Opinion 鈥� Page 458
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It never happened
Your article on the extension of membership of the CSCS board to housebuilders and civil engineers (3 August page 16) was not correct.
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Forum for debate
Your interview with Mike Davies, the new chair of the Strategic Forum, and his predecessor James Wates (20 July, page 36), refers to the role of the chairman rotating every year between the 鈥渢hree core member bodies鈥�.
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Ivory tower
Colin Harding returned to his architect bashing with his article on 鈥淭he Prince of Wails鈥� (20 July, page 30). Usually I disagree with his extreme opinions, but this time I had to agree with most of what he said.
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Masters and apprentices
I read with interest the recent findings by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) that 53% of their members are having problems finding the right skills (July 20, page 11). Last year we provided a grant to support FMB members to train nearly 6,000 apprentices.
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CommentHansom Sign 鈥榦鈥� the times
The silly season is heralded by Serbian 鈥榝olk-pop-dance鈥� acts, mix-tape morris dancers and those pocket-sized icons of the 21st century, Prince and Hazel Blears
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CommentYou made the bed 鈥�
The McGlinn case raised the tricky question of the responsibility of the architect for a client鈥檚 unsafe design. But if the client insists on an unsafe design, is it not then the real designer?
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CommentStreetlife
A construction website in Belarus reports on an important document on UK street design and now Alex Smith is using it in a squabble with his local council. Talk about a global village 鈥�
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Comment鈥楻elax, babe鈥�
What Dennis Hopper told Amanda Levete and other Vegas stories, plus the secret story of Wembley鈥檚 image rights
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CommentNothing safe about our houses
So Peter Hain鈥檚 first act as secretary of state for work and pensions was to call an inquest into why so many people are dying on building sites 鈥� 17 more this year than last.
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CommentKeep shouting and we鈥檒l keep failing
The pig-headed behaviour of some trade associations is wasting a priceless opportunity to reform the Construction Act to everyone鈥檚 advantage
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Are you ready for the big one?
Continuing our catastrophic theme, here鈥檚 a warning about the advisability of preparing for something going very badly wrong indeed 鈥� together with a checklist to help you do it
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CommentThe devil in the detail
Heard the one about the contractor/consultant/client laid low by a few innocent-sounding sentences in their contract? In the first of a series, Helen Garthwaite looks at a cap on liability
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CommentWacky races
This week鈥檚 leaders are Richard Rogers, a cyclist who鈥檚 rumoured to be taking performance-enhancing taxis, Jack Pringle 鈥� quite pacy on a wooden leg 鈥� and HOK, driving round town in a summer pavilion 鈥�
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Thanks, but no pranks
I would like to correct the impression given by your article about the investigation into the YouTube videos of on-site pranks (July 20, page 10).