All Letters articles – Page 48
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Talking ourselves into it
The media hype around the looming recession merely serves to perpetuate the problem.
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Pump it up
Your recent article on the Code for Sustainable Homes (18 April, page 52) makes a good point. There is indeed much confusion around the code and SAP ratings, mostly because, in important areas, the formulae used in SAP are based on historic data and are not up to date with ...
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All open and above board
I read with interest Liam Holder’s letter (4 April, page 38) suggesting that my article on SGS vs Barratt (14 March, page 70) breached some kind of “assumed” confidentiality.Although I acknowledge the general assumption is that adjudication is private and notionally confidential, I have yet to see any law that ...
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A sunnier picture
I was somewhat bemused by your recent article on the lack of demand for zero-carbon housing (4 April, page 68-71), because it almost completely contradicts our experience of supplying solar photovoltaic systems to homeowners and housebuilders.
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Hot air at speaker’s corner
According to The Daily Telegraph, £191,000 has been spent on air-conditioning for the speaker’s dwelling at the Palace of Westminster.
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Not the final chapter
The seven architects shortlisted to design the “Library of Birmingham with Repertory Theatre” in Centenary Square would be well advised to take the grand promises of councillor Whitby and his senior advisers with a large pinch of salt.
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Still on course for zero
The recent report by NHBC on attitudes to zero-carbon homes must be seen as a call to action and not an excuse for failure.
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Lets be civilised
I find Building’s unbalanced response to proposals for the statutory provisions for disabled access to new build-homes disturbing (28 March, page 3, 54-57).
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Two plus two makes five
Regarding the article “Lords reject economic benefits of immigration” (1 April, www.building.co.uk) I wonder at times whether our government can actually add up.
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Standing up for the little guy
It is little wonder that 70 SMEs went bust in a month, as reported in Building recently (28 March, page 11). Despite the good intentions of Egan and Latham, the industry is imploding because of the ill-founded initiatives that were based on those reports.
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Behind closed doors
I was peturbed to read Peter English’s article about a case that he said demonstrated that contractors need not always agree to give clients discounts (14 March, page 70).
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Collective blunders
My heart sinks each time a body rushes to tell us that it is setting up a committee to show how refurbishment or anything else should be done, like Kate Symons of BRE does in her column (28 March, page 41).
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Too little, too late
Admirable though the issue of regulations for sustainable homes is, I fear it is all a little too late when one considers the vast amounts of energy wasted in other locations.
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Style or substance?
To quote your article on the industry’s websites (20 March, pages 40-41): “Flash is the best way to show images because it uses mathmatical formulae to draw graphics very quickly, while HTML draws images one pixel at a time.”
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Voice of the common man
Congratulations on your article about pleural plaques (14 March, page 36), as it is an important issue that deserves prominent and regular attention.
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To complete the list …
I noticed that your article on The Sunday Times’ good employers list (14 March, page 15) missed out Royal Haskoning.