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Do you have any trouble in passing the concrete for

ground floors, in new buildings ?

A.

Sometimes we have to serve notices, after it is done,

to get it redone.

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25

Do you inspect buildings in course of erection, before

they are finished ?

A.

Yes, daily, as far as time will allow.

26

Q.

Now, would you know, as you pass a building daily, 17226

A.

and they are laying concrete down, do you go in and ses

that concrete while it is being laid ↑

Yes, and it is then that we condemn it, if it is bad.

You dont wait for it to be completed ?

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27 Q.

A.

No.

28

Q.

A.

What did you mean a little previous, about it being (7328

done again,

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redone ?

Very often a portion has been laid, and they are still

at it.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

C.O.

Reference:-

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29 20

Now, what do you think of the concrete that is generally

used here for the floors, with your experience as a

practical man?

30 Q.

28

A.

Some of it is fair. It a great deal depends on material.

Now, what is the cause of the great number of defects

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in concrete floers that we find here ?

A.

Bad material.

31

Which material ↑

17231

A.

32 →

Bad lime, and too great a proportion of red earth.

What about the size of the stone ↑

17232

A.

The size of the stone is sometimes larger than it

should be.

33

How, did you carry out public works at home,

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A.

superintend the erection of large buildings ?

Yes, I have been in the building trade the whole of my

life.

RECORD OFFICE, LONDON OUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH – NOT TO BE

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