All Letters articles – Page 20

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    Train to win

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham has been a long-time critic of the levy system so it was disappointing, but not surprising, that his recent article “Feeling a little short changed?” repeated the arguments against CITB-ConstructionSkills currently being used by the Federation of Plastering and Drywall Contractors

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    In the loophole

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Absolute jokers …

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    A little less conversation

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    If housing minister Grant Shapps is so confident about his housebuilding incentive scheme (1 October, page 12), will he now explain why the details of how it will work have yet to see the light of day?

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    Must-see TV

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Christopher Hare snapped these two committed couch potatoes trying to fit a TV aerial in a rainy London Bridge. Clearly the television schedules must have improved since we last looked …

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    Long live RSLs

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Oh dear Mr Shapps! What an ill-conceived comment about housing association “fat cat” pay

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    Green gauge

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Exactly how the Green Investment Bank will be funded and managed continues to be up for debate but there is only so much longer this can go on before the “greenest government ever” gets a reputation for being all talk and no action

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    Game on

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    If ever there was a lesson on preparation and pre-planning, the Delhi Commonwealth Games provides the most apt

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    In the steps of Duncan Wallace

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Rudi Klein asserted that “traditional procurement methods are so needlessly wasteful that a consultant or solicitor who advises a client to adopt them may be guilty of negligence”

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    Because you're worth it

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Chris Cheshire has hit the nail right on the head with his comments about low quotes (17 September, page 10)

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    Sound advice

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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 unworkable

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Maglev is a wonderful idea

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    Maglev's inflexible

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    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?

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    I found the words in ɫTV’s leader (27 August, page 3) and the article on timber frame fire risk (page 9) incredible

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    Tradition be damned

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Ah, the past, how it used to be (Inbox, The silent QSs, 10 September, page 22).

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    Great crested newts!

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    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’s most important estuary and wetland habitats - presents unique challenges

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    The big squeeze

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Connaught’s difficulties have highlighted what most of us who work in the social housing repairs sector are already aware of

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    The silent QSs

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Are ɫTV readers aware of the implications of the takeover of Davis Langdon by Aecom?

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    The worst-laid plans

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    In your article “Insurers call for urgent probe into timber-frame fire risk” (27 August, page 9) you state that the UK Timber Frame Association dismissed the findings of the government’s report on fire safety

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    Count the costs

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest the article by Mr Justice Akenhead (3 September, page 47)