There is plenty of competition for the empty plinth.
It shall be a breach of the law if they scratch part of the plinth.
I think that we are getting rather far from the plinth.
Although work on the final contract for the replacement of the bearing plinths is complete, we do not yet have the contractor's final account.
In the past 10 years, there has been no programme to replace the bearings or bearing plinths on any of the viaducts.
Most of the bearing plinths have been inspected; to date 4,866 have been repaired and a further 3,135 are being repaired in current contracts.
We are also regularly obtaining routine samples of the material being used in the current bearing plinth replacement contract to ensure compliance with the specification.
When setting, the plinths tend to produce hairline cracks which, as a general rule, have no structural significance.
