Opinion – Page 339
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CommentHansom: Memento mori
The end can come when you least expect it: in a foul-mouthed phone call, predicted by a financial analyst, caught at short square leg, or when a small alpine town starts planning your funeral
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CommentDavid Whysall: Why we need Generation Y
To win the battles of the future, we need to enlist the impatient and energetic youngsters of ‘Generation Y’ as quickly as possible – regardless of the recession
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CommentElephants should not be grey
The Strata tower (9 April, page 38) is as bold as it is ingenious
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Fun in the sun
I saw redundancy coming (“Have you been made redundant?” 8 April, building.co.uk) and went where my talents would be appreciated
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Short-sighted vision
The assertion by Homes for Scotland that energy-saving regulations will add £8,000 to the cost of new homes is myopic nonsense (“Green guidelines could threaten Scottish housebuilding”, 8 April, building.co.uk)
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After the fire
We are once again faced with deaths as a result of a fire in a tower block as James Shears and Alan Bannon tragically died in the fire in Shirley Towers in Southampton
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The whole truth
The last paragraph of this article (“Bowmer & Kirkland pays out first £10m salary”, 1 April, page 10) is slightly misleading
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Save the trees
I fail to see how you can propose the use of timber as a sustainable material (“How green is your brand?”, 12 April, building.co.uk). It takes many years for a tree to grow, unless it is of a pine variety
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Making a Case for Health and Safety
The IOSH Conference in Glasgow discussed the topic of making a case for health and safety, increasing positive communication and helping H, S and E professionals to do their jobs without obstruction or prejudice.This got me thinking ….Imagine the sceneYou’re sat in a small bar with live comedy. The room ...
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High time: topping out of the Heron Tower
“This event is quite something,” said one guest at the topping out of the Heron Tower yesterday. “You don’t get many of these ceremonies done like this. Or with this many guests. But then look around. You would know that this was a [Gerald] Ronson event wouldn’t you?”I have to ...
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CommentLinklaters Business Services vs Sir Robert McAlpine & Others: Subcontractor's duty of care
Did Southern Insulation owe Linklaters a duty of care in respect of the supply and installation of the thermal insulation to the pipework?
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CommentMeditations in an emergency
What happens when, in the middle of a horrible recession, a group of engineers devotes a year’s worth of Mondays to thinking instead of working?
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Conamar
Have you tried to buy a tweed jacket on eBay recently? If so, you’ll probably have noticed a seemingly inexplicable surge in prices.
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CommentHansom: Controlling interest
It’s a hearts and minds battle this week, as everybody from PRs to party men try to convince us that they’re keen on Cabe, hard at work on site, and just as generous as people say they are
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On the terraces
I read that a Stirling prize winner is to “reinvent the terrace” for the legacy of the 2012 Olympics
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Thinking out of the box
The Homes and Communities Agency’s requirements are driving developers toward construction of “homes” rather than simply dwellings (“New standards could add £10k to new homes”, building.co.uk)
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CommentThe future of low carbon
I was delighted to read about the steps being taken at Ashley primary school (26 March, page 48)
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Offsite doesn’t mean offshore
I read Richard Ogden’s article “Fast build nation” (26 March, page 32) with interest
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More flock to the cause
Rydon would like to sign up to your excellent initiative and back Charter 284