email to environmental consultant

Francesca is working on a school not far from my project site in the mountains of SW china, and although I have quite a lot of content for my IDS Report, I showed it to a few people today and it was suggested that I contact Francesca to see if there was anything she could add in terms of comparison between UK and Chinese construction management, practice and law.

I need to get this diary in to the binders tomorrow though, so you may have to check my sketchbooks for the last installments of my bloggers diary……

china query: francesca.galeazzi@arup.com, francesca_galeazzi@hotmail.com

hello Francesca, (Galeazzi)
I met you for a tutorial chat at the MET the other week.
my project is on a hillside in tiger leaping gorge, SW china, made from solid wood and stacked coppiced willow insulation.
I am sure you are busy, but I was just wondering if I could pick your brains on a couple of things related to your experience of building near there.
this is just to make a couple of comparisons between UK construction considerations and Chinese/remote locations in the mountains.

what would you say would be the hardest thing to get done on site over there that in the UK would be easy?
how does health and safety on site and in the design compare to the UK – lifting, balustrades etc?
how are construction materials transported to site, and how possible was it to source them locally?
what sort of contract was used for the project?

I would be super grateful if you had time to answer any or all of these questions.
thanks very much for your time,
Anna.