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Keep off the green
One of your news stories (26 September, page 10) said that the Campaign to Protect Rural England claimed housebuilders were hoarding land in order to keep house prices high. We have made no such accusation.
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What's in a name?
A number of people have used your letters page to advocate a name change for the QS.
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Horses for courses
Dominic Helps raises the issue of adjudicators seeking technical assistance ("Justice au naturel", 8 August, page 41).
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Moving from A to B
John Smith points out (12 September, page 29) that it is only in his "industry A", inhabited by the large contractors and practices, where inroads have been made by organisations such as Be in realising the vision laid out by Egan.
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Radical thinking
While I agree with most of Geoffrey Osborne's comments, (1 August, page 28), he must remember profit is not the only criterion for judging the success of a company.
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People in the know
It was refreshing to see in the techmeisters article (26 September, page 74) that the work of technology specialists is beginning to be valued.
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From caves to frames
Bill Dunster's opinion (5 September, page 11) is another example of a lack of continuous professional development.
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The perfect hat trick
For those in search of wide-brimmed headgear (5 September, page 35) take a tip from me.
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Are you being served?
When people design their own offices, they create a very different product from that typically offered by spec developers. And thereby hangs a tale
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Fabulous creatures
This punch-up between Tesco and Costain illustrates some important points for those interested in construction law 鈥� some of them to do with slaying non-existent beasties
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Were you too busy to plough through the summer's output of construction law books? Fear not, dear reader, your legal beagle has sniffed through them for you
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Not so fast
If you鈥檙e tempted not to pay an adjudicator鈥檚 award, then why not simply put it off for 15 months or more by fighting a bloody and dogged rearguard action?
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Not so fast
If you're tempted not to pay an adjudicator's award, then why not simply put it off for 15 months or more by fighting a bloody and dogged rearguard action?
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Taking care of your cat
Consultants often need to show prospective clients some of their creative thinking. But what happens if that client uses your ideas without employing your services?
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Give the man some flowers
As a building surveyor, it is not very often that I find myself nodding in agreement with a clerk of works 鈥� but I nearly sent John Smith flowers after reading "Cut to the bone" (12 September, page 29). It hit the proverbial nail on the head.
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Praise indeed
It's against the journalistic grain to give praise I know, but I would just like to say how much I enjoy your magazine.
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The climate change conundrum
"The great office meltdown has begun" (12 September, pages 24-25) certainly throws up a conundrum: global warming is causing higher summer temperatures, therefore increasing demand for air-conditioning; this in turn adds to energy use, causes more carbon dioxide emissions and accelerates global warming.
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Lay the global gangway
I read your article "Good morning, Vietnam" (5 September, pages 38-41) and thought it was very interesting, so far as it went.
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A new devil to get to know
I suspect Tony Bingham is correct in his view that the Be Collaborative Contract is unlikely to be widely used (12 September, page 51).