Opinion – Page 508
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The enthusiasts' revolution
Sir David King's enthusiasm for nuclear power is taking us back into the mainframe trap.
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A response to Ray
Ray O'Rourke claims that CITB-ConstructionSkills is failing in its efforts to attract young people to the industry (19 May, page 14). I'm more than happy to set the record straight.
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Willmott's women
I wonder if Ray O'Rourke works in the same industry as me? As the head of HR for another major contractor, I am very aware that the notion that a building site "is not a place where women fit" left our culture many years ago.
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The mother of invention
Your article "For whom the (school) bell tolls", (28 April, page 24) raised the point that budget overruns associated with new academies can be attributed to extravagant and ill-considered design.
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Who was that masked misogynist
I read with interest your anonymous article on design team meetings (12 May, page 38) and came to the conclusion that your writer was male and a bit of a misogynist.
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Jumping is not the only option
It sounds like your anonymous architect contributor's problem was chairmanship. If he was the chairman (he doesn't say who was), the solution was in his own hands - control the meeting.
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The vexed question of sex
Step forward Fiona Macdonald to collect the Chief Executive of the Year Award
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Land grab
Ms Sugarman was the freehold owner of land known as Ruston Withdean Avenue, Brighton. Sugarman sought a declaration that the defendants were not entitled to the benefit of convenants set out in a schedule attached to the conveyance of Sugarman's property. Alternatively Sugarman sought a declaration that the defendents were ...
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A civil partnership
We all know partnering works, so why isn't everyone doing it? We should be setting a better example to the young people joining the industry
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Courtly love
The furore surrounding Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge has thrown the spotlight on the TCC, which after a bad patch is now winning the hearts of litigants
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Ignorance is no excuse
Many small firms flout environmental regulations because of a mistaken belief they won't be prosecuted. Now there's a website that spells out your obligations
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Very damaging
There are signs that the courts may get even tougher on cartels by imposing a more stringent definition of compensation
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The plywood
In a former life as a site manager, I was charged with carrying out £800,000 of modifications to a building designed by a signature designer of international renown. I had an outline programme, budget and a designer novated, for want of a better word, to the main (negotiated) contract. At ...
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83 workers, 0 CSCS cards
There is nothing new in anything Suzannah Nichol says about the ease of obtaining CSCS cards (21 April, page 46).
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The view from The Edge
A series of debates on the looming energy crisis has concluded that UK construction can lead the way in developing ‘Kyoto Plan B’.
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