I'm on the BBC One Show Wed 23rd Apr - Competition Final :)

I totally agree. I find them interesting to look at, but there's no evolution...

 

Anyway, I think they made a mistake, and I'm not just saying that (John)

 

"Designed" seems to be the preference for these type of things.

Architects design things which cannot be built
Engineers build things that look awful
People occupying the middle-ground are few & far between ... and I don't know what the collective noun is for them - dare I call them "Johns"?!!

 

I shall blow my own trumpet then, 'coz I made it up

 

:(

We're in the process of building a conservatory. Foundations 3M deep because there are some Lombardy Poplars "nearby" - although they are quite far away to my eye, not least because they are on the other side of the house that is inbetween. We are on undisturbed clay.

Supposedly Quantity Surveyors (or whatever branch of engineer it was) are under instruction from Government not to over-egg their safety margin on such things (a) to be more Green and b) to stimulate the housing industry by not exacerbating the cost) and my builders were muttering about how daft it all was. Engineer would not budge saying he had to do it by-the-book otherwise the building inspector would just require it to be fixed anyway.

I dread to think how anyone, in future, will get the footings out if they want to change anything ...

 

Hoping the same isn't true of your replies to GC'ers questions

Ah, no, WAIT! Must be me with a goodly bunch of hydrangea cuttings that are thriving thanks to your advice