Opinion 鈥� Page 491
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For God鈥檚 sake, go
Your article reviewing 鈥渨hat to do if your boss won鈥檛 leave鈥� (29 September, page 60) fails to mention the final course of action a person can resort to if they feel there is no chance to progress their career 鈥� to find employment elsewhere.
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CommentAlan Titchmarsh on speed
Aldo Giovanelli writes: 鈥淎ttached is a picture of someone attempting to dig his own grave. I am a building control officer and having had to deal with a partially collapsed building the previous week I was naturally a little perplexed at this one. Fortunately this building hasn't collapsed 鈥� yet.鈥�
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CommentFull steam ahead, all guns blazing
As a lobbying group the construction industry acts like a bunch of weekend sailors on a pleasure cruise. James Wates thinks it needs to turn itself into a disciplined navy
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Bellamy worships the Natural History Museum where he learned about botany, but rails against City Hall for its swarms of security guards
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CommentSomething has to be done
Nine out of 10 sites are delayed by the apparent inability of gas, electricity and water suppliers to do what they鈥檙e in business to. They can take six months to produce a simple quote. They can charge you 拢4,000 before they begin to think about putting in a water mains.
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CommentWages of fear
Endangering the minimum wage is just one of the claimed hazards of the new age discrimination law. The bloggers have uncovered even greater depths of influence.
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CommentNet result
For the fans, the Arsenal stadium is a great result, but architecturally it鈥檚 in the second division
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CommentFloored by a contract
A contractor has withheld 拢250k from a flooring firm and told it the contract states it has to arbitrate directly with the client. How can it best recover the money it is owed?
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CommentThat鈥檚 the way the money goes
Less than a third of all construction employers contribute to the levy for training, yet the entire industry benefits. Still need convincing? Read on鈥�
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CommentPrefabrication in the sixties
Now and then聽鈥� David Rogers on the government鈥檚 endless efforts to get the industry to embrace modern methods
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CommentIn a packed page
鈥� this week we bring you airborne executives, amphibious journalists, frustrated ministers, belligerent philanthropists, disguised contractors and engineering gourmands 鈥�
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CommentDont panic!
We all hope we鈥檇 cope in a crisis, but few of us plan for one. In the first of our security series Angus Darroch-Warren explains what to do when the nightmare scenario strikes 鈥�
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CommentA culture of risk
Denise Chevin鈥檚 leader about the economic impact of Eastern European workers on the UK construction industry (25 August, page 3) makes a lot of sense.
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College farce
The news that the National Construction College is facing closure (29 September, page 28) is the most ridiculous thing I鈥檝e read in 星空传媒 for years 鈥� we鈥檙e building the Olympic site on top of everything else and shutting down the facility we need to train people at the same time? ...
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Almshouses for the future
I read Mark Leftly鈥檚 blog on freeing up controls on retirement homes (26 July, www.building.co.uk/blogs) with incredulity. Perhaps he ought to talk to some people a bit closer to retirement.
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We鈥檙e already hands-on, John
I read John Spanswick鈥檚 column (15 September, page 32) with some amusement. Perhaps if he were to open his eyes, he would realise that there is, in fact, intelligent life outside of the headquarters of the Major Contractors Group.