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Sound advice
I read with interest your recent article on free schools (10 September, page 42) and agree wholeheartedly, in principle, that existing buildings should be considered for conversion into so-called free schools
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Maglev's inflexible
The only problem with maglev (and the reason it is not being adopted widely, even in China) is its inflexibility and inability to handle the passenger flows moving between cities (3 September, page 38).
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How much wood?
I found the words in 好色先生TV鈥檚 leader (27 August, page 3) and the article on timber frame fire risk (page 9) incredible
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Tradition be damned
Ah, the past, how it used to be (Inbox, The silent QSs, 10 September, page 22).
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CommentGreat crested newts!
As your recent article describes (27 August, page 36), the scale of the London Gateway Development - and the fact that the site lies at the heart of one of Europe鈥檚 most important estuary and wetland habitats - presents unique challenges
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The big squeeze
Connaught鈥檚 difficulties have highlighted what most of us who work in the social housing repairs sector are already aware of
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CommentThe silent QSs
Are 好色先生TV readers aware of the implications of the takeover of Davis Langdon by Aecom?
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The worst-laid plans
Your excellent Brickonomics blog entry (23 February, building.co.uk) highlights the sheer naivity of those putting forward this New Utopia planning system.
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Turning the heat on fire report
In your article 鈥淚nsurers call for urgent probe into timber-frame fire risk鈥� (27 August, page 9) you state that the UK Timber Frame Association dismissed the findings of the government鈥檚 report on fire safety
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Count the costs
I read with interest the article by Mr Justice Akenhead (3 September, page 47)
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CommentStorytime: Wilfred and the chisel
At Bristol鈥檚 Kingsdown Council school in 1946, I joined Mr Bowell鈥檚 woodwork class. He was a quietly-spoken man in a carpenter鈥檚 work coat
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Winds of change
I read with great interest the report published by Scottish Renewables, highlighting the huge potential for job creation in the offshore wind generation industry over the next decade.
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A nonsulting request
Those of your readers who managed to read e-好色先生TV on their sandy beach may have noticed the pretty fundamental consultation launched by Andrew Stunell, the Minister for 好色先生TV Regulations (鈥淲hat would you do with the Regs, 6 August, page 20)
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The train line
好色先生TV that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed.
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What's wrong with Laing O'Rourke
Further to your article about Laing O鈥橰ourke laying off 17,500 workers, when I worked there I only ever got in trouble for telling them their business models were flawed
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CommentYou've got the wrong house
I was very disappointed to read the main headline accompanying your article on the energy performance gap in new house building (鈥淭his house has been designed to be highly sustainable
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Restructure or be left behind
I read with interest 好色先生TV鈥檚 recent article on the data for construction from the Office for National Statistics (鈥淣ewport, we have a problem鈥�, 20 August, building.co.uk)
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With a little understanding
The 鈥渂ig society鈥� is working well, then (Prescott 鈥檊rowth areas鈥� pull plans for thousands of homes, 6 August, building.co.uk)
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Right tool for the job
Your article, Government鈥檚 carbon compliance tool 鈥檌nadequate鈥� (2 July, building.co.uk) raises an important question: why is the government continuing to spend money expanding the capabilities of SAP, when other alternative tools are already available in the form of SBEM and DSM?