Opinion – Page 501

  • Greatǿմýs.com
    Comment

    My favourites

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    This week - Lawrence Water

  • Gus Alexander
    Comment

    You know your trouble, sun

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    As we know, the British are obsessed with the weather. So why are we unable to respond with any kind of style when it rises above 30 degrees for two days on the trot?

  • Comment

    ǿմý buys a pint …

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    … for Halcrow

  • Hansom
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    Two titans

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Alan Sugar and Ray O’Rourke prepare to square up, Slough and a slag heap in Wales are voted areas of outstanding natural beauty and an energy quiz with a strong bias in favour of nuclear power

  • Comment

    Burning questions

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    After the long winter we have endured it might seem over the top to point out the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun. The fact remains, however, that it is fraught with danger

  • Jill Craig
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    Water on the brain

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    EU Watch - Large sections of Europe are experiencing droughts this summer but the union’s 25 environment ministers are talking about flooding. Jill Craig explains why

  • 99% campaign
    Comment

    An ad mans dream

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    As a managing director, homeowner, father and global citizen, I applaud ǿմý for its 99% Campaign, and pledge my support to it 100%. The key issue though is that buildings don’t cause carbon emissions, people do.

  • Comment

    Care for the elderly

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    I support ǿմý’s logic in tackling the existing housing stock.

  • Comment

    The fixed-price fix

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Having read Colin Harding’s article on the curse of the virtual construction sector (16 June, page 29) I must congratulate him on telling it like it is.

  • London Zoo’s Komodo Dragon House: Not all green roofs measure up to its fierce standards
    Comment

    Not-so-green roofs

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Your article on green roofs (30 June page 70) states that “roof systems based on sedum blankets no more than 30 mm thick are the most common specified in the UK”.

  • Comment

    How refreshing

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    How good to see the reinvigorated ǿմý, and to continue to have one serious and resourceful reference for everyone in construction. Congratulations and good wishes for the future!

  • Comment

    An anorak writes

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    A big thumbs-up to the new magazine format.

  • I saw these builders on a roof in Portugal – I guess they were trying to break their way in. A bit worrying as our car parked on the street outside was covered with rubble and dust.
    Comment

    The front door’s probably easier …

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    I saw these builders on a roof in Portugal – I guess they were trying to break their way in.

  • Once this arch only admitted boats; now it accepts paying visitors. But what is it?
    Comment

    In the detail

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    Everythings different now

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    It would be easy to ignore the government’s energy review. Don’t.

  • Open Mike
    Comment

    Reality check

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The mayor of London wants large projects in the capital to generate one-fifth of their own energy from renewable sources. Is there a snowball’s chance in hell of this happening?

  • Gary Hughes
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Gary Hughes applauds a musical animal in one of Europe’s trendiest cities, but hasn’t a good word to say about two grey and soulless London thoroughfares

  • Richard Steer
    Comment

    Stuff happens

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Here’s an immutable fact: the world is changing faster than we can put buildings up. So, when it comes to big construction schemes, it’s naive to expect a precise specification and no changes mid-project

  • Ann Minogue
    Comment

    Sorry, its not a runner

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The CIC says its consultants’ contract is aimed at experienced clients, but they’ll be the last to abandon bespoke forms for an agreement that includes an aggregate cap on liabilities

  • Jones blogs
    Comment

    Thrills and spills

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Put an angry man at the wheel of a mini-digger and the results will be dramatic. Give him some dynamite and the fun can really start. Nick Jones hunts down the web’s wildest demolition stories