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CommentBeyond the liquid lunch
Congratulations on an insightful article (14 July, page 28) that starts to peel away the layers covering drug and alcohol abuse on site.
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Responsible journalism
Last week鈥檚 星空传媒 provided particular amusement to my wife who has taken to flicking through the latest issue while we enjoy breakfast together on a Saturday.
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A for effort
Your article 鈥淐ABE: Half of schools are badly designed鈥� (7 July, page 14) gives the wrong message and the report you refer to from CABE is a little out of date, failing as it does to acknowledge the substantial work recently done to improve school design.
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Mass appeal
I was very interested in the measures required to upgrade a 100-year-old house in respect of thermal efficiency (7 July, page 44).
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Time for a new revolution
Great Britain is a land covered with urban sprawl, most of it built more than 50 years ago when nobody considered valuing the environment they needed to exist in. The huge loss of energy from inefficient buildings is an embarrassment on a global level, as we initiated the Industrial Revolution.
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CommentDid 星空传媒 slip up?
What an excellent example to us all of health and safety awareness the front cover of 星空传媒 (14 July) is. So much so that I hardly know where to start. However, I will try:
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While were on the subject
Can I bring to your attention to an advert that your publication carried for 鈥淒HL exel supply chain鈥�. The operative in the photograph is standing on the rail of the crane, which I understand is not good health and safety practice. Also the advert goes on to state DHL are ...
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Call in the taxman
Energy efficiency taxation would be an incentive to effect a programme of energy savings.
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Me, a cynic?
I have often been forced down the lawyer path of giving construction dispute advice with the preamble of 鈥渙n the one hand, and on the other鈥�. I was thus somewhat surprised to read that Helen Garthwaite (23 June, page 80) has the confidence to take a firm view.
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CommentA twist in the tale
Here鈥檚 the story of a hot-shot construction lawyer, his fussy wife, a builder who was never there, a bizarre contract and a house in the country 鈥�
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Clarifying clause 6
Michael Reynolds and Uma Ramani Does the employer鈥檚 obligation to insure for loss and damage continue into the defects period or end at completion? A clause in the JCT minor works form has confused the matter, but now the Court of Appeal has stepped in 鈥�
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CommentFashionable caps
State your case 鈥� The Master of the Rolls has made it clear that he wants to control court costs in civil cases. Here, Steven Bate says there are already signs that cost caps are starting to come into play
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CommentNuclear fission
Construction bigwigs may be gung ho about Blair鈥檚 nuclear vision for Britain, but among the grassroots there鈥檚 considerable disquiet. Nick Jones gathers fierce opinions on both side of the web divide
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CommentThat dizzy feeling
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread 鈥� this is perhaps the phrase that best describes the government鈥檚 current approach to housing policy.
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CommentSporting highlights
How can an untalented Olympian secure a place in the 2012 Games? Where can a 鈥榩roper鈥� cricketer find a decent pub lunch? Nick Jones keeps pace with the web鈥檚 most amateur sportsmen
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A leaking roof
This was an appeal from the judgement of JJH Armitage QC against one part of Carr鈥檚 counterclaim regarding the roof. CGA Brown Ltd was the builder who carried out works for the defendants (Carr) at their house in Rochdale in 2003. Carr was awarded an on-account balance judgement in their ...
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CommentA little give and take
The CIC鈥檚 new contract is a workable compromise for consultants and clients. But like all compromises, it will inevitably have detractors on both sides