Photos (and scepticism):
Repost: Cllr Powney.
Open Doors Weekend
9-10 November 2012
Friday: 9am-4pm
Saturday: 9am-1pm
"A weekend of Open Door events inviting members of the
public to visit working construction sites is being organised for
the autumn by the UK Contractors
Group (UKCG), the Industry Training Board and Sector Skills
Council, CITB-ConstructionSkills, the Chartered Institute of Building
(CIOB) and the Considerate Constructors
Scheme.
"The collaborative initiative is the first of its kind for the
sector and intends to raise the profile of the industry, challenge
stereotypes and encourage greater engagement with the public and
local communities to attract talent into the industry.
"The events will provide a unique opportunity for members of the
public to witness first-hand the scale and complexity of major
construction developments and also demonstrate an industry-wide
commitment to welcoming a wider, more diverse range of talent into
the sector.
"Want to know more about careers in construction? Then visit our
case studies
section.
"Open Door's weekend will take place on 9 - 10 November
2012 (Friday: 9am - 4pm and Saturday: 9am - 1pm).
"To find an event near you, check out our event map [which currently fails to show Brent Civic Centre!] Please note that sites will be added to the list until October 2012, so
please regularly check and see the new
sites added."
Link to
Note: 'Open Doors' is separate from
events on 22-23 September.
'All Party Support?' - having used the photographs from Wembley Matters you could acknowledge that this building was opposed by Brent Green Party. 'Green' is not enough when a building costs £100m when the council is closing half the borough's libraries, is on a expensive prime site next to the stadium and arena, will not be accessible on event days to children and young families because of the crowds attended the stadium, is far too grand when a simpler building would have sufficed for a much reduced council. In fact at the last local elections both Labour and Conservative politicians questioned the wisdom of such a large project and the Lib Dems proposed that the Civic Centre Library be reduced to enable the other libraries to stay open.
ReplyDeleteOdd that a wonderful new building such as this is unable to give access to children in pushchairs at the Open Doors event.
It will still be a building site in November, so maybe they shouldn't be blamed for limited access.
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