More Comment – Page 634
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Wey off the mark
I was surprised to read your article headed "Key scheme a year late as Weymouth prepares for 2012" (7 April, page 22), which I feel contained several inaccuracies, in particular the suggestion that the scheme is running late.
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Don't blame the software
I have no wish to defend the shambles of the implementation timetable of Part L, forced on the ODPM by its political masters and the European Union. The development of the Simplified Building Energy Model was part of that sorry process, but to criticise SBEM because it doesn't give the ...
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Private concerns
As the newly appointed chairman of the Association of Consultant Approved Inspectors (which represents about 30% of the building control industry), I would like to endorse the five manifesto proposals, particularly the first two. It is noted however, that the private sector building control was not included in the summit, ...
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Some scandal
In response to Colin Harding's assertion that expecting taxpayers to subsidise the public sector's "pension extravagance" is a "scandal" (7 April, page 37), can I check that this pension extravagance would be the average pension paid to public sector workers of about £3500 a year (probably just enough to ...
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A question of recyclability
I refer to the article on recycled content (31 March, page 71). While applauding initiatives to improve resource efficiency within construction, the steel construction sector has concerns that the "single issue" focus of setting minimum recycled content targets has the potential to throw up spurious decisions that may in fact ...
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CommentAh, they've finally made that safe, then
This classic safety precaution comes to us from Tony Rackliffe, of Farnham, who explains it was one of a series of similar holes in a fairly busy street in Kuala Lumpur. It was much more dangerous before the planks went across, presumably
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CommentNow is good
Now is a great time to be an architect, with liberated aesthetics, resurgent creativity, rethought modernism - and a welcome new distraction …
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CommentNo end of a lesson
The government's 21st-century schools extravaganza is in deep, deep trouble.
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When is an agreement a contract?
This was an application for declaratory relief to establish that the payment claim issued by United Group Infrastructure Pty Ltd dated 14 November 2005 was not a payment claim that is subject to the regime for assessment and adjudication established by the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004.Pioneer Sugar ...
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CommentOff-site, on target
Off-site technology isn't new, but the industry is only just waking up to its benefits - about time too
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CommentThe world is watching
The Olympic building project faces such intense scrutiny that only by committing to the highest standards can the industry avoid a nasty fall at every hurdle
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CommentCards on the table
The time for bickering is over - anyone who wants a CSCS card can get one and, if we want a workforce of true quality, that should be everyone
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CommentFool if you think it's over
A contractor or consultant may think it's immune from legal action once its original client sells on the property. In fact, the law doesn't let you off so easily
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CommentThe pursuit of truth
Why has a tiny dispute about windows ended up at the Appeal Court? Because one party had a major allegation - that key facts were witheld at the first trial
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In the wake of Midland Expressway
A single High Court case has changed the way we think about financing PFI schemes. So what options do we have left?
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CommentRight from the start
The Midlands Expressway case has underlined the importance of agreeing the impact of changes before a job starts - and the usefulness of the SCL delay protocol
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CommentDealing with a dawn raid
An OFT investigation happens fast and without warning, but if you co-operate fully and stick to some basic rules, you can keep the unpleasantness to a minimum