you’d think so but unfortunately wouldn’t appear as an outlier on their performance graph given their abilities/my experience of them over the decades
an example or role model of how to manage buildings they may well be - but as an illustration of what not to do
You must work for RAFAC Infrastructure with insight like this
Been around for a long time but such a shame they are frightened of their own shadows
My ACF opposite number knows nothing and asked their CoC. They said nothing to do with ACF and a RAFAC only issue.
So they are in….. we are out
If I was a flippant type would ask if this is Cabs Carparking again but …
Differing risk/safety standards ?
Already had parents asking this week if we were still open due to closures in our area, along with some of the cadet NCOs asking me on the last parade night. Asked the others on my staff team if they’d seen it, and it seems prior to my prompting they had briefly, glanced over, then dismissed it. Lucky it doesn’t necessarily affect my main unit due to our location, but I dread to think how many units in the area are dealing with this…
That’s surprising given the detail in the announcement.
This is a bit different because I think in this case closing units until it can be resolved is correct (again, based on detail in the announcement).
Apparently down here in Sussex we’ve only got a single unit effected. Or so the grapevine says.
It was suggested that when SERFCA moved over to the new Vinci contract, they went and did a full start of contract check on all buildings, so most are all up to date because of this.
Might be paperwork - ask your CAA if they have the paperwork needed. Might also be on your RFCA portal for the building.
It is common practice to put inspection dates on stickers on the main switchgear or fuse box so worth a check
I recall 15or so years ago, a parent offered to replace a floodlight on my building. NO!! I subsequently refused to sign of the RFCA works order as the contractor billed over a thousand for a £10 light. They left the box in our bin rather than remove all rubbish. A few years later, the parent who ran his own electrical business managed to get the RFCA contract, he never let on how much he made, but a family of 5 went to Florida, new cars and paid off his mortgage!!
How do these Government contractors get away with this sort of thing?
Or how do the government get away with awarding these contracts!
Well, despite it being over a week since we first heard about this - the temporary closure message to our Sqn (and others in the Sector) came today.
What’s the plan for you?
Really sorry to hear about your troubles.
Same with my sector - I suspect the same one.
At the moment, we’ve stood down - we’re exploring alternatives but we’re a small town and a JCCC, so there isn’t really that many places we can go!
Not just Air Cadet Sqns, Halton Officer Mess is also shut
Taken from their public Facebook page before anyone reports me!
And the top comment is asking why the ACF are parading tonight even after this.
Very professional letter from the OC though. Lots of respect for that.
The ACF angle on this isn’t great.
Isn’t standing down the squadron a little excessive?
Surely you would switch to virtual parade nights as per the COVID lockdown.
We are overdue an EICR. RFCA are to book one with a 2 week response time. However, another Sqn already has one booked that is nearly 4 weeks away - so I am not convinced it will be just 2 weeks.
We are going to wait and see what date they book before considering alternatives.
My unit hasn’t - we came to the conclusion we’d rather stand down from routine activity and put our focus into specific activity such as weekend events or specific evening plans, at least until we can find alternative accommodation or get a proper timescale for rectification, than put our energy into teams calls that no-one really wanted to do even when it was the only thing they did. By the read of things, that’s the way 1084 sqn seem to have it too, and fair play to them imo!
