All Letters articles – Page 27
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No snow without fire
Both Eurostar (which operates the trains) and Eurotunnel (which operates the tunnel) were clearly ill-prepared to handle the breakdowns of trains before Christmas
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CommentNot a good plan
PRP welcomes the advent of guidance from the NHBC on the design of open-plan flats that will meet fire safety requirements (11 December, page 58)
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CommentRemember 1666?
Isn’t it about time that building control officers stood up against the green brigade and used some common sense?
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Why the long bill?
The prices of labour and materials in the construction industry have fallen and tender prices have plummeted
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CommentWhere the wind blows
The recently published “Zero Carbon for New Non-domestic Buildings” by the communities department has much to commend it, but is flawed by one large blind spot, says the Davis Langdon senior consultant
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Low conduct
A major point overlooked by Richard Steer in his article Buyer Beware (13 November) is that all partners and directors in consultancies have a duty under their professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy to take all reasonable precautions to prevent losses or liabilities arising in connection with the insured risks
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Or blame all QSs?
I read with interest the article in which Richard Steer was having a whinge about how the prevalence of low bidding was having a dramatic impact upon levels of professional QS fees
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Where does it all end?
Stephen Blake, director of the Office of Fair Trading (23 October, page 30) has drawn attention to the illegality of one bidder obtaining a price from another
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Arbitrary distinctions
I read John Redmond’s piece about arbitration with a wry smile (27 November, page 51)
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CommentShould we blame the big boys?
On 13 November you published an article by Richard Steer complaining about uneconomic bidding by QSs
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Whistling in the dark
Further to your recent “whistleblower” item (13 November, page 15), it seems the proposed action by Balfour Beatty ex-employees is driven by an assumption of continuing unemployment with a commensurate loss of prospective earnings
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Planning obsolescence
I was most impressed with the first question posed at last week’s Homes and Communities Agency “open meeting” on 26 November
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They should have said
It was with some incredulity and confusion that I read the news item “Industry slams payment law plans” (13 November, page 12)
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Actually, it's the actuaries
Building’s editor is misinformed about why pension funds have failed (23 October, page 3). We didn’t suddenly “start living 10 years longer”. Life expectancy has been rising steadily since Bazalgette fixed London’s sewers and wiped out cholera
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Morrell boost
I think the appointment of Paul Morrell (27 November, pages 10-11) is an inspired move and I hope he gets his own way with the agenda for the sake of the industry at large
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What the charter means
In response to your article which stated that the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) would expel any chartered building company found guilty of cover pricing (27 November, page 9), I’d like to clarify a few points
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A game of chase
Great article on the difficulties experienced by specialists in the current climate (20 November, page 48)