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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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Features
‘400 sets of regulations’
Who will set definitive sustainability targets? Nobody really knows because there are many different rules – one imposed by the Building Regulations and the rest by local planners. The result is likely to be widespread confusion.
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A fresh twist on a modern classic
The library at the University of East Anglia represents the architecture of Sir Denys Lasdun at its unadulterated, domineering best. So how did Shepheard Epstein Hunter go about adding an extension to it 30 years on?
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FeaturesThe maverick
He’s proud to be a QS, he’s not afraid of enjoying himself and he doesn’t think every big practice should be an LLP. Mark Leftly met Richard Steer, senior partner of Gleeds, and found a leader in his prime.
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NewsMiliband plans to shift power to cities
Communities minister David Miliband is preparing to give city councils power over regional transport, planning, regeneration, economic development and other areas.
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Strength in numbers
The latest monthly figures from Experian Business Strategies reveal that activity in the construction industry is showing no sign of weakening – with the exception of the civil engineering sector …