I had my first formal site inspection on Friday. Taking the train from Bristol to Exeter, then changing trains from Exeter to Newton Abbott station. A total of 1.5 hrs just to visit a site.
They certainly do it different here in the UK compared to grabbing the work car back in Oz.
This site is a warehouse type development with a new road and parking for three large warehouse structures, that incorporate 12 units (4 per warehouse).
My involvement is to design and document the roads, sewer (referred to as Foul over here), stormwater (referred to as Surface Water). The structural aspects of the project are undertaken by the structural engineer in the Exeter office. No Civil engineers are in the Exeter office, as one left for Perth, in Oz, and the other is on maternity leave. So as the newbie Senior Engineer I am running many of the hand me down projects from Exeter to finish off.
One of the Contractors had his new excavator onsite, and I managed to sneak a photo of him washing it down after use. Something you would never normally see back home. Usually the muddier the better.
Washing the excavator
The train ride there was good, the first leg on a Virgin Train, very nice inside, but outside is was foggy and threatening to rain. Fortunately when it did rain I was either in the train or onsite in the site office or in the Structural Engineers car on the way back to the Exeter Office.
I was going to train it back to Bristol, however a colleague was also in Exeter that day and leaving about the same time, so I grabbed a lift back into work. So much for my planned early end to the day. By train I would’ve been home around 4.30. Not to worry though, rest assured I was home with a beer in hand just after 5.00 after finishing on time for once.
This weekend we are heading to Oxford with Phil and Megan (our mates from Canada – who also work in Bristol).
Cheers.
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