Apologies as not aircraft related, but the only road out of Rosyth dockyard led to traffic problems in the town, so it was decided to put in another one on the west side.
A new lorry park and offices was to be provided so that vehicles could be inspected before entering.
Limited site investigation carried out, so the presence of hundreds of tons of blue asbestos removed from German ships (taken from Scapa to Rosyth for dismantling) not noticed. Site totally closed for weeks whilst it was all bagged and removed by hand at great expense.
"The Man Who Bought A Navy" is worth a read btw.
Fire main 100mm dia laid as per spec, only to be condemned by inspector who said it needed to be 200mm dia. All ripped out and replaced yet again by even larger mains at the insistence of the firemaster.
Contractor repeatedly pointed out that lorry park entrance designed as car park. Had trouble building it because of tight radii. All totally ignored until just before official opening when contractor ordered to completely rebuild it at great expense because lorries could not get in.
Access road was superelevated on a curve but gullies and pipework provided on both sides. Apparently it was considered that the rainwater would be going so fast downhill that it would swerve across the road and go into gullies on the high side!