Originally Posted by
BOAC
I can recall when - was it 'MOD PE'? was introduced (70's?) to 'maintain' buildings etc, ......
BOAC, a history lesson. MOD PE was Procurement Executive concerned with buying kit.
Now when I joined works was done by:
Works and Bricks - Air Ministry Works Directorative, they were replaced by
Bricks and Works - Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, who were in turn replaced by:
Destroyers of Everything - Department of the Environment, who were in turn replaced by:
Portakabins Stuck Anywhere - Public Services Agency, who were in turn replaced by:
wait for it:
Destroy Everything - DE - who employed:
Prime or
Regional Prime Contractors. who were supposed to enable us to improve the estate and do away with Annularity of budgets - that didn't last longer than12 months.
When PSA lost the job they walked off site and took all the treasure maps with them. We then had DCRE RE Survey surveying and mapping the estate.