Opinion – Page 500
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Comment
Great strides in Uttlesford
In response to your 99% Campaign, I would like to draw your attention to an initiative we have undertaken at Uttlesford council.
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The king is dead, actually
According to Building (14 July), Lord Foster’s proposals to construct a 200-mile canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea have the approval of King Hussein of Jordan.
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CommentBanana skins are so last century
Bill Mellor of Coins Construction Software spotted this temporary pipework crossing a pavement in St Petersburg, Russia.
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CommentOur undivided attention
Angela Smith gives her backing to Building’s 99% Campaign and argues that the government is already 100% focused on tackling the energy efficiency of existing stock
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CommentThe death of injustice
The introduction of the corporate manslaughter law edged a great deal closer this week. Although it has been dividing the industry over its merits and worth – and will no doubt continue to do so – on balance we should be welcoming rather than fearing it.
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One agreement or two?
This was an appeal against a master’s order for summary judgment in favour of Wolsey Securities Ltd. Wolsey brought an action against Abbeygate Management Services (Hampton) Ltd as guarantors of Abbeygate Securities Ltd under a joint venture agreement made between the three parties.Wolsey had granted a loan facility to Abbeygate ...
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CommentSupermayor
The London mayor has been gifted superpowers to control housing and planning and the question on everyone’s lips is: how is he going to use them? Ken Livingstone’s pro-growth housing strategy suggests we can be optimistic
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CommentThe view from The Edge
Burn, baby, burn - We’re meant to be saving energy, so why does it get cheaper the more you use
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CommentSpeakers cornered
Charles Kennedy spills the beans on how he winds up John Prescott, we find out why Zizou will never get ahead, batty ways to stop planning approval, and a lady’s honour is rescued by some quick thinking
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CommentBeyond the liquid lunch
Congratulations on an insightful article (14 July, page 28) that starts to peel away the layers covering drug and alcohol abuse on site.
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Responsible journalism
Last week’s Building provided particular amusement to my wife who has taken to flicking through the latest issue while we enjoy breakfast together on a Saturday.
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A for effort
Your article “CABE: Half of schools are badly designed” (7 July, page 14) gives the wrong message and the report you refer to from CABE is a little out of date, failing as it does to acknowledge the substantial work recently done to improve school design.
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Mass appeal
I was very interested in the measures required to upgrade a 100-year-old house in respect of thermal efficiency (7 July, page 44).
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Time for a new revolution
Great Britain is a land covered with urban sprawl, most of it built more than 50 years ago when nobody considered valuing the environment they needed to exist in. The huge loss of energy from inefficient buildings is an embarrassment on a global level, as we initiated the Industrial Revolution.
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CommentDid Building slip up?
What an excellent example to us all of health and safety awareness the front cover of Building (14 July) is. So much so that I hardly know where to start. However, I will try:
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Comment
While were on the subject
Can I bring to your attention to an advert that your publication carried for “DHL exel supply chain”. The operative in the photograph is standing on the rail of the crane, which I understand is not good health and safety practice. Also the advert goes on to state DHL are ...
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Comment
Call in the taxman
Energy efficiency taxation would be an incentive to effect a programme of energy savings.
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Me, a cynic?
I have often been forced down the lawyer path of giving construction dispute advice with the preamble of “on the one hand, and on the other”. I was thus somewhat surprised to read that Helen Garthwaite (23 June, page 80) has the confidence to take a firm view.
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