Opinion – Page 599
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Taking care of your cat
Consultants often need to show prospective clients some of their creative thinking. But what happens if that client uses your ideas without employing your services?
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Give the man some flowers
As a building surveyor, it is not very often that I find myself nodding in agreement with a clerk of works – but I nearly sent John Smith flowers after reading "Cut to the bone" (12 September, page 29). It hit the proverbial nail on the head.
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Praise indeed
It's against the journalistic grain to give praise I know, but I would just like to say how much I enjoy your magazine.
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The climate change conundrum
"The great office meltdown has begun" (12 September, pages 24-25) certainly throws up a conundrum: global warming is causing higher summer temperatures, therefore increasing demand for air-conditioning; this in turn adds to energy use, causes more carbon dioxide emissions and accelerates global warming.
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Lay the global gangway
I read your article "Good morning, Vietnam" (5 September, pages 38-41) and thought it was very interesting, so far as it went.
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A new devil to get to know
I suspect Tony Bingham is correct in his view that the Be Collaborative Contract is unlikely to be widely used (12 September, page 51).
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Up the spout
I wonder if the person who thought up the Reginox tap (12 September, page 60) has ever washed up or filled a kettle.
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Pressing on with the PFI
The tiresome ideological struggle over the PFI resurfaced at the Labour conference (see news).
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CommentRubber chicken: Bournemouth uncut
Forget political debate, the Labour Party conference is really just a backdrop to the construction minister's very own fly-on-the-wall documentary
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Who's holding back?
Using adjudication to recover outstanding retentions is likely to lead to a positive result. So it's odd that so few of these disputes end up in the adjudicator's hands
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CommentA few hiccups …
Imagine you are in a tribunal and one of the panel is either asleep, intoxicated or both. Surely you'd be able to ask for a retrial if it found against you?
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Conspiring with fate
Many industries are inherently dangerous, and there's nothing you can do about it. But some have acquired a culture that actually ensures that accidents happen
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The nerve of it
My case is based on complete tosh but the adjudicator looks like a nice chap and if I put in a claim for a million he may give me half. Yeah, I'd say that was fair …
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We're just fine, thanks
I was intrigued to read Andrew Gay's article on Mott MacDonald on 5 September. We agree with much of what he wrote.
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Death to the quantity surveyor
I would be interested in joining a body that could promote my profession as a construction cost consultant – however, I do not believe that an institute purely for quantity surveyors will do this (12 September, page 12).
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Give me one good reason
I am a 36-year-old building surveyor and a probationer member of the RICS.
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Tough on the tender side
His Honour Judge Thornton's attempt to talk up enthusiasm for taking on the public sector ("Enemies of the State", 29 August, page 42) only examines the tip of the iceberg.
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With bodies, less is more
It was kind of Building to suggest that I might be suitable for the role of championing construction within the RICS (15 August, page 3).