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Russell Curtis

@russellcurtis.com

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I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it. Director of RCKa, but everything here my own. Barnet, London & Europe. Chair of Barnet QRP. Spatial research 🌆, planning 🗺️, pro-housing 🏘️ & yimby 👍🏻. https://russellcurtis.co.uk

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 9h

They clearly had so much difficulty gaining the consents they dedicated a whole paragraph to it on the information board.

Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 12h

"Despite numerous difficulties including securing Planning Consent, consents from the Environment Agency and United Utilities, as well as other statutory bodies, a scheme was agreed in 2019 and the footbridge laid in place in 2020."

Here's the infrastructure project that required these permissions:

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 1d

“Just think of all the meaningful things I could have done with my life, but instead I’ve ended up here.”

Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 7d

I am ready, willing and able.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 10d

"There are other questions the CPRE does not ask. Chief among them: if there is so much brownfield land available in the middle of a housing crisis, then why on Earth aren’t we already building on it?" Everything continues to be awful so I've returned to my comfort zone.

No, brownfield land won’t solve the housing crisis

Brownfield building sounds too good to be true – and it is

www.newstatesman.com

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 10d

We’re sleepwalking into disaster, for sure.

Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 10d

Nope.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 10d

Indeed, this has been my understanding for some time now, but we’re still seeing them being used for most large projects. I don’t understand why.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 10d

I’ve lost count of the number of articles I’ve written about design & build contracting being the fundamental reason for so many construction catastrophes. And, as night follows day, another example comes to light. When are we going to learn?
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

The Grenfell inquiry missed the elephant in the room: design and build

The Grenfell report fails to grasp the wider lessons of this tragedy by ignoring the warped procurement culture that encouraged so many awful decisions, argues Russell Curtis

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.com · 11d

Difficult to believe my suggestion didn’t make the cut, but here it is anyway: a recommendation for a series of new settlements on the train line between London and Cambridge, including Ashwell & Morden…the most isolated—but well-connected—station in England.
russellcurtis.com/2024/11/10/g...