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Permit to work on paper: a system designed to fail quietlyFollow one paper permit through a typical approval chain — the pad, the walk for signatures, the coloured copies, the board — and the failures stay quiet until the record is asked to prove who authorised what, when.22 Apr 2025 · Industry · Safety · 8 min read
Night-shift fluorescent on a metal permit board: coloured carbon-copy tear-off slips on numbered hooks, one hook empty, a worn pad beside it with the top workface slip already torn away.
The principal designer's information duty that nobody resourcesCDM and the Building Safety Act name a principal designer who must assemble, coordinate and keep safety information current. The fee usually buys a name on the form. Here is how to tell the duty from the line that actually got budgeted.10 Apr 2025 · Industry · Safety · 10 min read
A British design-office meeting table in overcast light: one overflowing named inbox tray of unmarked folders, three empty reserved chairs with closed unused laptops, and plain PD information tent cards — no people, no logos.