must ask Met History about this - is it a reporting rule  that if the
building falls down you name contractor, if it wins a prize you mention the
architect? Not to knock architects and their PR ability - I think it's more
like buses must plunge into rivers, never slide or fall.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Follett <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: failed building materials


>In a message dated 8/26/99 12:03:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>> Probably not too many-indoor plumbing & running water being 2 of the most
>>  important factors in general communal health-
>
>Drew,
>
>Despite the expression "fhit a brick", tension based "tent" structures can
>have indoor plumbing. No? I get the impression cascading concrete slabs
have
>a heavy impact on the loo.
>
>Interesting note that the news reports say that Turkey's architects are
>blaming Turkey's contractors for shoddy construction. What about the
concrete
>suppliers?
>
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