Opinion – Page 351
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CommentWonders & blunders with Tony Travers
Academic and pundit Tony Travers heaps praise on a pier that lends grace to the Naples of the north, and pours scorn on a pathologically misanthropic medical college
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CommentAir-con's last gasp: David Strong on a new era for cooling
New guidance on sustainability in offices could mark the beginning of the end for the high-maintenance technology that is air-conditioning – and about time, too
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CommentA good day for gloom-mongers
We live in confusing times. On one hand, we’ve had a week of posturing by the Tories and Labour as each tries to outdo the other on the prickliness of the hair shirts they’ll be forcing Whitehall in particular, and the public sector in general, to wear
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A good day for gloom-mongers
We live in confusing times. On one hand, we’ve had a week of posturing by the Tories and Labour as each tries to outdo the other on the prickliness of the hair shirts they’ll be forcing Whitehall in particular, and the public sector in general, to wearOn the other, there ...
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How bad must things be at Jarvis?
When former Jarvis finance director John O’Kane left the rail specialist last month to join engineering service firm Redhall, it reunited him with the firm’s chairman David Jackson. They had both previously worked together at rail engineer Peterhouse in the same roles.Back in the summer of 2004 Peterhouse received a ...
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CommentThe right kind of bribe: BAA's Steven Morgan on project roles
Roles and expectations should be set in stone before a project starts. And if you really want a good job done, says Steven Morgan, add some sweeteners into the mix
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CommentHansom going too far
Nothing stands still for long in this industry, and threatening to cross a line this week are Abu Dhabi’s borders, a surveyor’s kilt, Italian visitors and construction rockers’ waistlines
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An obligation to train
I was pleased to hear the announcement from John Healey, the housing minister, that housing associations will be required to employ apprentices (25 September, www.building.co.uk)
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I have every sympathy
In Patrick Murdock’s letter (25 September, page 32) he suggested that, because of the recession, the major consultancies are turning their backs on graduates. As a trainer involved in graduate development I believe this is not the case
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I don't have any sympathy
Regarding the article on graduate unemployment (11 September, page 34), there are lots of jobs out there: they are obviously being too fussy or not trying hard enough
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Set the standard
I read with interest the comment from John McDonough of Carillion calling for sample schemes to be scrapped to cut the cost of bidding for Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects (18 September, page 11)
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Nostra culpa
I’m fed up with seeing emails and articles showing images of idiotic and dangerous situations, like the health and safety blunder on page 33 of the 25 September issue
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OFT special: What now?
The OFT has imposed fines of £129.5m on 103 firms that colluded with competitors. Over the next four pages we look at the legal aftermath – starting with Chris Hill on the question of appeals, restitution and discrimination
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CommentChris Wise on RIBA's Lubetkin prize: The ugliness of steel
The RIBA was wrong to give the Lubetkin prize to Beijing’s Olympic stadium. A building that contains that much embodied energy is frankly distasteful
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CommentOFT special: Our game
One strange feature of the we play it is that clients pay £10bn a year to cut costs – and encourage incompetent contractors to muck up their schemes. Time to change the rules