, the then new chief executive of Constructing Excellence.

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    Un point

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Following on from your piece on the Europan housing design competition (17 February), I thought you'd be interested to hear from us as we have direct experience of the whole "Eurovision" effect.

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    A plan submitted

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    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?

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    Name and shame

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Amber Fort near Jaipur in India last year.
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    Dynamic tension …

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    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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    Defending the estate

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    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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    The dangers of playing safe

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    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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    A telling comparison

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The bottom line of an editorial in the Daily Telegraph on 4 February asserted that the Healh and Safety Executive should be closed down.