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FeaturesMr Conservative
Linford Group chairman David Linford is taking drastic action to help plug the heritage skills gap, such as building a new training centre, swapping workers with firms abroad – and even recruiting in primary schools.
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FeaturesGo get 'em, tiger
Kim Gregory of TSO Consulting explains why more and more high flyers are getting professional coaches to help them stretch their wings
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FeaturesCrisp and complex
A cuboid visitors centre in an Austrian vineyard bottles 900 years of tradition for slurping, sloshing wine bibbers.
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FeaturesSpecialist contractor Awards 2003
The first-ever gathering of specialists took place in London last week to recognise the construction industry's crack firms. Here's some of the highlights
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Features'There were times when I was really scared …'
You'd think the construction industry would be desperate to find bright young students. In fact, it seems to go out of its way to put them off. We went back to college for some hard lessons.
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Why retentions are good …
To counter Tony Bingham's argument in "Ask the aspidistra" (31 October, page 50), here are a few words in support of retentions:
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Stop bashing the subbies
As an ex-specialist subcontractor, now practising project planning and delay analysis, I wanted to thank Tony Bingham for his article on subcontractors' delivery (24 October, page 61).
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Gis' a job
A suggestion to the powers-that-be at the Health and Safety Executive, regarding an untapped "eyes and ears" resource (10 October, page 11, and 24 October, page 43).
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A (credulous) reader writes
Congratulations on your review with 50 great ways to improve the industry (24 October, pages 42-49).
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No need for pre-nups …
Regarding "Eat your heart out, J-Lo" by Luke Wessley (31 October, page 35): With certain contractors or subcontractors a pre-nuptial agreement is a must – but there is a way round this.
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… and what about quality?
I see that Luke Wessely takes issue with lawyers who "focus on whether you used the specified number and type of fixings" rather than "whether you've done a good job". Isn't a check against specification a right and proper measure of how good a job is?
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I just have to say it
I will fall into the elephant trap set by your anonymous correspondent regarding the "tired debate over the RICS" (Letters, 24 October, page 36) and comment that he is either completely clueless as to what a quantity surveyor does or he is a disillusioned QS with very poor training.
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By Jove, I think you've got it!
Reading your front cover on 24 October, showing on-site babies with hods, I asked myself: What hare-brained schemes are they going to promote this time?
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Liverpool plans compulsory safety reps
A Liverpool city councillor wants to use the planning process to introduce compulsory roving safety reps on sites across the city.
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NewsThe tide turns on the Tyne
Architect RyderHKS is the designer for a proposed £200m regeneration project in South Shields. The 47,500 m2 riverside scheme, under consideration by South Tyneside council, includes a marina, riverside promenade, housing, restaurants, shops, offices and a four-star hotel. The developer is Branmore Investments and the consultant is Connell Mott MacDonald.
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Lessons in sight and sound
Bexley Business Academy is a radical new school that will change the way education buildings are designed in the UK.
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FeaturesQuiet at the back please
Foster and Partners' Bexley Business Academy encourages integration through its transparent, open-plan, triple-height design. But how do you stop the noise disturbing other classes – and comply with acoustic rules? We listened in on a lesson