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A problem for the designer
Plate 6a.
under the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 1994 who
has to pay ‘adequate regard to the
need to avoid foreseeable risks’ (see
p. 107 et seq.). The designer may decide
a stable berm should be cut into the
hillside before the pipe trench is
excavated

Plate 6b. Steel piling sometimes
does not go where the civil
engineer thinks it has – especially
when he was not aware the
ground contained boulders or
other obstructions