All Letters articles – Page 27

  • Comment

    No answers

    2010-01-08T00:00:00Z

    After enduring 10 years of ostracism by their professional institution, it seems at last that the QS members of the RICS might be rebelling (27 November, page 28)

  • Comment

    Beware Americans bearing gifts

    2010-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Having worked in the past for a company that was acquired by a US firm, I would suggest that although the money and promises made are attractive, the outcome is often less so (“US giants plan raid on British consultancy sector”, 11 December, page 9)

  • Comment

    Mix it up

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Much as I respect John Bale (4 December, page 30), I have to take issue with him over procurement

  • Comment

    Fired up

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    “So how dangerous is timber frame?” you ask on the cover (11 December).

  • Comment

    Low conduct

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    A major point overlooked by Richard Steer in his article Buyer Beware (13 November) is that all partners and directors in consultancies have a duty under their professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy to take all reasonable precautions to prevent losses or liabilities arising in connection with the insured risks

  • Solar panels
    Comment

    Where the wind blows

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The recently published “Zero Carbon for New Non-domestic ɫTVs” by the communities department has much to commend it, but is flawed by one large blind spot, says the Davis Langdon senior consultant

  • Comment

    Why the long bill?

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The prices of labour and materials in the construction industry have fallen and tender prices have plummeted

  • Comment

    The question answered

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    There is nothing inherently dangerous about timber-frame construction

  • Comment

    Remember 1666?

    2009-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Isn’t it about time that building control officers stood up against the green brigade and used some common sense?

  • Comment

    They should have said

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    It was with some incredulity and confusion that I read the news item “Industry slams payment law plans” (13 November, page 12)

  • Comment

    Planning obsolescence

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    I was most impressed with the first question posed at last week’s Homes and Communities Agency “open meeting” on 26 November

  • Comment

    Whistling in the dark

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Further to your recent “whistleblower” item (13 November, page 15), it seems the proposed action by Balfour Beatty ex-employees is driven by an assumption of continuing unemployment with a commensurate loss of prospective earnings

  • Comment

    Should we blame the big boys?

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    On 13 November you published an article by Richard Steer complaining about uneconomic bidding by QSs

  • Comment

    Arbitrary distinctions

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    I read John Redmond’s piece about arbitration with a wry smile (27 November, page 51)

  • Comment

    Or blame all QSs?

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest the article in which Richard Steer was having a whinge about how the prevalence of low bidding was having a dramatic impact upon levels of professional QS fees

  • Comment

    Where does it all end?

    2009-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Blake, director of the Office of Fair Trading (23 October, page 30) has drawn attention to the illegality of one bidder obtaining a price from another

  • Rosie Olley
    Comment

    Small wonder

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Since your article on my and two other graduates’ search for a job was published, (11 September, page 34) I have spent most of my time looking for my perfect surveying job, which I had begun to believe did not exist

  • Comment

    In Latham’s footsteps

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Paul Morrell may not be a “fan of partnering” but I trust he will do all he can, as chief construction adviser, to resist the swing back to pre-Latham forms of procurement

  • Comment

    Fire safety first

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    BBC London’s recent exposé on fire safety risks at social housing blocks doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Across the UK’s social housing sector, awareness and understanding of the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2006 (RRFSO) is worryingly low

  • Comment

    A game of chase

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Great article on the difficulties experienced by specialists in the current climate (20 November, page 48)