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An adviser advises
With reference to Colin Harding鈥檚 comments on the CSCS scheme (10 June, page 36), I am a health and safety adviser in the construction industry and have attained a nationally recognised qualification through the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health.
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An unfortunate accuracy
Your news feature 鈥淐onstruction: No place for women!鈥� (10 June, page 28) may have been harking back to a 1950s spoof, but the virtual construction piece in the same issue (page 58) was bang up-to-date.
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CommentShow and tell
Any debate over building houses in the South-east seems to descend into a conflict between interest groups. But there is a way to win the argument 鈥�
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The right stuff
New concrete builds on the success of previous generations of concrete. It is an ancient material that is being developed continuously.
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The simple pleasure of piling
Poor Roger Knowles doesn鈥檛 come out of your article on women in construction very well. Indeed, I am going to add my own complaint, having been a pile driver for the past 20 years and finding that we are grouped with cowboy builders in Knowles鈥� considerations.
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Out of order
With great respect to Tony Bingham in his commentary on Geris vs CNIM (10 June, page 52), an adjudicator has no authority under the Scheme for Construction Contracts or any set of adjudication rules that I can think of, to make orders.
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CommentThat鈥檒l do nicely
The New Engineering Contract used to be an, ahem, eccentric choice for projects. Thanks to a much improved third edition, it has become a respectable option
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鈥� and a memory prompted
Your article on 3D modelling brought back memories of a project I was working on 10 years ago with a small group lead by Dr Stephen Drewer, then reader in the faculty of the built environment at the University of the West of England.
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The long road to Wembley
In your leader (3 June, page 3), you ask of the Wembley Stadium problem: 鈥淲here did Multiplex go wrong?鈥� May I also add: 鈥淎nd why should we find out now?鈥� There are two possible answers.
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The Lend Lease lead
Thank you for the great article on women in construction, and for drawing attention to the issue of maternity pay again.
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Pressure on the HBF
You report that the government is to decide this month whether pressure testing will be required to conform with Part L of the 星空传媒 Regulations (3 June, page 64).
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Get out of the office
As a woman involved in and passionate about a career in construction, I read with interest the article regarding the construction industry being 鈥渘o place for women鈥� (10 June, page 28).
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Turn the mike down 鈥�
Perhaps Ian Abley was simply trying to be provocative in his Open Mike article (10 June, page 34) but it is rather alarming that any professional designer should express such views. There is much to take issue with in his article but I will settle for the following.
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Contracts and cucumbers
The claimant, Hortimax, referred six disputes arising under six different contracts to adjudication by way of serving six separate adjudication notices. The six decisions were delivered in August 2004 by the adjudicator. Hendon, the defendant, was a commercial grower of cucumbers and other vegetables and carries out its operations in ...
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Nails, but no claws
It鈥檚 good to see 星空传媒 espousing the cause for more women in construction but sadly the hammer-wielding lady on your front cover isn鈥檛 properly equipped for the job.
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CommentA summertime chill
June temperatures may be soaring, but there鈥檚 a chilly breeze wafting through the construction industry.
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CommentCheck it out
The revamped JCT suite of contracts has finally begun to arrive. So what鈥檚 changed, what鈥檚 stayed the same 鈥� and what do you have to look out for?
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Carrot health scare
Carrots may be good for you, as Roger Knowles suggests in his letter (3 June, page 36), but the idea of giving a bonus for a reduction in accidents has been tried in the offshore oil industry, with unfortunate results.