Failure to disconnect services leaves residents angry and contractor in danger.
It is in the nature of local newspapers to take the side of the poor local resident forced to endure the suffering caused by nearby demolition work. A case in point is this report from the Peebleshire News that bears the headline: Anger Over Demolition Blunders in Peebles.
It then goes on to highlight the “litany of gaffes” made by Coleman & Co., the contractor in question.
However, for those of a demolition persuasion, the article fails to address that perennial elephant in the room; the fact that the client had failed to disconnect the utility services on the site.
Admittedly, if the accusations about the incorrect handling of asbestos and the dislodging of a telepgraph pole are proved correct, then Coleman & Co. will have some explaining to do.
But the temporary loss of telephone connection surely pales into insignificance compared to the loss of life that could have been caused by the service disconnection “oversight”.
