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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by johnny5a
Not a design fault really more of a cheapskateness (if such a word exists), I've noticed landside some of the lift columns from Arrivals to Departures only have one lift installed and you can clearly see space for another lift beside it.
I believe the term is excessive value engineering Same goes for the number of escalators in the departure hall. These really should have been doubled up in each direction. A classic case of capital cost risk transfer to facilities management risk
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