Easy Bamboo

CEPT canteen teaches many things. Here you see artisans of all and any types, from all or any part of the world, with most of them being professionals dealing with built environment and its spaces. There are amazing number of theories and suppositions in the canteen air, which have only increased in the confined space with the increase of people in recent years; hurried rock bands riffs go in the background too. They call it blues and they give you blues.

Leave that, one such theory suggested by a real-estate-artisan to me is - “target the army, man!” He doesn’t means shooting with guns, but rather explaining how an organization can use the Bamboo as an emergency material which can be simply crafted by its soldiers during war as well as during relief.

Bureau of Indian Standard’s IS 7344 1974 Specification for bamboo tent poles needs mentioning to that artisan.

Death of all Artisans

Imagine if the entire artisans in the world die in one go? Or alternatively, if the process is slow, very slow, dead slow?

Safety at Highway Construction

Allow artisans talk something on the issue of safety of road workers in Indian roads -especially highways, which has few lanes on either side. Where the issue becomes more visible.

Contractors, clients, consultants, all are now aware that road safety at construction time is important. The migratory daily wager too now. So, he is given a cap and a high vis(ibility) jacket. Boots hurt his feet. They work in groups, some doing the work, some holding a banner, which is custom made, is usually red inked. It says something like, "MAN AT WORK". The cordoned area has men, and some machinery, some big some expensive. You notice then you carefully maneuver or maunder your car not to hit anything.

Army Artisans and FOB collapse

This is in continuation to my previous two posts.

I get a phone call from an Artisan, who lives as far as Salinas. He tells me that after the games got over, the Army quietly unbolted the bridge and took it away for where it may need it the most, like, Leh, Ladakh or some remote part of the country, somewhere, while their another gang, their music band, played its home made and colonially acquired tunes to the amazement, claps and cheers of the people in the stadium to the conclusion of one more successful games.

Army Artisans

The concern over the issue of Footbridge collapse is genuine of the Structural Engineering fraternity, and in my opinion, takes us closer to an open exchange of open ideas (click for chain).

Commonwealth games are beyond halfway, and pre-start a footbridge collapse was a loud hue and cry along with anticipation - for example, here. I took part too (previous post). Also had come news (also Read here) flying in the ears that it took only a couple of days for the Indian Army to bolt up a quick bridge for use.

Commonwealth footbridge collapse

Khota: It collapsed!, The bridge in Delhi, by and for commonwealth.

Tota: Ok.

Khota: But, Tota, do you know why did it collapse ?

Tota: Yes, because, no one followed a proper design procejur!

Khota: You mean, no one designed the bridge?

Tota: Na re Khota, no one followed the procejur!!

Khota: I don't get it Tota. Indians, and not following procejur?

Tota: Khotaaaaa. Not only no procejur I mean, I mean no Design too. Thenga design.

Khota: Oh yes, now I know what you mean. Perhaps, this never would never happen in Queen's land? They do both. Follow procejur and do designs.

Tota: Not sure if it happens only in India. Say Luccki, no one died. Just some twenty odd were injured, some seriously. Well, you can say close to dying. Well, you can say, only injured. Just daily wage laborers. Come on, just a footbridge man not a big bridge.

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Na re: Vocal expression for, maybe, 'No buddy, come on'

Thenga: Hand signal: Showing 'Thumb' to express that a deal went null and void.

Cleaners

Are these people called Cleaners a part of service industry?

Yes.

Is them a part of the building industry?

No.

Can they be part of the Building Service industry?

Maybe…uh huh.. surely