All Inbox articles – Page 11
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Can I correct a couple of things
Your diary item Passport to Nowhere (13 April, page 31), makes a few mistakes about the proposed network of passport interview offices.
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The research is on
Regarding your leader article “An Invisible Crisis” (4 May, page 3), I agree that the government has abandoned research investment over the past 10 years.
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Scrap BSF as a waste of time
Regarding Paul Foster’s column about Building Schools for the Future (BSF) on 9 March (page 40), I have deep suspicions about this initiative.
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Not so charitable
Regarding your article on major international architectural practices designing affordable homes for South African township dwellers (9 March, page 15), surely for all the publicity they will get, they could put in more than 10 hours each.
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CommentPicking on the wrong guy
Like many others living in Jordan, I am concerned about the dropping level of the Dead Sea (23 February, page 40).
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Logical or lucrative?
Sir Michael Latham’s call (9 March, page 36) for Gordon Brown to re-establish a Department of the Environment (DoE) under one ministerial responsibility is sensible, which is why it won’t happen.
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Do we really need QSs?
A professor on a visit to Japan years ago told the local industry: “Don’t give them visas.”
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Raking in the profits
I read your magazine each week with despair and resignation at the state of the industry, but I believe that the latest band wagon – zero-carbon houses – should be exposed as a fraud.
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A bumpy start
I have worked as a QS, mainly in private practice, for 21 years now. Maybe I am a little sceptical.
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Ecological confusion
I was shocked to see such a misleading article in Building (“Neutral ground” 23 February, page 60, about the legal framework of carbon neutral homes).
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Dont give up the fight
The frustration and inequity surrounding the employment of immigrants and the obtaining of training visas for QSs cannot be underestimated. Yet to give up trying because the hurdles seem too great will do further injustice to a vital contributor to the UK’s economy and its built environment.
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CommentDouble lives
Regarding your proposed excursion into another life (16 February, page 46), I have problems finding enough time to live a real life – how can I run a second one?
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The unsung heroes lament
The unsung heroes’ lament I write regarding your article (5 January, page 36) with horoscopes of the 12 facets of the building industry. The contractor is one of the 12, as are the architect and the client but I’m gobsmacked engineers aren’t mentioned.
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A platform for idiocy
Regarding the workers on the YouTube video – let it drop! The more space given to these clips (23 February, page 10) the more people will stage them.
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Not a Wise move
The photograph of Chris Wise on the Barcelona Tower (23 February, page 54) must bring back many happy memories, but should Building be publishing images that do nothing to promote health and safety awareness?
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CommentDiary of an architectural practice, aged 6 months
This month staff at Make get technical – from grappling with the photocopier to the weighty matter of voting for their favourite cake electronically
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