All Letters articles – Page 34

  • Comment

    Noises off

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    In my experience, good acoustics in schools are still viewed as a nice-to-have rather than a must-have (“Can you hear me at the back?”, 15 May, page 40)

  • Comment

    Good health

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Regarding your article on a health scare prompting regulation change (29 May, page 13), hats off to NHBC for producing a report that takes the real world into account

  • Comment

    A cable to the sun

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    In reply to Hugh Bantin’s query about wind energy (8 May, page 32), yes, it is fickle and average output is about 30% of maximum

  • Comment

    The third amendment

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    The Standing Joint Committee for The Standard Measurement of ɫTV Works has prepared amendment three to the Seventh Edition, effective from 1 June.

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    Comment

    The true aim of architecture

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam’s rant (22 May, page 24) about architects and how “they like to pretend they know best about what’s good for society ... “ reminded me of a talk Buckminster Fuller gave at the school of architecture at Bristol university in 1965

  • Comment

    Messing about near boats

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    I work for a charity called the Waterway Recovery Group (www.wrg.org.uk) which restores the derelict canals of England and Wales

  • Comment

    But they won’t do VAT

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    I completely agree with your leader on 13 March that the government should have taken the cue from the EU and cut VAT on maintenance and refurbishment to 5% in the last budget

  • Comment

    A matter of consequence

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    The idea of improving the existing housing stock has been debated and analysed for many years now, especially in the information, advice and guidance for Part L (15 May, page 9)

  • Conservatory owners: the scourge of Scottish building control officers
    Comment

    The conservatory con

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    It’s good news that the regulations are becoming more onerous in England. However, in Scotland we have had minimum U-values for conservatories for some time

  • Comment

    The key to the code

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    “The problem is that we are making it up as we go along” (leader, 22 May, page 3)

  • Comment

    Answering Mr Arrowsmith

    2009-05-29T00:00:00Z

    As stated in your recent article “Betrayal of trust” (15 May, page 34), NICEIC does have some sympathy with Mr Arrowsmith’s situation

  • Comment

    Roger that

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    I have for many years felt that Roger Knowles, chairman of Baqus, was the voice of reason and practicability in the building industry so I was delighted to read his letter in Inbox (15 May, page 32)

  • Comment

    But is it legal?

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    I was interested to read the published response from Peter Whitbread in your 8 May edition regarding “Lip service won’t do: discrimination in construction” (24 April, page 52)

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    Comment

    It's up to us

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Your editorial (1 May, page 3) says “the Exchequer is applying brakes by way of efficiency savings”. About time, I say!

  • Comment

    Get your facts straight

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest your article asserting that the government will miss its carbon reduction targets of 12.5% by 2010/11 (1 May, page 10)

  • Comment

    Not just any old wood

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Regarding our timber study for the Wood Window Alliance (24 April, page 69), it is important to realise that the negative value for embodied carbon was based on the knowledge that the timber would be sustainably sourced from a well-managed forest, and that in the future, most of it would ...

  • Comment

    All publicity is good

    2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

    The essence of ɫTV’s editorial in the 9 May edition (page 3) is that the Prince of Wales’ intervention into the quality of design of the built environment, is a good thing. Up to a point

  • Comment

    The usual victims

    2009-05-15T00:00:00Z

    The Verry debacle (8 May, page 24) is just the same old, same old – look at Eugena, Wiltshire and the others. Who gets hurt? Yes, you guessed it, the “specialist trade contractor” and the small subbie

  • Comment

    Overcoming overload

    2009-05-15T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest Cedric Sloan’s article in ɫTV on 1 May (page 33). He draws attention to the information that is provided with most invitations to submit a tender. One of the points he makes is that far too much information is provided

  • Comment

    Ten into six doesn’t go

    2009-05-15T00:00:00Z

    It was a shame to see that CNP has become the first big-name QS/project management casualty. At the end of the day consultants are all about people and my sympathy goes out to all who have and will lose their jobs, shareholdings, and so on. Consultants have been hanging in ...