Ian Firth

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Very well deserved! Congratulations Klaus.

@eddablin Hi Ed. There’s no tongue and groove, and from memory the panel is actually 3 layers of timber with the middle layer planks running vertically. Adds lots of friction damping to the system. As far as I know it’s all still original. Last time I saw it it needed a good clean.

@i_firth Hi Ian. Your photo is 20 years on. Red cedar panelling is looking very good. Is there any tongue and grooving on it at all out of interest? Rubber mats also in good nick. All assuming these items are the originals.

Halgavor Bridge near Bodmin, still looking good.

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COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates and For the Petrostates.” It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously. There are 24 hours left to show whose side the world is on: the side that wants to protect humanity’s future by kickstarting the orderly phase out of fossil fuels or the side of the petrostates and the leaders of the oil and gas companies that are fueling the historic climate catastrophe. In order to prevent COP28 from being the most embarrassing and dismal failure in 28 years of international climate negotiations, the final text must include clear language on phasing out fossil fuels. Anything else is a massive step backwards from where the world needs to be to truly address the climate crisis and make sure the 1.5°C goal doesn’t die in Dubai.

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IABSE SYMPOSIUM MANCHESTER 2024 10-12 April 2024, Manchester UK Construction's Role for a World in Emergency Abstracts Submission Deadline is on 31 August! Have you Submitted? Join us in this important discussion, our home is at risk!

IABSE SYMPOSIUM MANCHESTER 2024 Construction's Role for a World in Emergency 10-12 April 2024. Abstracts Deadline: 31 August 2023. Click here: buff.ly/45FjsHC We’re in the midst of a climate crisis demanding urgent action. Join us! David Knight, Cake Industries, UK

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Hurricane Hilary brought heavy rain and flooding to Mexico and the southwestern U.S. This is the situation in Baja California

The typhoon in Fujian affecting 1.45 million people and causing an economic loss of 420 million dollars (3.045 billion yuan)! This is the heaviest typhoon in Fujian since 2016. Climate change is supercharging extreme weather events. There is no time to waste. #ActOnClimate

I’ve been showing this graph for years. Lets not kid ourselves, this is frankly an impossibility, but we have to do everything in our power to try. The alternative is unthinkable.

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