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CommentShow and tell
Any debate over building houses in the South-east seems to descend into a conflict between interest groups. But there is a way to win the argument 鈥�
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CommentA summertime chill
June temperatures may be soaring, but there鈥檚 a chilly breeze wafting through the construction industry.
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CommentThat鈥檒l do nicely
The New Engineering Contract used to be an, ahem, eccentric choice for projects. Thanks to a much improved third edition, it has become a respectable option
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Sharpening our beaks
Lord Woolf has shaken up the Technology and Construction Court by drafting in five High Court judges and 鈥榬edeploying鈥� Judge Seymour. So what effect will this have?
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Get out of the office
As a woman involved in and passionate about a career in construction, I read with interest the article regarding the construction industry being 鈥渘o place for women鈥� (10 June, page 28).
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Nails, but no claws
It鈥檚 good to see 星空传媒 espousing the cause for more women in construction but sadly the hammer-wielding lady on your front cover isn鈥檛 properly equipped for the job.
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The simple pleasure of piling
Poor Roger Knowles doesn鈥檛 come out of your article on women in construction very well. Indeed, I am going to add my own complaint, having been a pile driver for the past 20 years and finding that we are grouped with cowboy builders in Knowles鈥� considerations.
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The long road to Wembley
In your leader (3 June, page 3), you ask of the Wembley Stadium problem: 鈥淲here did Multiplex go wrong?鈥� May I also add: 鈥淎nd why should we find out now?鈥� There are two possible answers.
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The Lend Lease lead
Thank you for the great article on women in construction, and for drawing attention to the issue of maternity pay again.
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Pressure on the HBF
You report that the government is to decide this month whether pressure testing will be required to conform with Part L of the 星空传媒 Regulations (3 June, page 64).
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Carrot health scare
Carrots may be good for you, as Roger Knowles suggests in his letter (3 June, page 36), but the idea of giving a bonus for a reduction in accidents has been tried in the offshore oil industry, with unfortunate results.
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Turn the mike down 鈥�
Perhaps Ian Abley was simply trying to be provocative in his Open Mike article (10 June, page 34) but it is rather alarming that any professional designer should express such views. There is much to take issue with in his article but I will settle for the following.
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鈥� in defence of architects
Ian Abley seems to be in denial about the responsibilities of designers for site safety.
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Speedy 3D 鈥�
Your article on the use of building models by contractors (10 June, pages 58-59) focuses on very large projects and organisations with professional clients and a large commitment of resources up front.
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鈥� and a memory prompted
Your article on 3D modelling brought back memories of a project I was working on 10 years ago with a small group lead by Dr Stephen Drewer, then reader in the faculty of the built environment at the University of the West of England.
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Out of order
With great respect to Tony Bingham in his commentary on Geris vs CNIM (10 June, page 52), an adjudicator has no authority under the Scheme for Construction Contracts or any set of adjudication rules that I can think of, to make orders.
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Faulty Towers
The respondents were owners of a hotel and retained the services of the appellants to design the work necessary to remedy structural defects in a large bay window in the building.Remedial work was carried out to the engineer鈥檚 design in 1997. In late 1999 the respondents noticed that the lintel ...