Opinion – Page 576

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    A remembrance of things past

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    I very much doubt that I will be the first correct answer, but the building in your "In the detail" competition is Trellick Tower in Golborne Road London W10 – not to be confused with trendy Notting Hill – designed by Erno Goldfinger and constructed by Holland Hannon and Cubitts.It ...

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    Against the system

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    I am greatly concerned by the increase in the "contributions" required from applicants for planning permission.

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    Manufacturing opportunities

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    I am a second-year building surveying student, and an unusual one, in that I am aged 35, and from a manufacturing background.

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    Adult affairs

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Clarissa de Waal highlighted a number of points about adult training (Letters, 21 May, page 40) that the CITB is addressing.

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    Held accountable

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Your piece about the Scottish parliament (28 May, page 22) led with an inaccurate and speculative cost figure of £450m.

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    NHBC, know thyself

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    NHBC chief executive Imtiaz Farookhi in his letter of 21 May (page 40) takes issue with Ðǿմ«Ã½ for describing the NHBC as a lobbying organisation for housebuilders.

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    Shadowing the CIS

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Many of the industry's concerns over the Construction Industry Scheme have been recognised by proposals in the Finance Bill, welcomed by the Conservative Party. But the details are still in draft, and this is an opportunity chance to make sure the scheme works. I would be interested to hear from ...

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    Reach and grasp

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Don't believe the hype – the buildings of the future that designers imagined in the 1960s are as far beyond our ability to build now as they were then

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    Bias without prejudice

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Specialist Ceiling Services Northern Limited obtained an adjudicator's decision against ZBI Construction UK Limited. In this application Specialist sought enforcement of a summary judgment of that decision against the defendant ZBI.

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    Miss Mediation

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Is it ever permissable to bypass mediation and go straight to court? The answer is yes. A useful guide as to when emerged out of a recent appeal court case

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    Let's take a closer look

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    By now you'll be aware that mediation is the hot topic of conversation this week. But just what did go on at the Court of Appeal to cause all this fuss?

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    Wonders & blunders

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Ian MacMillan admires the brutal emotion of a Holocaust memorial but is horrified by a riverside London apartment block

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    Settling the costs of mediation

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    This was a medical negligence action arising out of the death of the claimant's 83-year-old husband. A post mortem examination initially suggested that the deceased had died as a result of liquid food being directed by a tube into his lung instead of his stomach. This finding was challenged at ...

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    Safety firsts

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Our inaugural Health and Safety Awards could not have been more timely.

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    Dear John …

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Colin Harding addresses an open letter to the deputy prime minister, sincerely bestowing warmest felicitations on his latest achievement – and offering a few helpful hints

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    Hansom

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    This week, travel from the lap of Bond Street luxury to the seat of a plumbing problem in Wales, avoiding the rats still aboard the good ship construction

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    First steps

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    It's hard to imagine now, but when Richard Rogers and his fellow members of the urban taskforce unveiled their grand vision for revitalising rundown towns and cities, it seemed like the manifesto of some radical art movement from the mid-20th century

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    Brief encounter: Has Sir John helped?

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    We pick up where Tony Bingham left off, discussing Sir John Dyson's decision in the Halsey vs Milton Keynes NHS Trust case and asking where it leaves mediation

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    Two sides of the coin

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    I was interested to read Gus Alexander's article highlighting the design inadequacies of the Metropolitan Police HQ in Lewisham (7 May, page 39)

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    A weary hack writes

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations for acknowledging – at last – that too many housebuilders treat their customers with disdain, if not contempt (16 April, page 42).