| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guess what will come next? | |
| Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
| Date/Time: | 02/07/12 14:59:00 |
| Very true that I made a mistake, but equally my overall conclusions remain unaffected. And the experts, in this case the Highways Agency, TfL etc, all of whom were consulted on the application, didn't make the mistake I did and concluded that the advert would not cause conditions detrimental to highway safety. So in this case your point doesn't quite stack up. I'll give you a better one I stumbled across today - client comes to me shocked that a Council are asking for a financial contribution of almost £195k towards affordable housing for a 2 unit scheme. He sends me the papers and a copy of the Council's calculations, and I immediately note that the Council is applying a 100% multiplier rather than the correct 10% multiplier, so in fact the correct contribution is £19,500, not £195k...a small difference of £175k :-o That kind of thing really alarms me, because to me whilst the mistake itself is easily made, common sense should make the person who made that mistake think "hang on, that sounds an absurdly high amount of money for a 2 unit scheme, I'd better double check my calculations". Probably the best 1/4 hours bit of work I've ever done, saving someone £175k ;-) |