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Birmingham Broad Street Flooded after Workers Damage 9in Pipe

3/10/2019

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Birmingham major city centre street flooded due to third party damage to 9 inch water main. Main city library and businesses closed for the day. In 2016 the university of Birmingham published a study that concluded that for every £1000 of direct costs to repair the damage there are £29,000 of indirect costs such as loss of business, and traffic disruption. In the case of this incident in a main street full of restaurants and bars the value is likely to be much higher. 

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    Phil Cornforth is a Damage Prevention, Health and Safety professional working in the construction and utilities industry.  He sits on the USAG Steering Group.  The USAG has one goal - to avoid utilities and so prevent injury, damage, disruption and raise the standards of our industry.

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