More Comment – Page 595
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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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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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Concrete has many benefits. Add to these cost savings and sustainability ...
Concrete’s many inherent benefits, such as fire resistance, sound insulation, robustness and minimum vibration, are widely recognised. New cost model studies and research now add cost-effective construction and sustainability to that list.
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CommentMipim uncovered
Ah, the glamour of the Riviera ... long-legged Russian beauties, a daring daylight robbery and, erm, that’s about it – unless you count middle-aged male nudity or the stand from Corby council
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for Churchill Retirement Living
The last time I had a bevvy with Spencer McCarthy, he took about 50 mates, relations and hacks to the Cartier International polo match and spent thousands on crates of champagne.
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CommentIf at first you don’t succeed ...
A lot of firms seem to think that if they lose an adjudication, they can try again with a different adjudicator. Ah, but what happens when they finally win and the other side won’t pay?
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CommentGet off the sofa
The zero-carbon revolution starts at home according to a Building blog, so switch off that energy-devouring plasma TV or risk being shopped to Alex Smith’s web police ...
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CommentSpace race
There’s a yawning chasm between the type of homes developers are building, and the homes people want to live in. So how do we bridge the gap – and provide that all-important storage space?
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CommentParty poopers
Multiplex boss Martin Tidd misses his own bash, while Richard Steer travels half way around the world to attend one he doesn’t want to. Thank goodness Geoff Irvine knows how to celebrate
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CommentA great leap forwards
Over the past nine months it has been easy to dismiss David Miliband’s carbon rhetoric as that of a fairytale emperor convinced that his invisible clothes were the finest in the land.
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CommentThe green mile
The road to a sustainable future is long and hard, with tricky obstacles and high costs along the way. Here Tom Bloxham suggests how the government could lead by example
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CommentPulling a fast one
Tony Bingham A court in Scotland was asked to give summary judgment against a builder. The judge refused because he said it was too soon to make a binding decision. What would the adjudicator have done?
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Let’s talk tactics
Part 36 of the rules covering offers to settle litigation will change next month. From 6 April you will no longer be obliged to tie up a chunk of cash for months on end
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CommentIt’s quiet – but is it too quiet?
It’s odd, says Steven Williams, but even though PFI schemes are invariably complicated and expensive, few seem to end up in court. So why is that? And how long will it last?
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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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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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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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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?