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Post by perrykneeham on Aug 1, 2018 7:48:29 GMT
I'm doing some plans at the moment for a mezzanine floor with offices above. It's quite clear that some of the "alternative mitigating measures" which used to be permitted are absolutely forbidden now. The LA's Building Control is back in charge, fo sho!
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Post by nobody on Aug 1, 2018 8:05:55 GMT
Maybe, but it seems unlikely that the door manufacturers would skimp on what is their flagship product, which they have to have had type-approved and tested. I wonder if they put new doors in old frames and they weren't properly fitted. A new doorset should be spot on. Not the door manufacturer, it’s possibly poor fitting These schemes are usually run by gang masters, similar to the ill fated cockle pickers. If you want a job there, you go via the gang master, we used to call it “lump Labour” Chances are they were cheap immigrant labour, poorly supervised. The speed the fire spread, I doubt if the pipe ducts were correctly “fire stopped” |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 10:06:57 GMT
I've seen armoured doors installed in walls you could punch a hole in.
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Post by perrykneeham on Aug 24, 2018 14:31:49 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Dec 10, 2018 18:58:18 GMT
The law-scum are going after the fire brigade now. Easy, badly-advised, vulnerable target I expect. It's an odd tack though. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46508545 |
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Post by perrykneeham on Dec 10, 2018 19:01:47 GMT
Interesting that the LFEB has a female commissioner. I dont think I've ever seen a female firefighter.
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Post by perrykneeham on Dec 10, 2018 19:04:24 GMT
I tell you what though: it must be a right doss for blokes in the public sector right now. There's no point in knocking your pipe out for the top job as it ain't gonna happen.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 19:19:32 GMT
I suppose anyone can leap-frog the commissioner queue if they're female and degreed-up. Bit like the police force. Experience is low down on public sector requirements list I expect.
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Post by nobody on Dec 10, 2018 22:09:02 GMT
It’s often the case that people are promoted way beyond their capability.
In the public sector, useless sods are often “promoted” this way. Decent tradesmen are difficult to find, and so are left on the tools.
The useless are promoted as “Damage Limitation”, stick them out the way, they are easily replaced.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2018 7:51:58 GMT
That's about it NB. I worked in the civil service years ago; must say I loved every moment except their weird insistence that one was never late - 3 lates and big trouble which could lead to dismissal. But the rest, easy peasy, average pay, good hols, good sick leave, systematic promotion. In retrospect, I was silly to leave, but all I saw at the time was years of 9-5 drudgery ahead. So I walked.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 9, 2019 18:02:33 GMT
"About 100 firefighters are dealing with a large fire at a block of flats in east London. The blaze took hold from the ground floor to the sixth floor of the flats in De Pass Gardens, Barking, at about 15:30 BST, forcing residents to evacuate. The Met Police said it was helping to deal with "a major incident"." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48574044Get your wallets out. It's your fault. You utter, utter, racist bastards! |
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Post by mids on Jun 9, 2019 18:06:54 GMT
Brexit?
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 9, 2019 18:31:50 GMT
Almost certainly.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 10, 2019 6:58:34 GMT
Wow! The sharks have crossed the Atlantic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48576580If Celotex are in the frame then there's gonna be massive repercussions as almost every new build in UK in the last twenty years is stuffed with Celotex panels, loft rafters especially. |
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Post by mids on Jun 10, 2019 7:17:28 GMT
Of course it's not about the money.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 10, 2019 7:28:44 GMT
Uh-uh! Now way. Perish the thought.
Mind you, if it doesn't go their way ..... I guess the lawyers will be taking their fees and expenses up front.
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Post by mids on Jun 10, 2019 7:34:55 GMT
It must be no win no fee lawyers.
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 10, 2019 7:48:53 GMT
I assumed that too, but then I read that quite a few of the "victims" jibbed out of taking the case to the States. Now, human nature being what it is, I suspect that they would have been fine with it if it was risk-free.
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Post by mids on Jun 20, 2019 11:44:03 GMT
Head of the London Fire brigade is taking early retirement after a lot of criticism of her handling of the fire. Interesting...
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Post by voice on Sept 9, 2019 16:55:39 GMT
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