Opinion – Page 472
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Enough about ORourke
As an informed client, am I the only person fed up with hearing how great Laing O’Rourke is and how inspirational Ray O’Rourke is?
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Nurture green shoots
To truly commit to embracing renewable technology, the government needs to get the grants support system sorted out quickly.
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An unsupported industry
As a director of a renewable energy company, I am bemused by the lack of incentives for homeowners to use renewable energy.
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CommentThe waste land
The Home Office invests in some lovely offices in the middle of nowhere that will be closed most of the time, a ‘sorry’ state of affairs at the ODA, and cloning seems to apply to Shepherds as well as sheep
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CommentMastering apprenticeships
The continuing troubles of construction apprenticeship training are depressingly familiar.
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CommentThe towers of London
The capital’s flirtation with tall buildings is becoming a love affair, thanks to the commercial and aesthetic success of recent designs. But how can we keep it going?
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CommentHansom Ripping yarns
A spell-binding 348-page account of PFI standardisation, the equally long-running saga of David Cameron’s home improvements and a rather jolly chinwag with the Tory MEP for Gibraltar
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Going into detail: Gort-Barten v Cherrington
Mr and Mrs Gort-Barten (Gort-Barten) entered into a contract with MA Cherrington Ltd (MAC) on 24 November 2005 (the contract). Pursuant to the contract, MAC was to construct a building for Gort-Barten as described in the “plans and specifications” for the sum of £1,999,999. In early 2006 the parties each ...
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Let’s stick together ...
The new CDM regulations come into force tomorrow. In this special, Christopher Pedder explains how the new rules will promote partnering ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Denise Bennetts finds that people are enticed to sit on the ground at Siena’s Piazza del Campo, but want to dash through the space around London’s City Hall
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... and do the right thing
Gillian Birkby, who assisted the HSE team that revised the regulations, outlines the role of the CDM co-ordinator and the duties of clients
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CommentThe Pole tax
Send us your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to PAYE … but seriously, migrant workers bring with them a host of tax headaches. Simon Massey highlights the main issues
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for HKR Architects
If you think architects are single-minded, work-obsessed bores, think again. This is a multi-talented bunch.
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Too much to do
The article “Rogers pulls out of Olympic velopark”(16 March, page 12) was somewhat misleading. Although we decided not to go for this scheme, I reviewed the competition documents for the velopark and applaud the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for a clear and well-run competition structure.
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Dont mess with a QS
I write in response to the letter from Michael Brown of the CIOB (23 March).
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A two-horse race
Keen racegoers will know there’s a fundamental difference between Aintree and Ascot but your readers may be confused into thinking they are interchangeable following Building’s coverage of both in recent weeks. It’s time we marked the card.
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CommentNature 1, Technology 0
While your article “Light Duties”, (16 March, page 84) included some good ideas, I was surprised that the simple idea of using deciduous trees didn’t even get a mention!
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A stab in the dark
Building’s leader (23 March, page 3), while welcome, went nowhere near challenging the government’s apparent confidence in the latest cost estimates of the London Olympics.