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Thanks very much to Ken Tracey for sending in these pictures he took at Palace Court in west London. 鈥淟ooks like he鈥檚 fitting a TV dish,鈥� he observes of the daring climber on the roof
Balfour Beatty launches safety investigation after incident earlier this month
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
鈥淣ot only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,鈥� notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
Halted projects, redundancies and聽widespread delays and disruption are all consequences of the requirement for second staircases, says聽Christine Scott at Madison Berkeley聽
For all its rhetoric, the government鈥檚 changes set out in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill are far from revolutionary. Instead, they focus on streamlining the planning and approvals process within the existing regime, says聽Alex Dillistone
The proposed legislative shift will present both opportunities and challenges in delivering large-scale infrastructure projects. The industry must understand 鈥� and embrace 鈥� the changes, says Lance Gudger of O鈥橞rien Contractors
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