Opinion – Page 322
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Reasoning with the RICS
I note from last week’s issue (14 May, page 9) that you brought the QS Forum into what appears to be a growing row between the QS Professional Group within the RICS and the RICS itself. Your article asserts that the forum is set to hold “crunch talks” with RICS
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Save our stability
Preliminary statistics for the first quarter of 2010 show the number of Scottish construction firms becoming insolvent has doubled compared both with the last three months of 2009 and the same quarter last year
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Lack of meritocracy
I read with interest your article about work picking up in the South-east, particularly in the London region (building.co.uk, 20 May), but when I look at the range of jobs advertised, they appear to apply to surveyors or RICS-qualified people.I am wondering when I am going to get a job ...
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Crossrail solved
Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)
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CommentBuilding Answers: 04 June 2010
The Building Forum’s online discussion site includes a page where members can ask advice from fellow professionals. This latest is about non-payment.
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CommentPaul Everall: Change of plan?
We have a new government with its own ideas about building control. So, what do we know so far about Con/Lib plans for regulation, asks Paul Everall, and what could they mean for the industry?
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CommentDavid Strong: Mind the performance gap
Experience has shown that the carbon savings that are promised in design can fail to materialise in the finished building. The task we face now is to identify where we’re failing, find practical tools to help, and take responsibility for the outcome
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CommentBuilding control costs: Money matters
The new building control charging system is intended to give councils a chance to compete in the marketplace. Steve Evans explains what the new system is all about and what it means for the industry
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CommentNew government, new regs?
As in previous years, the flow of green legislation seems unstoppable. There is, however, a new government, which begs the question: “What is it going to do with the zero-carbon agenda that was the brainchild of the Labour government?”
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CommentHansom: Childminding
This week government officials babysit their ministers, architects make sure we mind our p’s and q’s, multibillion-pound rail projects scream and shout - and Building practises its keepie-uppies
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CommentWhat if everything we did was wrong?
For example, we use much more material than we need to keep a building up, and we follow codes that make absurd demands on design. Fortunately, there’s a simple remedy
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CommentWonders & blunders with Maxwell Hutchinson
Maxwell Hutchinson dreads the decline of a health centre in Islington, but is sickened by a trip down Farringdon Road
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Oh, grow up
Paul Morrell’s article (28 May, page 28) suggests he will be saying sensible things to the ministers he is advising
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CommentPassivhaus: the power of shared ideas
A road trip to Dresden reinforces the Passivhaus ethos – and provides an ego boost
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APC extras: Letters of intent
In the first of a new series for APC candidates we look at letters of intent - their purpose, scope and limitations
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Buyers' index once again suggests growth in construction, but for how long?
However good the CIPS headline figures, they offer little hope until the effects of public sector spending cuts are clear
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What the coalition means for health and safety
The Tory and Lib Dem’s election pledges on H&S issues differ widely, so what should the industry expect now?
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CommentMaking fonts appear clearly on building.co.uk
If our new-look website isn’t looking too hot, here are a couple of computer tweaks that could help…
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CommentThe HCA must survive
We’re living in anxious times. And if you’re in the social housing world, it’s as nerve-jangling as it gets
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CommentThe end of life as we know it
Waste in the building process makes us a costly place to build, but the deficit is a spur to act on this