Opinion – Page 537
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Steady on …
I’m delighted to see that you thought it worth noting that maids in Notting Hill were Filipina.
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CommentTraining for the Olympics
If winning the Olympics was a triumph, building them will be a miracle. The reason is that we don’t have enough skilled workers – but who’s to blame for that?
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The importance of clause 66
The secretary of state for transport commenced arbitration against Amec in respect of defects to a bridge. Amec argued that the secretary of state’s notice of arbitration was invalid. About six months before the six-year limitation period was about to expire defects became apparent to the viaduct that had been ...
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Growing pains
Housing associations ain’t what they used to be. The niche firms of the 1970s have now become big businesses, and in the process many have become disorientated
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CommentSpirit of the games
Over the next seven years, can the construction industry finally ditch its adversarial reputation and embrace the ideals of the Olympic movement?
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CommentHow to be an expert
Under a new protocol, expert witnesses and the parties instructing them are more likely to be punished for failing to fulfil their duties to the court. Here’s how …
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Reviewing the review
I am surprised that in your report on the CABE “open design review” (1 July, page 16) you failed to mention that one of the main recommendations of the parliamentary select committee, which investigated CABE recently, was that its design review function should be entirely opened to public scrutiny.
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Just the beginning
The extension to the Design for Manufacturing competition, which expires today, should serve as a reminder that timeliness will be everything in meeting John Prescott's £60,000 homes vision.
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A world outside hairdressing
I read with interest your article entitled “Construction: No place for women!” (10 June, page 28), which debated the relative aspirations of women to enter the construction industry alongside the employers desire to recruit females in the workplace.
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The value of campaigns
We can’t change the experiences that young people’s parents may have had of construction, but the industry can show young people and their parents how it has changed and that many women enjoy challenging and rewarding careers, both on and off site.
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Tony’s great mate
I see from the interview with Lord Hunt (1 July, page 32) that what we have is yet another of Tony’s cronies.
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Bit of a blunder …
I have to stand up for Glasgow College of Building and Printing and let you know that the pictures have been mixed up in your Wonders & Blunders (1 July, page 40).
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CommentWonders & blunders
Just when you thought the tennis madness was over, Alan Mills serves two London landmarks, one by Wren, the other by Foster
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CommentA close watch
More than 50 people killed and hundreds more injured, traumatised or grieving.
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CommentAn unsafe case
The Appeal Court has cleared two men of guilt over the death of a boy who fell into a septic tank. But why were they prosecuted under safety legislation anyway?
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Arrested development
The respondent had been issued a stop notice dated 13 September 2003 requiring him to cease certain works that were being carried out on land that he owned. The stop notice provided that it would take effect on 22 September 2003. On 23 September 2003, a planning enforcement officer visited ...
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An engineering solution
With a little bit of law and technology we can use standard electrical appliances to a) reduce carbon emissions by millions of tons and b) make money …