On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 12:37:05AM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > Paul Armstrong wrote: > >I remember reading a study that showed Imperial measurements as > >producing significantly more waste than a similar project build using > >Metric. > > > >Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it (I'm trying to convince my > >current employer that they want to require Metric for building). > > > >Anyone got a link? > > I don't have a link, but it was in Australia, and was used to promote > metrication there, so I'm sure Pat Naughtin can find it easily. I > suspect that it depends on the availability of metric building materials.
I expect both metric building materials and metric planning are required to make it work. With a bit of pre-work, I'm hoping that both can be achieved here. > Do you work for a builder, an architect, or what? No, I just work for a large company that's doing quite a lot of building and renovating at the moment. Paul
