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Doorstepping
James Moody took on the managing director鈥檚 role at the newly reorganised Eastern region of housebuilder Crest Nicholson three months ago, and he had to hit the ground running. Not only is he managing existing sites 鈥� he also had to find himself an office
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CommentGlory days
Our building sites are bloodless descendants of the sites of the roaring 50s, when men were men, lavatories were buckets and passers-by were fair game
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CommentLet鈥檚 be Belgian
Our system of project insurance wastes about 拢1bn a year, and invariably leads to the courts. Why can鈥檛 we have project-based insurance, as they do on the Continent?
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CommentKindly leave the stage
It鈥檚 an accepted rule that if an adjudicator throws out a claim, the losing party can鈥檛 rush out and hire another one. But in this case, that鈥檚 exactly what happened 鈥�
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Tell it to the judge
All forms of dispute resolution involve a scary degree of uncertainty, complexity or cost. Now a proposed shake-up of the courts promises a better alternative
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Why bother?
In response to your recent editorial about encouraging young women into the construction industry I must ask, why?
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鈥� On a more optimistic note
Getting role models in the industry to talk directly to young men and women is an effective way of changing attitudes, as suggested by Victoria Caesar (Letters, 12 November, page 36).
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Learning curve
Two brief points in connection with your article on my 鈥渞e-education鈥� (12 November, page 44).
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Apprenticeships are thriving
May I congratulate your magazine for focusing on, over the past few issues, the immensely important topic of vocational training.
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A tricky treaty
Greg Trickey misunderstands the European Union constitution (12 November, page 37), the legal threat of which will be no greater to the UK鈥檚 鈥渞oyal鈥� chartered bodies than to the Crown Prosecution Service, the Royal Mail or indeed the royal family itself.
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Target practice
In the article 鈥淔atality rate overshadows HSE鈥檚 healthy living plan鈥� (15 November, page 17), some confusion crept in, which resulted in the views I expressed being misrepresented.
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CommentOpen mike: It ain鈥檛 rocket science
There鈥檚 a pretty obvious way to avoid escalating M&E costs, points out consultant Chris Haley 鈥� and it鈥檚 not by ignoring the problem and hoping it鈥檒l go away, you idiots
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CommentThe path ahead
Having been involved in the construction industry in various capacities since 1965, I find it hard to recall a time when there have been greater opportunities for the sector.
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CommentMeeting Mr Kurtz
The chilling tale of a man鈥檚 journey in the dark heart of the construction industry 鈥� which, if you ever need to find it, is located in Hounslow
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CommentOpen mike: The QS鈥檚 apprentice
The increasing amount of debt carried by today鈥檚 graduates creates an opportunity to reshape the early relationship between employer and employee 鈥�