Opinion – Page 470
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CommentTen reasons to do the right thing
You don’t have to cut carbon emissions just because your conscience tells you to. It’s good for business as well, says Stuart Wallace of the New Economics Foundation
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CommentUnsupervised
While the upper echelons were attending high-profile weddings and the awards, those in the lower pay grades were free to fit solar panels facing the wrong way and misinterpret design instructions ...
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Proving the rule
I read with surprise your assertions in the article “Illegal T5 Worker Deported” (20 April, page 11).
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The suppliers are mobilised
To deliver zero-carbon homes on the necessary scale within a decade, and to address the national housing crisis, we need mandatory national standards and implementation (13 April, page 13).
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This code is broken
The government and its quangos think they can save the world by introducing a Code for Sustainable Homes that fails to recognise where homes are built.
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Special needs
Following your leader article (13 April, page 3), it would make qualifying the workforce a little bit more palatable for the specialists if there was parity of costs in our industry between mainstream activities and the specialist organisations.
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Do it like the Canadians ...
As a Canadian I’m surprised that the UK does not follow the standards in my country, where all buildings are timber and all are sprinklered. Even private homes have sprinklers and we all sleep well at night.
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Comment… or the Americans
Of course there is always a risk of fire when you have a wooden frame, but with the American way of fireproof plasterboard and fireproof insulation, the risk is a lot lower. Also a sprinker system is par for the course.
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… but don’t use bathwater
What has been shown time and time again with fire in timber-framed buildings is that if the fire can get inside the wall and ceiling cavities, then the building suffers.
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I’d just like to thank ...
Your feature “Chairman of the board” (13 April, page 54) gave an excellent account of the story behind the building of the skatepark at Cantelowes Gardens.
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Inconvenience stores
The number of convenience stores in UK is on the rise, with the expansion of Tesco Express receiving unprecedented attention.
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CommentNetworking
Since he got wi-fi, Alex Smith has got used to finding Kevin and Brian lurking around his house. In fact, as long as everybody’s secured their broadband, it’s a good way to meet the neighbours …
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CommentA negative attitude
Courts are reluctant to hear claims that make a negative case. But there is some room for manoeuvre – if you can prove a negative case in a positive way
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CommentMeet Alexa
No, that’s not Alex Smith’s online persona, but an online toolbar that rates the popularity of websites. Which is better news for Peter Andre than it is for Richard Rogers …
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CommentTilting at windmills
Barely a day goes by without some policy announcement on sustainability.
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When a contract does not comply
Jerram engaged Aveat to carry out plumbing and mechanical works pursuant to a contract incorporating the GC/Works sub-contract conditions (the 'Contract'). The adjudicator gave his decision for Aveat on 17 November 2006. Jerram resisted enforcement on the basis that the terms of the Contract were not compliant with the Housing ...