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Author:  pcernie [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:03 pm ]
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675

:shock:
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:54 pm ]
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Lets be honest here, for every single person in Britain who doesn't work in the city, their immediate reaction on seeing that story is the following..

"Ha ha!"
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:01 pm ]
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There have been several cases in the US of various cars having parts melted by their surroundings.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/06/21/consumerwatch-prius-part-susceptible-to-melting/
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:33 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Lets be honest here, for every single person in Britain who doesn't work in the city, their immediate reaction on seeing that story is the following..

"Ha ha!"

+1
Author:  finlay666 [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:56 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Lets be honest here, for every single person in Britain who doesn't work in the city, their immediate reaction on seeing that story is the following..

"Ha ha!"


Image
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:07 am ]
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Mine wasn't.
Author:  mikepgood [ Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:28 pm ]
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Surely the manufacturer should bear some liability. The phrase not fit for purpose springs to mind
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:25 pm ]
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That depends on how hot it got.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:19 pm ]
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The feckers designed a concave mirror. Obviously basic physics didn't come into it.
Author:  finlay666 [ Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:27 pm ]
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mikepgood wrote:
Surely the manufacturer should bear some liability. The phrase not fit for purpose springs to mind


Of the car, no.

Of the building, yes. It's negligence to build a giant focussing mirror into a building, even with British summers. If a child/dog was in the car I'd hate to think of the temperatures it would get to in the car at any time of year
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:55 am ]
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finlay666 wrote:
mikepgood wrote:
Surely the manufacturer should bear some liability. The phrase not fit for purpose springs to mind


Of the car, no.

Of the building, yes. It's negligence to build a giant focussing mirror into a building, even with British summers. If a child/dog was in the car I'd hate to think of the temperatures it would get to in the car at any time of year

Does no one think of the children? ;)


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Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:00 am ]
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If there's any wood in the building by the parking spaces there could easily have been a fire.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:54 am ]
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Breakkie Anyone?

I'd like to say that it's been chaos in my office yesterday as owners from other high rise in London were calling in to know if their buildings would have the same problems.

Not a good day to be a Building consultant. (or Architect Viñoly)
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:16 am ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
If there's any wood in the building by the parking spaces there could easily have been a fire.

What they should do is put covered parking bays with solar panels on them. If they focus the sun the panels could generate a fair amount of energy. ;)
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:32 am ]
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They should have built it with the concave wall on the North side, then it wouldn't have been a problem.
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