Opinion – Page 456

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom Morons and swine

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    No, not the curses heard from Jack Pringle’s yacht as it sailed into trouble in the Fastnet race, but what one engineer has dubbed all architects and what the Finns inexplicably call the good people at the CICA

  • Comment

    Building buys a pint … for Sturgis

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Forget the Heathrow hippies; I seem to have infiltrated a table full of hardcore revolutionaries. Well, kind of.

  • Can biomass be classed as an on-site renewable?
    Comment

    Its 60%, but not that 60%

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Further to Bill Watts’ Open mike column on schools (24 August, page 32), it must be made clear that the government’s plan for schools is not to “generate 60% of their energy from on-site renewables”, but to reduce carbon emissions by 60% from 2002 levels.

  • Comment

    Renewables on the curriculum

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Bill Watts’ comments focus too much on the building and its cost, rather than its purpose.

  • Comment

    SAP method works the best

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    It was a delight to read Jeff Howell’s article (31 August, Page 30) on the dreaded Home information packs (Hips).

  • Comment

    In defence of PVC

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Douglas Kent’s comments in the online article “BAA forced to remove plastic windows from listed building” (23 August) are just the type of misinformed remarks we’ve come to expect from the anti-PVC brigade.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

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    Game on

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    ConstructionSkills is using free online games to attract the kids, says Eleanor Harding. But old-fashioned city-building epics like SimCity might be a better way to waste a rainy weekend

  • Sir Michael Latham
    Comment

    Skoolz in

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    The new construction diploma will lead thousands of youngsters to careers in the industry. Now we just need to persuade teachers and employers to support it

  • Comment

    Frankly, it was all a waste of energy

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    After watching two assessors make a right dog’s dinner of measuring the energy performance of his house, Jeff Howell suspects a little extra training may be in order

  • Dominic Helps
    Comment

    A step too far

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Extending the Construction Act to embrace oral as well as written agreements is to be applauded. Expanding the definition of ‘agreement’, on the other hand, is definitely not

  • Comment

    The lesser-spotted contract

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Last month, Tony Bingham said construction lawyers would agree with the Court of Appeal’s ruling in SWI vs P&I. Well, Stuart Pemble doesn’t, and that is because he doesn’t really believe in fixed-price deals

  • Comment

    My favourites …

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Toby Lewis

  • Hansom
    Comment

    At full blast

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    A turbulent week as Richard McCarthy delivers a stormy press briefing, a furious homeowner takes his revenge on rogue builders, and abseilers are dropped in to lighten things up a bit …

  • Comment

    Undercover recruitment

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Following on from your article on unscrupulous headhunters (15 June, page 42), we had an interesting experience with a recruitment agency recently.

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    Not so robust

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    The Robust Details scheme is held up by many as a sure-fire, hassle-free way to comply to Part E.

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    Small packages

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    I received the 2007 UK construction industry Key Performance Indicators pack by post. The CD-Rom and guide booklet together weigh 116 grams and will fit in an A5 jiffy bag.

  • Comment

    The modern way

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    To meet targets in the housing green paper for increasing the UK’s housing supply, modern methods of construction (MMC) will have to be considered on a wider scale.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Comment

    Let’s stop ignoring all this talent

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    The news that the industry has cut the number of apprenticeships by over a quarter this year should make every one of us hang our heads in shame (news, page 13).