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  • Hansom
    Comment

    Looking for love

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Fun-loving 203 year old seeks like-minded construction professionals, crowd-surfing architects or OGC officials (with GSOH) for free drinks, indiscreet gossip and maybe more …

  • Comment

    Marginal utility

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    In reference to your feature on utilities (13 October) we have been developing a scheme at Ashton Moss, east Manchester, over the past seven years.

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    Human

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Your analysis of the worsening situation regarding the performance of utility companies has highlighted a problem that has had me cringing for years.

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    Unforeseen changes

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    A problem emerged with your announcement that the DCLG had withdrawn Part F guidance on the installation of trickle ventilators in replacement windows (6 October).

  • Comment

    Price check

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    On 22 September, I wrote an article about the cost of photovoltaic systems. Ian Butters then wrote a letter on 6 October that argued that increases in electricity prices would mean a reduced net present value for photovoltaic systems. However, as the cost table only appraises, and does not compare ...

  • Honda Fireblade: not to Michael’s speed
    Comment

    Fast and stylish

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    I must strongly disagree with your comparison of Michael Thirkettle of McBains Cooper to a Honda Fireblade motorcycle. Firstly Honda is no longer the market leader – Yamaha and Kawasaki are equally strong brands.

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    Going the extra distance

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Thanks to Bruce McAra for this picture taken in Birmingham. He writes: “One for the album. This man appears to have forgotten where his ladder is, and it’s quite a journey back to the bucket.”

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Jon Snow
    Features

    A man of principle

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Broadcaster Jon Snow may be better known for his loud ties than his knowledge of architecture and sustainability, but that is what he will be speaking about at the RIBA conference in Venice this weekend. Vikki Miller met the man who had a say in the commissioning of the Tate ...

  • Comment

    A question of form

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The RICS Contracts in Use Survey, published earlier this month, revealed some interesting and surprising trends – not least the increased take-up of the NEC form

  • Comment

    Why third-party rights don’t work

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    STATE YOUR CASE — The JCT2005 contract caused a stir with its third-party rights schedule. But, says Jeff Brown, there are so many problems with it that collateral warranties remain as popular as they ever were

  • Mark Prisk
    Features

    Stepping out of the shadows

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Mark Prisk’s pledge to overhaul the regs has shed some light on the Tory agenda

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    Off to a trying start …

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The stadium is the subject of a row before its design is even begun and the client’s chairman has departed in mysterious circumstances … Vikki Miller reports on the difficult early days of the London Olympics

  • News

    F+G to advise Welsh assembly on health spend

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Faithful + Gould (F+G) has been appointed national cost adviser to the Welsh Health Estates and the National Assembly for Wales for the next four years.

  • News

    Life’s a beach – unless you win

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Tarek Merlin, a columnist and member of the Building graduate editorial board panel, has won a competition to build a beach hut in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.

  • Features

    Appointments

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    People moving up the career ladder this week …

  • News

    On the right lines

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Halpern Architects has been granted planning permission for this mixed-use development in Cambridge.

  • Features

    This is madness

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    On the average job, contractors happily chuck away enough recyclable material to triple their profit. But not for much longer, if the DTI, environmental responsibility and economic sanity have any bearing on the matter.

  • Jon Rouse
    Comment

    Our sound suburbs

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The humble burbs are a vital part of our national life and deserve to be planned accordingly. Just don’t expect those who have benefited most from their safe, nurturing communities to stop grumbling …

  • Jeeves and Wooster: Markus Braun (left) and Andrew Pears set out on their mission to inform – and feed
    Features

    Moving message

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Pears’ Cafe Van tours sites spreading the sustainable construction word with toasted sandwiches and tea