Hi Spartacus. Yes i am well aquainted with sea and mechanical works. In my time i have maintained all the buoys, beacons and lighthouses. Doing the mechanical and electricial side of the job. I was fortunate to be trained on steam,diesel,petrol,hydraurlics and diesel engines also AC / DC electricity with my main job being maintaining cranes etc. If you want something to work make it as less complicated as possible. Now if they had put the "golden ball" on the end of Elizabeth Pier ( that is the one that the ferries moor up to ) with a pipe etc. the ball would go up and down and no electric needed. To simple for these high flyers who no nothing but bulls**t and the more it cost the better. Take the new crane on the New North Quay, they really do not have anybody over here to repair it if it goes wrong. Also it appears to be breaking down alot i hear. On another note the marina damage and security. I believe G4 looks after that by way of checking twice a night at a given time and that is all. Otherwise you have to pay more for farther checks, would be much cheaper to employ a man watching cctv ( if they work that is ) through the night. But then they would employ a manager to oversee him i supose. The more people in the chain of command the more you can distribute the blame around and that way no one person takes full responsibility. That is how the civil servants work. So no accountability. Watch and see what the outcome is over the £3,000,000 etc. on incinerate comes out like.
