What’s So Great About Construction? Solomon Grundy…

revisited

Solomon Grundy,Born on a Monday

...in a hospital designed, built, financed & maintained by the construction industryQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday

...in a licensed venue, or sacred place created by a master builder

St Bartholomew’s, Wilmslow

Took ill on Thursday, grew worse on Friday

...in his own home, designed by an architect & built by a contractor

Hill House, Dumbarton

Died on Saturday

...in a purpose-built hospice designed and constructed by a team of specialists

Dorothy House Hospice, Bradford on Avon

Buried on Sunday

...in a graveyard overlooked by a new home, thanks to the vision of construction professionals

photo © Eldridge-Smerin ArchitectsElliott House, London

That is the end of Solomon Grundy

...but not the end of the construction industry

King’s Cross, London