Opinion – Page 620
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The tip of an iceberg
I was very flattered to read my profile in Building last week (17 January, 26-30), but this is only equalled by my embarrassment.
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What drop in numbers?
I am very concerned at your news article (24 January, page 11) claiming that there has been a big decline in entry to construction courses.
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Teaching's not so tough
In your article on salaries at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (17 January, page 9), under the subheading "How T5 salaries compare", the salary for a teacher in London is quoted as £26,000.
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Top-heavy success
The article entitled "We love you" (24 January, page 22) reaches some shocking conclusions about how much building consultants contribute to the economic well-being of the UK.
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O ye of little faith
If God is in the details, then there are one heck of a lot of buildings going up devoid of the least sign of the divine presence …
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Held to account
The pursuers, Va Tech and the Miller Group, entered into a construction consortium agreement. In accordance with that agreement they were to jointly offer to design, procure and construct a sludge treatment centre at Daldowie and, if their bid was successful, carry out those works. The offer was successful: Va ...
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John Armitt's coup
Network Rail wants to end the contract culture by taking on the role of contractor and subcontractor. Could this be the end of the line for disputes?
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Back to basics
What is a construction contract? Oddly enough, we're still struggling with that one – and as for agreeing what constitutes reasonable remuneration for work, well …
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Seize the day
So far we've missed every opportunity to turn the derelict Thames Gateway region into the solution for all our housing problems. Now is the time
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The perils of Poland
Continuing our look at the peculiarities of law codes in Europe, it seems that, in Poland, developers have to protect themselves against their architects
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Blame it on Bingham
Tony Bingham's article (20 December 2002, page 40) referred to the "axiomatic effect" of an adjudication whereby a contractor can be held liable for liquidated damages during a period of time not covered by an extension of time award.
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Unprecedented agreement
I started to read Nick Henchie's article "Redmond's recipe for fudge" (6 December 2002, page 46) with some trepidation, as I have not previously agreed with many of his pieces on adjudicators' decisions.
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Resolutions for adjudicators
A series of articles in Building (John Redmond, 8 November, page 55; Tony Bingham and Nick Henchie, 6 December, page 46) caught my attention.
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The counterfeiters
As chairman of the recently formed UK Power Tool Industry Alliance Against Counterfeits, I am writing in response to Gus Alexander's column "Gifts from Saint Nick" (20 December, page 20).
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Wayne Hemingway vs Richard Saxon
I write in response to your recent column by Wayne Hemingway (10 January, page 26) which, among other things, was intended to set us thinking about the paltry amount that most of us do to improve the environment.
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They came from outer space
I was interested to read Colin Honess of Corus' letter in response to an earlier Hansom piece about staining on the National Centre for Pop Music in Sheffield ("Help, the mastic leaches!", 17 January, page 35).
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Incestuous recruitment
I write in response to your news story "Construction degrees extinct in 10 years, says shock report" (24 January, page 11).
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You may scoff …
If Jonathan Meades wants to let us know that Bovis' site canteen isn't as good as Le Gavroche, we're forced to agree – but, er, that's because it's a site canteen