A colleague and I are submitting an application to carry out a feasibility study of the Grade II* Literary and Scientific Institute in Bridport.
After 38 years of work I am proud of what I have achieved and been fortunate to work on some great projects and met some wonderful people in the industry.
‘I can’t tell you how thrilled we are with the work that has been done and everyone is out now! Many thanks, we really are delighted with what you have achieved for us.’
This was the title of a paper by Dan Cruikshank about the repair of historic buildings published in the 80’s. Today, our ability to adapt and survive is more about who we chose to work for and what motivates us to provide the services that we are instructed to deliver.
The dysfunctional planning system has a fair part to play in making work harder than ever to achieve resilience but I won’t go there again. Perhaps having an all female team also has something to do with maintaining resilience.
This week I received some positive feedback from my clients. How often do we receive good news? Not often enough. I have always been happy to get any type of feedback.
This week the practice has been awarded one new project and another is moving into a new phase of detailed design. On the downside site visits have been curtailed by extensive flooding and when I did actually get to site I was surveying in Siberian weather conditions.
There’s reason to celebrate this week as we have successfully achieved the refusal of two major planning applications in South Somerset, Castle Cary and Keinton Mandeville.
This week has seen the very swift turn around of two projects both in pre-app status, one in Dorset and the other in Somerset.
The pressure is on now that there are only three weeks to Christmas.