All Letters articles – Page 92
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Carry on, Colin
Colin Harding – if it is any consolation, I think your articles are excellent and well justified (Letters, 11 February, page 39).
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Courage under fire
Tony Bingham’s expert witness–hired gun analogy (4 February, page 50) struck a chord – appearing in the witness box under the interrogation of our learned friends seems to me akin to being under fire!
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The dangers of freedom …
In your news columns on 11 February (page 11), you reiterated Rudi Klein’s views that the Freedom of Information Act enables contractors and subcontractors who lose out on public sector projects to discover the value of rival bids and find out what criteria were used to evaluate them.
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Time to organise?
I agree with the recent views of Colin Harding and Chris Charles (Letters, 18 February, page 34) – small firms in the construction industry do need better representation.
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Silenced partner
I have noticed over the years that when you profile a landmark project in your publication, you rarely make mention of the specialist M&E subcontractors used by a listed main contractor and I have often wondered why.
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Ryding with Rab
I couldn’t agree more with Rab Bennetts’ call for an accepted, industry-wide methodology for measuring the performance of buildings (11 February, page 15).
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No such stipulation
I am writing in response to your article on the Bath Spa, “Money down the drain” (11 February, page 26).
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Behind the statistics
I was disappointed that your magazine chose to publish the PPP Forum’s inaccurate and misleading account of the evidence for PFI.
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Not so disastrous?
After Building put its foot in it with the 10 ‘disastrous’ building projects, our readers kick back
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A federal feud
Colin Harding (Letters, 11 February, page 39) is often blunt but always, in my opinion, right in his criticism of our industry’s federations and the plight in which we “small builders” constantly find ourselves.
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No more heroes, please
I am writing to comment on an advertisement in the 28 January issue (page 66). Under the banner “Unsung heroes”, there is a picture of a worker sitting high in the air on a steel beam. From the picture there is no clear means of fall protection, although he is ...
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Lost in translation
Bellwater SL: There was no alliance(Re: Skansen article, 4 February, page 19) A few days after we met in Madrid, Chris Seeley [of Skansen Interiors] wrote to me wishing us luck in the future as an independent company. In the meeting, I had informed both Chris Seeley and Patrick Lucas-Box, ...
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Sub standards
The time of the year has once again passed when chartered surveyors look at the subscription demands and wonder why they remain members of the RICS (answers on a postcard – I can’t fathom it).
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The £60,000 question
John Prescott’s plans for social housing focus too much on the design and not enough on the delivery. Although it is encouraging to see the ODPM challenge housebuilders to achieve a build target of £60,000, the industry cannot afford to ignore how these homes will be delivered.Opinion about whether the ...
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Beware the CORGI
Your report “HVCA threatens to quit CORGI” (28 January, page 16) accurately reflected the association’s current attitude to the Council for Registered Gas Installers, and the deep concern felt within its ranks at CORGI’s increasing reluctance to consult the industry it exists to serve.
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Mr Harding’s reading lesson
I really do wish that the Construction Confederation would read my columns more carefully before misrepresenting my comments (14 January, page 37).
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Lessons from abroad
Building is to be congratulated for highlighting the French inroads made over recent years in the UK construction market (21 January, page 38).
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That joke isn’t funny any more
Your backward-looking “joke” (21 January, page 29) comparing the rivalry between developers Schroder and Arrowcroft to a drunken brawl and the London Blitz and the, no doubt made-up, comment by a “concerned observer” really is outdated and unsophisticated.
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Bring out the big guns
How excited many of us were when the New Labour government answered our long-held wish and created the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, bringing transport and land-use planning together at last and giving the construction industry a single body to talk to. Alas, as Sir Michael Latham ...
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Carry on screening
I’ve just completed my screen test – not for any starring role on the silver screen, but in many ways equally important. I am, of course, talking about the health and safety screen test that is required for the CSCS card registration scheme.