tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post3438451010454281008..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Royal Sands Development cliff façade one hardhat on and some pictures.Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-46239197299006525692010-01-27T13:52:39.511+00:002010-01-27T13:52:39.511+00:0012.24 sorry about the delay replying, I contacted ...12.24 sorry about the delay replying, I contacted them and asked them why they had done the work on a structure without adequate foundations and why the had just filled the crack in the bulge and painted the bulging bit?<br /><br />There answer was that that they had just fulfilled the contract requested by TDC and TDCs consultants who had done the original survey.<br /><br />I don’t think it is a job that they are particularly proud of and they were very reluctant to discuss it with me at all.<br /><br />When considering the wall it is important to understand that it is the cliff that holds the wall up and not the other way round. The wall being intended to prevent weathering of the chalk and having no support function.<br /><br />One argument put to me by the councils consultants about the foundations is that they must be adequate because the wall hasn’t subsided. Looking at the original design drawings the wall slopes in and at intervals up the cliff is stepped so it would appear that the wall is hanging on the cliff.<br /><br />To be perfectly honest the more I find out about the structure the less I like going down there, oddly enough I feel fine walking on the nice new smooth footpath on top of the cliff.<br /><br />I think somewhere along the line people have forgotten that this is just an unsupported chalk cliff about seventy feet high, if you took the things that hide its defects away, the concrete wall on the front and the nice smooth tarmac path on top, you wouldn’t hang about near the bottom or the edge at the top.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-47670991574162803502010-01-27T09:59:37.929+00:002010-01-27T09:59:37.929+00:00Well Richard Samuels and TDC like wasting a millio...Well Richard Samuels and TDC like wasting a million quid, they have done that on additional pension payments and compromise agreements for directors (4)and other officers (3) over the last few years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-5415990997461472442010-01-26T18:57:56.930+00:002010-01-26T18:57:56.930+00:00That seems a devastating quote. Looking forward t...That seems a devastating quote. Looking forward to Michael's response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-14913842491459797532010-01-26T12:24:12.213+00:002010-01-26T12:24:12.213+00:00Michael, the following is from the website of the ...Michael, the following is from the website of the company who performed the £1,000,000 worth of work;<br /><br />"Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate <br />Repairs to cliff facade enhancing the upper retaining wall, new pedestrian guard rails and barriers, installation of new drainage system, surfacing works to the upper footway"<br /><br />Does this description make you feel safe in the knowledge that the load bearing elements of the wall have been looked at?<br /><br />Does it sound like a million quids worth of work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com