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CommentDrop the dead duck
A collapsed roof at a superstore started a chain of events that demonstrates the foolishness of risking indemnity costs when a claim looks certain to fail
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On the record
A High Court decision to allow the media access to pleadings in Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge before the case went to trial has implications for all court users
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After the endgame
In the leader column in today’s issue of Building (28 October) you say: “Without a doubt energy is the most important problem we face as an industry and a society.” None of your readers, unless they had some kind of axe to grind, could disagree with the points you make. ...
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It’s too late to be reasonable
You are absolutely right that “if construction is to deliver, it needs the rules spilling out of Whitehall to follow the three Cs: they must be clear, concise and consistent” (leader).
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The right mix
Your interview with the energy minister Malcolm Wicks (28 October) reinforced the view that we should move away from much of the current media debate on which energy source is “best” – a debate somewhat hijacked by nuclear energy.
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An economic argument
You are trying to have it both ways: our industry moaning about energy price rises while pressing the government to make us more “sustainable”.
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More fuel to the fire
I read with interest the features on energy in this week’s issue. Of particular interest was the article “Homeowners want cheaper bills not greener measures” (page 23).
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L’s grannies
Images of little old ladies controlling their central heating by getting to grips with chapter 11 of the CIBSE Energy Efficiency Guide have faded away.
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Why the long face?
Was I the only one cheered up by all your dire warnings of a future without hydrocarbons, uranium, cars and so on?
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The lesson of Leeds
Your lead story on the CASPAR housing scheme in Leeds (28 October) illustrates perfectly the folly of the prescriptive approach to specifying how houses and flats should be built.
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Mall mauling
I am compelled to comment on the latest addition to the infamous Arndale Centre by Chapman Taylor (21 October).
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Mining other rich seams
I am writing in reponse to Malcolm Taylor’s etter on the Woodhorn Colliery in Northumberland (9 September).
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Help for Gus
Of course the answer to Gus Alexander’s problem with the lowest price tender (28 October) would be for the client to employ a quantity surveyor at the outset of the project.
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FeaturesThe year of the carrot
In 2005 executives have enjoyed unprecedented bonus packages, as companies search for ways of getting peak performances from their upper echelon, according to the Building/Hays Executive salary guide. But they’re also making them harder to collect …
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Features‘It’s important to look to yourself and what you believe in’
HLM’s Chris Liddle has put his house on the line to save his architectural business. Twice.
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorSouth-east contractor Diamond Build has employed six apprentices. Stephen Boniface is taking an Advanced Modern Apprenticeship in ICT, Scott Lovell, Ferdi Ahmet and Dean Keys are apprentice carpenters and joiners, Mark Lawrence is an apprentice plumber and Bruno Peixoto and Mukarramma Mason-Williamson are undertaking apprenticeships in painting and decorating.ConsultantsInternational quantity ...
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