Big Ben to be silent for four years
Discussion
Jonesy23 said:
You try doing a major cosmetic and functional refurb and structural repair of a grade 1 listed UNESCO world heritage site and associated clock at that height in London and see what it costs.
£150K / week including materials doesn't strike me as too bad to be honest.
This.£150K / week including materials doesn't strike me as too bad to be honest.
Every time I do some work/a project on even a simple, 520yr old house I want to line up Kirsty Allsop, Sarah Beanie, Phil Spencer, George Clarke, Kevin McCloud and any other TV celeb who has uttered how much stuff costs and bury them in a pit filled with concrete. Fortunately I wouldn't get listed building consent for that and the alternatives probably wouldn't have the same impact
Never fear, the full weight of Her Majesty's Press is on the case.
(from BBC web site)
"There is criticism of plans to stop Big Ben's chimes because of concerns about the hearing of workers involved in a restoration scheme.
The Daily Mail believes health and safety has succeeded in silencing the bells where the Luftwaffe failed.
The Sun says the project is "all bong wrong" and officials should have come up with a more imaginative solution to protect the workers.
The Daily Telegraph also asks why a compromise was not possible to keep the bell in action.
In its leader column, the paper says that the most famous emblem of the nation is being silenced at a crucial time as the UK negotiates the terms of its new identity.
It asks "if the ravens are also to be dispatched from the tower" a reference to the superstition that if the ravens leave the Tower of London the Crown - and Britain - will fall."
(from BBC web site)
"There is criticism of plans to stop Big Ben's chimes because of concerns about the hearing of workers involved in a restoration scheme.
The Daily Mail believes health and safety has succeeded in silencing the bells where the Luftwaffe failed.
The Sun says the project is "all bong wrong" and officials should have come up with a more imaginative solution to protect the workers.
The Daily Telegraph also asks why a compromise was not possible to keep the bell in action.
In its leader column, the paper says that the most famous emblem of the nation is being silenced at a crucial time as the UK negotiates the terms of its new identity.
It asks "if the ravens are also to be dispatched from the tower" a reference to the superstition that if the ravens leave the Tower of London the Crown - and Britain - will fall."
Jonesy23 said:
You try doing a major cosmetic and functional refurb and structural repair of a grade 1 listed UNESCO world heritage site and associated clock at that height in London and see what it costs.
£150K / week including materials doesn't strike me as too bad to be honest.
The costs and duration appear to be related to the fact they thought it would be a great idea to add a lift. Which will only go half way up. When they've done previous refutes they shut for periods of 6 weeks. £150K / week including materials doesn't strike me as too bad to be honest.
kowalski655 said:
juice said:
Can't they replace the bong with a recording of a cockerel instead for the next few years ?
Or the Muslim call to prayer....get the Daily Mail readers to explode You could probably power the whole south east on the fury it would produce!
The Mail's take about the Luftwaffe is my favourite - squealing over-reaction at its best
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