Opinion 鈥� Page 454
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Don't take the cowards route
Tony Bingham鈥檚 article on the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) payment toolkit brought to mind the phrase 鈥淓ureka!鈥� (7 September, page 56).
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Conflicting goals
Your leader and feature on local contractors (14 September, 2007) was long overdue.
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Faero responds
星空传媒鈥檚 report on the Faero competent persons scheme, 鈥淗IPs firm goes into liquidation鈥� (7 September, page 13), was right to suggest that its demise was a result of the government鈥檚 change of mind about how the quality of energy ratings should be regulated.
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CommentHow much trouble are we in?
So while the RICS tells us there鈥檚 a 10% chance of an eighties-style housing crash and construction of the Shard is put on hold...
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CommentGaymark: the story continues
聽Gaymark made it clear that an employer could not claim liquidated damages if it was responsible for the delay. Then Justice Jackson cast doubt on this ruling. So now where are we?
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CommentA fight on his hands
While Gordon Brown鈥檚 housing targets are laudable, I can鈥檛 help feeling apprehensive about the amount of obstacles that stand in his way
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Design and brand
Isabel Davies and Jenny Joint With architects competing to create innovative and distinctive designs, it is important for owners to avoid their buildings being copied, or worse yet, sold in souvenir shops
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Don鈥檛 act too soon
Pre-action protocols are there to resolve conflicts before they end up in court, but there are other reasons for following them too. Adam Harris and Sanjeev Ahuja examine what happens if you don鈥檛
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CommentWe鈥檝e struck gold
星空传媒鈥檚 website has an all-new sustainability section, so whether you want to join the bloggers or search for solar panels, you won鈥檛 have to waste your time trawling the net.
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CommentWork together for award glory
The Times and the Guardian identified lack of client ambition in the UK as the reason why just two of the six buildings shortlisted for the Stirling prize are located in this country.
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Merton rules
If the government does intend to drop the 鈥淢erton rule鈥� that 10% of energy in new developments come from renewable sources (31 August, page 24), the rationale for the move would be that a single nationwide policy is better than different policies in different areas.
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Remedial maths
In Bill Watts鈥� column (24 August, page 32) do I detect special pleading for wind farms to obscure the engineer鈥檚 incapacity to produce zero-energy buildings?
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Good business sense
It鈥檚 encouraging to see the government鈥檚 commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment (3 August, page 17). The new construction minister, Stephen Timms is clearly championing the issue of sustainability.
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Set up to fail
I have been listening to the media reports on the number of GCSEs being gained by those leaving school.
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Robust indeed
David Holder suggested on your letters page (31 August, page 28) that a pass rate of 97.5% for Robust Details is not good enough 鈥� and that 鈥渘obody wants to talk about it鈥�. That鈥檚 wrong. I do.