A game of two halves...

[vernon]

Shame the fencing contractors chose the wrong halves.

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[Angelfishsolo]

How braindead do you have to be to do that? I understand that contractors follow orders but even so......

 

[vernon]

it's the way things work nowadays. A job is broken down into various parts which are then awarded to different subcontractors. Each sub contractor has a specific job to do and doesn't worry about where it fits into the scheme of things as long as they do their designated job and get paid for it.

I had my eyes open to something equally absurd in a new build school. One sub-contractor had the job of installing the door frames and another sub-contractor had the job of installing locks in the doors. The first contractor cut the holes to receive the mortice locks in the door frames. The other sub-contractor installed the locks in the doors at a different height to the holes cut in the frames.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

My Mum is having a load of building work done in her back garden. One small part of this is replacing the door from the back lane into the garden. A great job done bar the fact thathat the door has no handle on the outside so their is no access from the lane. Simple to fix but a school boy oversight.

As for the door you mention what an insanity and a waste of public money.

it's the way things work nowadays. A job is broken down into various parts which are then awarded to different subcontractors. Each sub contractor has a specific job to do and doesn't worry about where it fits into the scheme of things as long as they do their designated job and get paid for it.

I had my eyes open to something equally absurd in a new build school. One sub-contractor had the job of installing the door frames and another sub-contractor had the job of installing locks in the doors. The first contractor cut the holes to receive the mortice locks in the door frames. The other sub-contractor installed the locks in the doors at a different height to the holes cut in the frames.

 

[asterix]

Obviously the fence will have to be moved.

 

[Fnaar]

Councils are good at moving the goalposts, though...

 

[slowmotion]

I expect there's a cyclepath under that fence...

 

[vernon]

Obviously the fence will have to be moved.

Apparently it will be the goal posts that will be moved. The site's being redeveloped.