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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a 拢25 drinks voucher? This scheme has such a diversity of community uses, it even contains a theatre. But what is it?Email your answer to building@cmpi.biz First correct answer wins. The editor鈥檚 decision is final. No cash alternatives will be offered. No ...
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CommentAn offer you can't accept
Rudi Klein聽Main contractors are increasingly insisting that specialists use materials supplied by a specified manufacturer 鈥� which can put them in a difficult and dangerous position. Here鈥檚 why
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Niggling and nagging
Tim Tapper and Victoria Glover-Ward聽PFI/PPP projects are plagued by minor squabbles that can easily escalate because the complaints procedure is complex and misunderstood
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CommentFun, frolics and self-immolation
Richard Steer offers season鈥檚 greetings to you all, and hopes your office party doesn鈥檛 finish up in the Sunday papers, A&E or, indeed, the High Court
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Let's agree to agree
Bell Scaffolding (Aust) Pty Ltd (鈥淏ell鈥�) was founded in 1983 by Mr Kevin Bell. It is now one of the leading scaffolding manufacturers and contractors in Eastern Australia. It sought to take advantage of the lower hire costs for scaffolding in the UK and in 1996 entered into a hire ...
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CommentBeyond Idaho
WEB WATCH 鈥� Jack Lemley thought he was having a quiet chat with a local journalist for the edification of his fellow Idahoans. Unfortunately for Jack, there鈥檚 no such thing as local journalism any more 鈥�
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CommentReindeer with everything
It鈥檚 postcards from the edge this week, as our globetrotting architect flits from the antlers of Helsinki to the Buddhas of Bangkok
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A little less conversation
I think the proposal from WWF, the green lobby group, to make zero-carbon development a condition of public funding is spot on (10 November, page 15). The government keeps stating that Britain is at the forefront of reducing global warming, but in reality we are still only talking about it. ...
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More than zero
Anything we do to remain alive on this planet comes with a carbon burden. The use of renewable energy comes with a carbon burden 鈥� photovoltaic cells and wind generators for domestic energy production consume energy in being manufactured, resulting in carbon dioxide emissions 鈥� renewable energy is NOT 鈥渮ero鈥� ...
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CommentDear landlord
Charles McDonald, the real estate manager at the Carbon Trust, is right to target landlords in the battle to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings (3 November). Landlord developers are escaping accountability. As a design-and-build contractor, we employ good architectural practices, good building services consultants, and front-line M&E subcontractors ...
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A race-goer riled
I visited Royal Ascot in June and July (17 November). I like the building and think it was remarkable that it was completed in time for the meeting. However, there are some issues that need rectifying.
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CommentPart C (for cats)
Further to your recent campaign concerning the 星空传媒 Regulations I recently came across this on one of our sites.
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Bricks and blunders
I regularly drive past Grosvenor Waterside, the 鈥渂est private housing development鈥� in this year鈥檚 brick awards. Are you joking? Smart contemporary lines? It looks identical to the 鈥渂est commercial building鈥� shown next to it.
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CommentThe eternal quest for perfect reception
Simon Perry writes: 鈥淲hile on holiday in Belgium, the home of the European parliament, which hands down the vast quantities of health and safety regulations, I happened to notice this unique approach. I presume they were seeing how many regulations they could break!鈥�
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CommentKnow your rights
鈥業f it ain鈥檛 broke, why fix it?鈥� asked Jeff Brown of collateral warranties. But third-party rights are now used by many big developers as they reduce paperwork, time and money
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Concentrating their minds
Tony Bingham claims that suing an expert witness is a 鈥榬ock solid no-go鈥�, but if your expert is negligent, shouldn鈥檛 they suffer the consequences?