Large London Re-wire Under Offer;

[slingshot2000]

Anyone on here tendering for this job ?

100miles of cable, over 5,000 light fittings.

Ten years work for someone.

Buckingham Palace to get £369m refurbishment - BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38025513

 

[Pat H]

I'm not keen on dogs....

 

[telectrix]

so keep away from Camilla then.

 

[HandySparks]

1600 drums of cable. Have to get a bigger van.

 

[telectrix]

silly arse.the quee will have it all delivered from fortnum & masons.

 

[Flanders]

I would of done but she wont be moving out so it will be a nightmare , if she just gives us a key it should take a couple of weekends and I would be able to fit it in with my day Job Then I can put the key through the letter box when i'm finished

 

[Midwest]

Suspect the liability insurance might be an issue; can see one of those Del & Rodney Chandelier moments

 

[GMES]

I was trying to keep that quiet ffs, oh well, anybody looking for some subby work.

 

[FatAlan]

I've been in the basement and it's a mess. Probably like the Houses of Parliament with 100 odd years of previous wiring and plumbing to strip out first. Still if anyone's looking for a mate on that job let me know.

 

[Octopus]

Lets hope the contracts state local staff and xx number of apprentices to be included in the staff..........

Thats what the French and Germans do....

 

[7029 dave]

So the Palace has not been rewired since the 1950's, no rcd protection, old rewire-able fuse's, no cpc on the lighting circuits etc.I don't believe it.?

 

[FatAlan]

Bet there's some old & interesting bits of kit there. I wonder if HRH will flog anything off on eBay?

 

[Octopus]

Wonder if they had an EICR done before they decided it needed a rewire?

Just imagine the list of issues...... and the number of boards.... and all the lash ups over the years... YUK

 

[Pat H]

I had to do some cabling in the Department of trade (I think, did a few so could have been another) Working out of hours pulling cables down metal conduits full with old brittle telecoms solid core stuff. Deperate not to create a chargeable fault in the existing cabling we spent most of the night on it. Only to get to the riser end and find it had all been lopped off. All dead redundant cabling....

 

[westward10]

I've been in the basement and it's a mess. Probably like the Houses of Parliament with 100 odd years of previous wiring and plumbing to strip out first. Still if anyone's looking for a mate on that job let me know.

I could be wrong but didn't Parliament have a lot of copper conduits fitted.

 

[Toneyz]

You can put it forward for your next niceic assesement visit

 

[plantpot]

If it was installed correctly and to the regulations at the time I see no problem

 

[freddo]

I wonder what 100 miles of MI costs?

 

[DuaneMHunt1976]

Will I have to take my shoes off

 

[KennyKen]

Does the advert say that it's a prerequisite to hire Charles as a Sparks Mate?