All Letters articles – Page 80
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The appliance of science
Attending the Sustainability Awards organised by Building last month brought home to me that the age of sustainable buildings has finally arrived.
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Send the academics on site
Despite 30 years’ experience in building control, I no longer feel confident on site that what I am looking at achieves the requirements of the regulations; also, when asked for advice I don’t always have the answer straight away because the regulations have become too complicated.
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Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation
I was very pleased to be consulted for the article on disease risks to schoolchildren (4 November).
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More words of support …
It is becoming increasingly difficult for building control to keep up with changes...
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Support from The RICS
As chartered building control surveyors, we pride ourselves on being the first port of call for advice on how to satisfy the functional requirements of the regulations.
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Take some responsibility …
In her article “It’s not their job” (11 November), Ann Minogue has shot herself in the foot by stating: “But surely one-off clients, which make up most customers, cannot be blamed for what happens on site?
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Jestico’s first
For the record, YRM was not the first architect to transform itself into a not-for-profit trust (4 November).
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A problem doubled
As the old saying goes, a problem shared is a problem halved. Peter Rees’ article “Double Your Risk” (4 November), explaining how more than one employer can be liable for the acts of employees, seems to demonstrate a more realistic scenario: a problem shared is two people with a problem.
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Big problem for small firms
There will, I’m sure, be a schemes where the budget allows the hiring of consultants to provide comliant designs, but these will be few and far between.
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Alexander grates
I having just read Gus Alexander’s article “A Waste of Energy” (28 October), and it’s had a fundamental effect on my view of the way we go about construction in the UK.
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CommentIt’s about to get messy …
Our thanks to Mike Gosling for this fine example of British improvisation.
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Style, not substance
The most recent changes to the Building Regulations are being made in direct responses to the government’s commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, as set out in the Kyoto agreements, which most of the construction industry readily accepts as “the right thing to do”.
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A shared vision
Over the past 12 months, Building has consistently reported the views of anonymous sources in connection with the relationship between CSCS and CITB-ConstructionSkills.
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A question of trusts
Following the release of the education white paper, it appears that the government is indeed serious about education.
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Wouldn’t it be nice …
Wouldn’t it be nice if the proposal for the Euston site (14 October) included the rebuilding of the Euston Arch, demolished 40 years ago for no good reason whatsoever.
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Change is on its way …
The UK building industry should not be surprised by the introduction of the 2006 Part L. The European Union’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was published as far back as 2002, and over the past three years a series of consultations and draft regulations have been published.The revised Part L ...