All Letters articles – Page 54
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CommentShort and simple
Tony Bingham (“KISS and tell”, 14 September, page 56) may like to know there is a subcontract that meets his requirements – one for which he and Building are partly responsible.
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Looking to the future
Building showed itself to be rather behind the news when it said last week (28 September, pages 13 and 28) that it had “emerged” that the targets set in 2004 for the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme would not be met – something we have been saying, and ...
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CommentGet with the times
Nick Raynsford raises some pertinent queries about the government’s plans to increase housing supply (14 September, page 30). The issue is whether this expansion will lead to a drop in design and environmental standards.
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For your own good
I read with interest your articles on frameworks and small businesses (14 September, page 26).
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Risky business
The directive to remove the legal obligation on architects trained in the EU to register with the Architects Registration Board, as long as they are working in the UK on a “temporary or occasional” basis, is due to be brought in by 20 October (31 August, page 12).
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Think of the children
Bill Watts’ argument against the use of biomass to meet schools’ energy demands is woolly (24 August, page 32).
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CommentIn the frame
I’m sorry to hear about the three contractors featured in your article “The men who got left behind” (14 September, page 26) who say they have lost business as a result of framework agreements, but our research has found that it needn’t be this way.
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The shame game
Your health and safety blunders are all well and good, but just publishing them will not improve safety in the construction industry.
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Conflicting goals
Your leader and feature on local contractors (14 September, 2007) was long overdue.
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Don't take the cowards route
Tony Bingham’s article on the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) payment toolkit brought to mind the phrase “Eureka!” (7 September, page 56).
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Faero responds
Building’s report on the Faero competent persons scheme, “HIPs firm goes into liquidation” (7 September, page 13), was right to suggest that its demise was a result of the government’s change of mind about how the quality of energy ratings should be regulated.
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CommentWork together for award glory
The Times and the Guardian identified lack of client ambition in the UK as the reason why just two of the six buildings shortlisted for the Stirling prize are located in this country.
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Good business sense
It’s encouraging to see the government’s commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment (3 August, page 17). The new construction minister, Stephen Timms is clearly championing the issue of sustainability.
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Do your duty
I read with interest the article by Rupert Choat on the duty to warn about obvious dangers (24 August, page 48).
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Set up to fail
I have been listening to the media reports on the number of GCSEs being gained by those leaving school.
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Robust indeed
David Holder suggested on your letters page (31 August, page 28) that a pass rate of 97.5% for Robust Details is not good enough – and that “nobody wants to talk about it”. That’s wrong. I do.