Opinion – Page 515
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Old joke, new punchline
There is an old joke about engineers being good with numbers but remaining illiterate.
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The wrong guests
Before you get too excited about the Building Regulations "summit", let's get back to earth.
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London lags behind
In London there is still confusion over the London Building Act and the national Building Regulations.
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One careful owner?
The Home Information Pack is yet another area where the government is introducing poor quality legislation. It should be repealing regulation by the tonne, not introducing it.
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Too many umbrellas
Construction Confederation = representative body for medium-sized and large contractors
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Northern sulk
Groan … another London architect wheeled in to put up proposals for yet more iconic buildings (17 March).
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CommentHow To Survive… a CV overhaul
Make sure your CV survives the purgatory of the HR filing cabinet by adding sparkle, dash and dare to your written credentials. Amaya Lopez shows you how.
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CommentImpressive feet
Thanks to clerk of works Alan Clark for this interesting approach to working at height.
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Define your terms
Rugby Group Ltd manufactured and supplied cement for use by the construction industry. Since 1997 ProForce had supplied temporary workers to Rugby for work at a site located in the Rugby area.In July 2001 ProForce and Rugby entered into a written service cleaning agreement for a fixed term. During that ...
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CommentKing's ransom
Consider for a moment the amount of hassle involved in a party wall dispute in Sidcup. Now, dear reader, consider the reconstruction of King's Cross Tube station …
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CommentA position of power
The challenge of energy generation in the future has to be met by policy decided today. Well, by 14 April. And the government needs your help to do it
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CommentMuch ado about nothing
Pundits have suggested that the way JCT05 handles extensions of time has radically changed. Are their concerns well founded? Or do they protest too much?
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Lumbermens' demon
Last year, Judge Colman said global settlements did not trigger insurance payouts; now Judge Aiken has looked at the same issue and taken the opposite view
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CommentNil desperandum
If a contractor's request for more time is knocked back, it is free to try again on different grounds - a principle that also applies to so-called ‘open' adjudications
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CommentThe magic bullet
Wembley has sent a frisson of fear through the construction industry - is it a portent of what will happen at the London 2012 Olympics? Well, it ain't necessarily so
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CommentWonders & blunders
This week Bob Stanley of St Etienne composes a hymn of praise to a Tube station, and a protest song about a block of flats
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A league of their own
I was quite amazed to read that some architectural firms in this country are so arrogant about their own status that they expect students to work for free ("Exploited youth", 10 March).
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Salary engineering
Your article about the alleged exploitation of architecture students is a warning to us all; it is not just their problem.