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Forget the buildings
Amanda Levete鈥檚 views on the need for 鈥渋nternationally renowned鈥� architects to design the buildings for the Olympic Games are a powerful demonstration of how the job you do can warp your perceptions (鈥淒oing what it takes鈥�, 9 February, page 34).
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Will this do?
I was pleased to read your article about office fit-outs (鈥淐all that sustainable?鈥� 26 January, page 50).
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How Lift has worked wonders
Your article on the Lift primary healthcare programme raised some interesting points about how effective the scheme has been since its inception and certainly merits further analysis (26 January, page 38).
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NEC is ideal for the big event
I was surprised to read Steve Rudd鈥檚 letter (12 January) complaining about the use of the NEC suite of contracts for Olympic works.
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Artistic licence
Now that the design and access statement process has bedded down in the planning control system, we should move on with further developments.
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RICS campaign forges ahead
Roger Thrush鈥檚 letter (19 January) is incorrect in its assertion that the RICS is having little impact with its visa campaign. In fact, it is currently working with the government to ease the shortage of quantity surveyors in the UK.
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Not a question of materials
A fire strategy can only work effectively if passive fire protection measures (structural steelwork protection, fire-resistant paints, fire-resistant glazing, and so on) are built into the structure.
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Fit for the Olympics
I must take issue with Steve Rudd鈥檚 letter (12 January) regarding compensation events under the NEC3 contract. His comments only serve to perpetuate a fallacy that I have heard many times before.
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CommentMore fuel to the fire
I was quoted in a news article last week (12 January) on the serious fire at the timber-frame construction site in Colindale, north London. I think several statements in the story require clarification.
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Age concern
I read with great interest both the letter written by a reader (6 October, page 38) and your blog on section 106 restraints in the retirement sector.
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Stick to what you know
Tony Bingham鈥檚 hope that 2007 will be the year when architects do drawings, engineers do engineering and so on (5 January, page 54) is music to the ears of indemnity brokers and insurers.
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One man鈥檚 junk ...
Last week I spotted one of your 鈥渓ittle gems of genius鈥� (5 January, page 12) about the online marketplace whatdoidowiththis.com.
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CommentLet鈥檚 make this interesting ...
Sure, anyone can fall off a scaffolding and break a couple of bones, but how many fall off and drown in a river?
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Start at home
The lack of impact of the RICS鈥� campaign against the government鈥檚 restrictions on QSs coming to work in Britain shouldn鈥檛 really come as a surprise (鈥淩ICS frustrated by failure of visa campaign鈥�, 5 January, page 14).
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No move to east London
A postscript to the article 鈥淔oster consortium set to bid for Olympic media centre鈥� (5 January, page 11) implies that the proposal to move some key departments and channels to Salford may not happen.
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Off with their hats
In the nineties I was marketing director of Watson Steel, then owned by Amec (鈥淎mec quits construction after 拢90m writedown鈥�, 15 December, page 9).
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Greased palms
Recent research from the Chartered Institute of 好色先生TV (10 November, page 58) has significant implications for construction professionals.
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