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A world outside hairdressing
I read with interest your article entitled 鈥淐onstruction: No place for women!鈥� (10 June, page 28), which debated the relative aspirations of women to enter the construction industry alongside the employers desire to recruit females in the workplace.
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The value of campaigns
We can鈥檛 change the experiences that young people鈥檚 parents may have had of construction, but the industry can show young people and their parents how it has changed and that many women enjoy challenging and rewarding careers, both on and off site.
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Tony鈥檚 great mate
I see from the interview with Lord Hunt (1 July, page 32) that what we have is yet another of Tony鈥檚 cronies.
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Bit of a blunder 鈥�
I have to stand up for Glasgow College of 星空传媒 and Printing and let you know that the pictures have been mixed up in your Wonders & Blunders (1 July, page 40).
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CommentWonders & blunders
Just when you thought the tennis madness was over, Alan Mills serves two London landmarks, one by Wren, the other by Foster
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CommentA close watch
More than 50 people killed and hundreds more injured, traumatised or grieving.
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CommentAn unsafe case
The Appeal Court has cleared two men of guilt over the death of a boy who fell into a septic tank. But why were they prosecuted under safety legislation anyway?
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Arrested development
The respondent had been issued a stop notice dated 13 September 2003 requiring him to cease certain works that were being carried out on land that he owned. The stop notice provided that it would take effect on 22 September 2003. On 23 September 2003, a planning enforcement officer visited ...
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An engineering solution
With a little bit of law and technology we can use standard electrical appliances to a) reduce carbon emissions by millions of tons and b) make money 鈥�
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The path to follow
The 鈥淧athfinder鈥� demolition programme that you describe (24 June, page 44) sounds just like it was in the 1960s: lots of slum clearance and, to follow, system buildings.
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An open letter to Alun Michael
Dear Mr Michael 鈥� construction forms, I believe, one of your many minor portfolios, even though it forms the largest industry in the UK. I know you have much to consider, but I would like to offer you some simple advice.
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Know thyself 鈥�
Re: Do you recognise these people (24 June, page 41)? Yes, I am one of them!It鈥檚 the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership class of 1988 鈥� this photograph accompanied an article in 星空传媒 on 5 February 1988 called 鈥淔resh Visions鈥�.On the left is Kevin Dash, 65, who left FRP in 1991 and ...
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鈥� Ummm, not quite
Do I recognise these people? Yes. They are undoubtably the Fantastic Four 鈥� pre-cosmic radiation exposure. On the left is Reed Richards 鈥� Mr Fantastic; next to him is Ben Grimm - The Thing; and to the right are Susan and Johnny Storm 鈥� the Invisible Woman and the Human ...
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No need to panic
Further to your article regarding the proposed closure of the mastic asphalt course at Manchester School of Construction at Manchester College of Arts and Technology (27 May, page 13), we hope we can attempt to set the record straight with regard to the joint efforts that are taking place between ...
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Waste in the chain
The headline 鈥淧rescott targets suppliers in drive to cut housing costs鈥� (10 June, page 24) is unfortunate, and at odds with the article itself.
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A 51st viewpoint
I was interested to read your article 鈥淐onstruction: No place for women!鈥� (10 June, page 28). Unlike the 50 women who were interviewed on Oxford Street, when I was 16 I became an apprentice for a local authority as a painter and decorator. I met very little resistance from male ...
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Bad news from the World Bank
The second edition of the FIDIC standard form shows signs of having been bent in favour of the World Bank 鈥� to the detriment of its international contracting community