History Group, April 2022

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Do have a look at Hamish’s note on hidden defects. We ask to record your email etc when you download.

Effective strip model for highways is on page 55 here: https://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/prod/attachments/0b0a95ee-7a5e-4a90-90e0-a774806b5508?inline=true

For Railways thecode is NR/GN/CIV 025 but it is behind a paywall.

Model of Marsh Lane to explore. https://skfb.ly/PPQM

A model of one pier of Balcombe Viaduct is here: https://skfb.ly/6o6oH

Left button to pan, right button to rotate, scroll wheel to zoom.

It seems that the quote I have attributed to Ruskin may not be his, though there is no indication where it did come from. See a longer quote and more detail at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law_of_business_balance

One that I am sure of the source comes from Richard Feynman after the Challenger disaster.

“For a successful technology, engineering must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”

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