Opinion – Page 488
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Silent voices
Regarding your news article on Polish workers (27 October, page 14), I seem to come across many articles concerning the welfare of Eastern European labourers and what they should and shouldn’t have or do.
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Rogers and the Olympic icon
Isn’t the pessimistic tone of Building’s review of progress on the Olympic stadium a little premature (27 October, page 26)?
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Man from the JCT
Jeff Brown’s article on JCT 2005 and third-party rights (27 October, page 54) refers to a glaring omission.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Eric Parry hails one bucolic estate in the Square Mile, and rails against many, many others, all over the country
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Gay and lusty commoners that will ramp and thrive...
BACK ISSUES — October 1945 Sodom and Gomorrah
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CommentAre the Games in trouble already?
London’s euphoria at snatching the Olympic Games from the jaws of Paris has been washed away by a steady flow of news stories about the problems of delivery.
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In the red
The claimant, Nearfield Ltd was one of six parties to a joint venture agreement dated April 2002. Other parties to the agreement included Lincoln Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd (LTC) and LTC’s offshore nominee, Lincoln Nominees Ltd (LNL); second and first defendants respectively. The agreement was entered into for the purposes ...
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CommentMobile generation
WEB WATCH - New phone? Then you’re probably one of a growing band of construction professionals receiving news alerts on the move. Alex Smith reports on our changing relationship to industry news
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CommentBeside the seaside
When cheap flights become a thing of the past, people will once again yearn for good old British seaside resorts. So it’s about time we turned them into places where people might actually want to stay …
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CommentSickness or health
To the RIBA conference in Venice, where we encounter, if not death, then at least disease and depression, while closer to home an industry leader feels distinctly queasy on a site visit …
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CommentDo we have to pay up?
LEGAL AID - A contractor has withheld £18k and is claiming a further £60k from the subbie because the project did not meet practical completion. Is there any way to dismiss the claim?
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CommentGangster rap
SECURITY ALERT - Gangmasters supply illegal construction workers as well as cockle pickers. And a new act is just part of a government crackdown on their activities
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A matter of life and death
Your blog about Al Gore’s recent film, An Inconvenient Truth (13 October), was entertaining but somewhat flippant. As last year’s Sustainability Leader award winner, I feel duty-bound to comment.
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CommentMessage for Margaret
In response to your interview with construction minister Margaret Hodge (20 October, page 30) – I would like to see her position the industry so that a career in construction is seen as desirable for schoolgirls and hope that we can soon read the headline in Ray O’Rourke’s inimitable style, ...
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Foul mouthed
Am I the only person who is appalled at the profanities expressed in your article concerning the future of the Office of Government Commerce (20 October, page 28)? In an industry that has been trying hard to improve its public image in the face of constant hostility in the popular ...
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Please don’t go
I am writing regarding your article (20 October, page 11) that says the RICS is considering selling its data and research arm, the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS).
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Virtual reality
I would like to allay Darryl Nash’s concern voiced in your Specifier section (20 October) that it is challenging for architects to get sufficient building services knowledge to operate the more sophisticated Part L 2006 compliance software tools.