All Letters articles – Page 48

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    Government diktat

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The Office of Fair Trading investigation started in 2004 and its statement of objection was published on 17 April 2008. Your leader column (25 April, page 3) guesses how much the the public purse might have been diddled out of.

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    In the detail

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    Rattled

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Thanks to the Beach Boys, everybody thinks vibrations are good, but what happens when they turn bad?

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    A sunnier picture

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    I was somewhat bemused by your recent article on the lack of demand for zero-carbon housing (4 April, page 68-71), because it almost completely contradicts our experience of supplying solar photovoltaic systems to homeowners and housebuilders.

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    In the detail

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    All open and above board

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest Liam Holder’s letter (4 April, page 38) suggesting that my article on SGS vs Barratt (14 March, page 70) breached some kind of “assumed” confidentiality.Although I acknowledge the general assumption is that adjudication is private and notionally confidential, I have yet to see any law that ...

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    Still on course for zero

    2008-04-18T00:00:00Z

    The recent report by NHBC on attitudes to zero-carbon homes must be seen as a call to action and not an excuse for failure.

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    Not the final chapter

    2008-04-18T00:00:00Z

    The seven architects shortlisted to design the “Library of Birmingham with Repertory Theatre” in Centenary Square would be well advised to take the grand promises of councillor Whitby and his senior advisers with a large pinch of salt.

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    Hot air at speaker’s corner

    2008-04-18T00:00:00Z

    According to The Daily Telegraph, £191,000 has been spent on air-conditioning for the speaker’s dwelling at the Palace of Westminster.

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    Ahem

    2008-04-18T00:00:00Z

    Your article on the Whitelee wind farm refers to Balfour Fitzpatrick throughout, rather than Balfour Kilpatrick, which is in joint venture with Morrison Construction on the project.Clare Coyle, marketing manager, Balfour Kilpatrick

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    Standing up for the little guy

    2008-04-11T00:00:00Z

    It is little wonder that 70 SMEs went bust in a month, as reported in ɫTV recently (28 March, page 11). Despite the good intentions of Egan and Latham, the industry is imploding because of the ill-founded initiatives that were based on those reports.

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    Two plus two makes five

    2008-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the article “Lords reject economic benefits of immigration” (1 April, www.building.co.uk) I wonder at times whether our government can actually add up.

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    Lets be civilised

    2008-04-11T00:00:00Z

    I find ɫTV’s unbalanced response to proposals for the statutory provisions for disabled access to new build-homes disturbing (28 March, page 3, 54-57).

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    Style or substance?

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    To quote your article on the industry’s websites (20 March, pages 40-41): “Flash is the best way to show images because it uses mathmatical formulae to draw graphics very quickly, while HTML draws images one pixel at a time.”

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    Too little, too late

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Admirable though the issue of regulations for sustainable homes is, I fear it is all a little too late when one considers the vast amounts of energy wasted in other locations.

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    In the detail

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

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    Collective blunders

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    My heart sinks each time a body rushes to tell us that it is setting up a committee to show how refurbishment or anything else should be done, like Kate Symons of BRE does in her column (28 March, page 41).

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    Behind closed doors

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    I was peturbed to read Peter English’s article about a case that he said demonstrated that contractors need not always agree to give clients discounts (14 March, page 70).

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    A place for sarcasm

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    I am reassured to see from the photos attached to the article Welly Garden City (14 March, pages 60-62), that the landscape and natural countryside is being so effectively held back and not allowed to encroach on yet another “green development”.

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    New tricks

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Regarding the fact that the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is to be axed and its responsibilities reallocated to local authorities (18 March, building.co.uk), I think this shift in emphasis is a good idea.