There's nothing biblical about this blog, but I've been on the go for six days and today I've had a rest. Barefootreporting can be hard work y'know :)
Anyway, yesterday (Saturday - or Caturday?) saw a few interesting visits: Structural Engineer Nick Maclean dropped by and had a look at the buildings, together with a chap called Ian something (sorry mate but I'm not going to try to spell your last name and get it wrong). Ian has been dealing with renovation of old buildings for a long time and Nick has been surveying structures for 30 years or more.
We'll start with what Ian had to say:
Nick Maclean agrees:
I'm no cynic but maybe Simon Fairlie's right when he says that "the RDA's aim is to clear the site so it can sell off oven-ready brownfield sites to its cronies in the development industry." If that's the case then it would explain the frantic desire to demolish and the underhand timing too: the red brick buildings were originally meant to be renovated as workshop space and a business "start-up incubation zone."
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