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On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... |
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On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... Just listened to the 6pm BBC London radio bulletin, which included an excerpt of Mr Holness speaking to them earlier on the phone - he said it was a mixture of concrete and water, which led to the signalling system cutting out as it's supposed to. |
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On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. |
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Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ...
On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...e-is-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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On 24/01/2014 00:08, Richard J. wrote: Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ... [...] The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? A BAM Nuttall and Taylor Woodrow 50:50 joint venture. http://www.bamnuttall.co.uk/PDFfiles/VictoriaStationUpgrade.pdf http://www.taylorwoodrow.com/Projects/Victoria-Station-Upgrade.html |
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Mizter T wrote:
On 24/01/2014 00:08, Richard J. wrote: Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ... [...] The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? A BAM Nuttall and Taylor Woodrow 50:50 joint venture. http://www.bamnuttall.co.uk/PDFfiles/VictoriaStationUpgrade.pdf http://www.taylorwoodrow.com/Projects/Victoria-Station-Upgrade.html Presumably this error was committed by a elf-employed subcontractor of a subcontractor of a subcontractor? |
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wrote: Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ... On 23/01/2014 17:57, Mizter T wrote: On 23/01/2014 17:03, David Walters wrote: http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011...ictoria-line-i s-currently True? Yep. Confirmed to BBC London radio by Nigel Holness, TfL's Operations Director - see: https://twitter.com/BBCTravelAlert/status/426412230930739201 The post-mortem will be interesting... The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? BAM Nuttall (of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway fame) according to my informant who pointed to http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...-line-suspende d-after-control-room-is-flooded-with-cement. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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Mizter T wrote: On 24/01/2014 00:08, Richard J. wrote: Mizter T wrote on 23 January 2014 18:32:39 ... [...] The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. Can someone remind me who the contractors are for the station upgrade? A BAM Nuttall and Taylor Woodrow 50:50 joint venture. http://www.bamnuttall.co.uk/PDFfiles/VictoriaStationUpgrade.pdf http://www.taylorwoodrow.com/Projects/Victoria-Station-Upgrade.html Presumably this error was committed by a elf-employed subcontractor of a subcontractor of a subcontractor? Or, indeed, a self-employed etc. |
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On Thursday, 23 January 2014 18:32:39 UTC, Mizter T wrote:
The errant concrete appears to be courtesy of the Victoria tube station upgrade works. His Holness has forgiven all errant workers for any past misdeeds. |
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