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Point taken, but …
I would like to thank Mr Merricks for taking the trouble to reply to my column (27 June, page 34).
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We're still learning
In response to the claim that project managers are not adequately trained (4 July, page 11), I would like to point out that the RICS has created the Project Management Faculty as part of its Agenda for Change.
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Margins schmargins
The writer of No leftovers (18 July, page 30) appears to be confused in comparing the margins in contracting with the margins obtained in the manufacturing industry.
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A fan of John Prescott
Our Romanian carpenter was overjoyed to get a mention in letters (What do you expect?, 11 July, page 32) and has taken to reading Building on a regular basis.
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A catch-25 situation
My work requires me to inspect commercial and industrial buildings, and to arrange for their maintenance.
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Problems can and will happen
The article "Whatever happened to Peabody's prefab?" (18 July, page 15) said that high winds and proximity to railway lines contributed to the delayed completion. This is not true.
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What we're all about
What distinguished professionals from tradesmen was their assumption of social superiority backed up by guaranteed fee rates. Now those have gone, what's left?
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FeaturesMay the best house win
For decades, timber frame has been reigning British champion of modular housing systems. Now a contender has emerged, and an enterprising housebuilder decided to arrange a contest between the two. We report from the ringside in Sompting, Sussex.
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FeaturesWhy are we so fascinating?
Prime time slots are crowded with foppish designers, avuncular engineers, opinionated architects and diabolical builders. We find out what the attraction is, what the programmes are like, how they've changed the perception of building – and how you, too, can get your phizog on the box.
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FeaturesTV Reviews
Building's critic-in-residence reviews a typical week's assortment of built environment programming
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FeaturesRichard and judy's favourite engineer
John Roberts is operating board director of engineer Babtie Group and a media tart.
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FeaturesPoor old you
More and more firms are reacting to deficits in their pension funds by, in effect, slashing their staff's retirement income. They say they are staving off financial disaster; others claim it is a grotesque rip-off. We investigate a deepening crisis.
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News20 years after World in Action, Barratt goes back into prefab
Housebuilder plans off-site manufacturing plant two decades after documentary killed demand for timber frame.
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AI profit hit by levy
Pre-tax profit at material and contracting group Aggregate Industries has been hit by the effect of the aggregates levy in the UK and bad weather in the USA.
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Carillion set to win contest for £1bn PFI hospital
Carillion has been named as preferred bidder for the £1bn Queen Alexandra hospital project in Portsmouth, one of the largest PFI hospital projects to be awarded.