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Bunch of lightweights
Well, what a surprise 鈥� the unfortunate people living in flats separated by lightweight floors at Greenwich Millennium Village can hear their neighbours!
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A clarification
With regard to the article on Greenwich Millennium Village, Powerwall Systems Ltd did not design the building with the problem.
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How to follow an impressive debut
May I ask what steps are being taken to ensure the Redrow Debut homes remain affordable for future buyers (20 May, page 21).
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The final word 鈥�
As aired in your letters pages (13 May, pages 38-39) Mr Danieli could have had the right of adjudication against his two non-paying customers had anyone told him of the standard form of building contract for a home owner/occupier as published by the JCT in 1999, priced 拢9.99 and available ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Architect Raymond Young cheers a happy melding of old and new in Dundee, and boos a much less happy one in Edinburgh
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A retail tale
Sainsbury鈥檚 wished to expand one of their stores. The local planning authority approved the necessary application but the secretary of state called it in. His inspector, following a full inquiry, supported the proposal. However, after considering the inspector鈥檚 report and obtaining supplementary information, the secretary of state decided that planning ...
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CommentThe little princes
Our columnist recalls two weeks in the 1990s when he was privileged to have the honour of working with a group of highly skilled young management trainees
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Know your rights
Five years ago this month the Third Parties Act came into force with the intention of doing away with the tedium of collateral warranties. So did it succeed?
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CommentA Westerner鈥檚 guide
Following 星空传媒鈥檚 whirlwind tour of China earlier this month, two experts explain the Chinese approach to contract law, regulations and business practices
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Sound arguments
As a manufacturer of light gauge steel-framed (LGSF) buildings I feel obliged to comment on the problems that have arisen after completion of the Kirby Court contract at Greenwich Millennium Village (6 May, pages 26-29).
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One simple question
A property can meet all the regulations and still not meet the expectations of the occupants (that is, to live within their own property without being disturbed by their neighbours鈥� day-to-day activities).
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Fuming at the F-word 鈥�
You ask: 鈥淲ill top-up fees damage architecture?鈥� (13 May, page 17). The answer is yes.
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An education in form filling
You report that the education sector may be about to embrace an 鈥淣HS Procure21-style鈥� strategy for the procurement of its buildings (6 May, page 11).
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An inspector calls
The article in last week鈥檚 issue 鈥淐ITB hits back at criticism of craft apprenticeships鈥� (20 May, page 17) is inaccurate and misleading.
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Another fine mess
The reason why women are not attracted to working in the building industry is that they have an in-built gene that prevents them from accepting untidiness 鈥� ask any married man (20 May, page 40). Most building sites are the untidiest places on earth.Mike Brown, principal clerk of works, Estates ...