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Let control take control
Your leader column (24 July, page 3) illustrates both the increasing complexity of trying to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and the growing potential role for building control in ensuring that this is done
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As a matter of tax
As somebody who has spent 47 years in the industry, with every penny earned being subject to PAYE, I think we are missing a fundamental point in this debate (24 July, page 9)
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CommentWe have a problem
It’s interesting that you have a health and safety blunders section highlighting, visually, people doing crazy things that put their and others lives in danger
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Flaws in Murphys law
I welcome Jim Murphy’s proposals to create almost 3,000 jobs for young unemployed people across Scotland through the Future Jobs Forum – including in hard-hit sectors such as construction
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Exaggerated defects
John Hughes D’Aeth (24 July, page 48) makes some valid claims about the value of latent defects insurance (LDI) but says it is no replacement for collateral warranties
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Its a mystery
I was interested to read the letter from James Preston-Hood (July 24, page 29) regarding the plethora of safety assessment schemes
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Positive thinking
With regards to the article “New zero-carbon definition cuts cost of home by £11k” (24 July, page 13)
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CommentWoolwich bridge: Crossings out
The Thames Gateway is being stymied by the lack of a bridge downriver of Woolwich. So, asks Nick Raynsford, why does the present mayor of London have no plans to build one?
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FeaturesIs there any such thing as a good framework?
BAA’s decision to abandon framework agreements has led many to fear that other major clients will follow suit. No bad thing, says Stan Hornagold (above right), while Don Ward (above left) couldn’t disagree more …
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FeaturesComplying with Part L: A question of cuts
L is for … Some building types need to shave their carbon emissions a lot. Others, less so. Yet the regulations say they all have to improve by 25%. The last in our series on Part L examines a proposal to fix this anomaly
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FeaturesRefurbishment funding: A long way from home
Assessing the once mighty £21bn Decent Homes programme’s past achievements, and its increasingly uncertain future
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Bovis lands £30m Tate Britain job
Bovis Lend Lease has won a high-profile tussle with Mace to land the £30m construction management contract to “transform” the Tate Britain gallery
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Latest construction appointments - 7 August 2009
Architect HKS has announced that Alan Palmer and Francis Gallagher have been appointed principals of its UK business
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Corby ruling could lead to fresh claims
Lawyers have warned developers they are open to a huge new area of liability following a judge’s ruling last week that reclamation works were to blame for birth defects in 17 children
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NewsTypical summer
This structure, the Black Cloud, was built in a day by a team of volunteers in Bristol’s Victoria Park
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Course scrapped after ConstructionSkills delays
A course for construction apprentices that was set to open this autumn has been cancelled, following delays at accreditation body ConstructionSkills
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Blacklist firms face prosecution if data is used again
Balfour Beatty, Kier and Shepherd are among 14 firms that have been served with enforcement notices following their involvement in the construction blacklist uncovered in March
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‘Farcical’ leisure design contest down to two firms
Feilden Clegg Bradley and Wilkinson Eyre are the last two architects competing to design a landmark leisure centre in West Suusex that had its budget slashed by £7m at the last minute
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NewsSt Luke’s eco gospel
St Luke’s CE primary school in Wolverhampton this week claimed to become the first school to receive a BREEAM “excellent” rating