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Early warning
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act comes into force on 6 April next year. Take a tip from us: make sure you鈥檙e ready for it
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In defence of PVC
Douglas Kent鈥檚 comments in the online article 鈥淏AA forced to remove plastic windows from listed building鈥� (23 August) are just the type of misinformed remarks we鈥檝e come to expect from the anti-PVC brigade.
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Renewables on the curriculum
Bill Watts鈥� comments focus too much on the building and its cost, rather than its purpose.
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Sturgis
Forget the Heathrow hippies; I seem to have infiltrated a table full of hardcore revolutionaries. Well, kind of.
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CommentOpening Pandora鈥檚 box
The proposal to drop the 鈥榗ontracts in writing鈥� rule has won praise on these pages. But what this does is let the adjudicator decide what鈥檚 in the contract 鈥� with untold consequences for dispute resolution
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SAP method works the best
It was a delight to read Jeff Howell鈥檚 article (31 August, Page 30) on the dreaded Home information packs (Hips).
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CommentHappy ever after
Main contractors and subcontractors make all kinds of rash promises during the courting stage. Then they quarrel. A new toolkit from the National Specialist Contractors Council aims to keep things sweet to the end
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CommentIts 60%, but not that 60%
Further to Bill Watts鈥� Open mike column on schools (24 August, page 32), it must be made clear that the government鈥檚 plan for schools is not to 鈥済enerate 60% of their energy from on-site renewables鈥�, but to reduce carbon emissions by 60% from 2002 levels.
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Not so robust
The Robust Details scheme is held up by many as a sure-fire, hassle-free way to comply to Part E.
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CommentUndercover recruitment
Following on from your article on unscrupulous headhunters (15 June, page 42), we had an interesting experience with a recruitment agency recently.
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Small packages
I received the 2007 UK construction industry Key Performance Indicators pack by post. The CD-Rom and guide booklet together weigh 116 grams and will fit in an A5 jiffy bag.
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The modern way
To meet targets in the housing green paper for increasing the UK鈥檚 housing supply, modern methods of construction (MMC) will have to be considered on a wider scale.
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CommentA step too far
Extending the Construction Act to embrace oral as well as written agreements is to be applauded. Expanding the definition of 鈥榓greement鈥�, on the other hand, is definitely not
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