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Acrylic-bob · 09-11-2005, 18:33

Surely once the recomended density for an area has been determined, the design, materials and quality of the build is determined by the customer. I always thought that was what asking for tenders was all about.

If HBC, as the customer, asks for tenders for a new build slum, then that is what the successful builder will give them.

I ask again, what do we have a planning department and committee for, if they cannot plan housing development that enhances the borough rather than producing buildings that are of significantly poorer standards than the houses they clear to make way for them? There is no excuse now for not making all new build 100% energy self-sufficient. The lessons of the mistakes made during the sixties building boom are sufficiently well circulated as to make any repetition look like what it is...incompetence!

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Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: HBC makes me ill....seriously! Surely once the recomended density for an area has been determined, the design, materials and quality of the build is determined by the customer. I always thought that was what asking for tenders was all about. If HBC, as the customer, asks for tenders for a new build slum, then that is what the successful builder will give them. I ask again, what do we have a planning department and committee for, if they cannot plan housing development that enhances the borough rather than producing buildings that are of significantly poorer standards than the houses they clear to make way for them? There is no excuse now for not making all new build 100% energy self-sufficient. The lessons of the mistakes made during the sixties building boom are sufficiently well circulated as to make any repetition look like what it is...incompetence! __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 09-11-2005 at 18:37.