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At the risk of banging on 鈥�
An average of 3 million UK households persistently suffer from noisy neighbours 鈥� a rise of 31% over the past five years, new research claims.
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No mercy for architects
Tony Bingham may have been too hard on the clients who took their architect to the cleaners after he failed to carry out his fundamental duty of co-ordinating the works (25 May, pages 64-65).
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CommentYesterdays man
Lord Lawson has long been a bucket on the tiller of sane attempts to steer the UK towards a smart, efficient, renewable low-carbon economy.
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鈥� unless it鈥檚 your house
Richard Donnell (www.building.co.uk, 25 May) sensibly argues that the mix of new housing should be decided at the local level 鈥� top-down density or mix targets cannot possibly produce the right housing.
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Flaming ridiculous
What a delightful irony it was to have an advert from those astute concrete people, depicting the Colindale fire, placed opposite an announcement for your zero-carbon conference (18 May, pages 50-51) 鈥� all that previously sequestered carbon being put back into the atmosphere!
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Divine intervention
I am a great admirer of Sir Michael Latham, but I refer you to my article 鈥淪hopfitters of the World Unite鈥� (23 February, page 38).
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Bigger isn鈥檛 better 鈥�
I read with great interest your recent article on the possible formation of a trade body to work closely with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to deliver maintenance in the social housing sector (18 May, page 14).
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A friend in need
I am writing to tell you about my employer Gleeds. In January I suffered the loss of my father and had to go to Greece to make the appropriate arrangements. I had no idea how long I would have to be there, only that I needed to be on the ...
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Take the fourth
I read Laurenz Maurer鈥檚 useful article (11 May, page 66), but he errs when advising readers 鈥淚f you are subject to the current 鈥� Construction Industry Council (CIC) adjudication terms then notify the responding party that you intend to follow the Scheme instead鈥�.
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Backing Brown鈥檚 green towns
I was interested to read the article 鈥淏rown鈥檚 eco new town will fail green test鈥� (18 May, page 9). It is critical that initiatives such as these have the industry鈥檚 support. Brown鈥檚 eco towns will benefit companies and agencies working on sustainable alternatives to the construction process. By stimulating research ...
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One rule for them ...
Further to the item in Hansom on 11 May (page 29), I would like to voice my disgust at the item concerning Andrew McAlpine and his use of iTunes.
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Now pay for your fun
Of course some of us have drunk too much in our distant 鈥� or indeed recent 鈥� past. The difference with the RICS young surveyors鈥� party (18 May, page 11) is that it does not necessarily involve what would in any other scenario be called mindless vandalism.
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Telecoms firm, heal thyself
I read with interest the article about BT鈥檚 encouraging more working from home (11 May, page 54).
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Joining the cubs
This has certainly raised the profile of the RICS. Until now, the average Joe had us down as a shadowy outfit somehow connected with lions.
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Blame where its due
The jury is still out on the Health and Safety Executive鈥檚 (HSE) record on prosecutions resulting from construction fatalities following Ucatt鈥檚 Levels of Convictions report and the HSE鈥檚 counterclaims. The results paint a confusing picture of the actual number of convictions.
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