Using the poem 'Solomon Grundy' this slideshare was designed to showcase the UK Construction Industry. Because construction matters. Developed by Sarah Fox, www.500words.co.uk a specialist in construction contracts

1. What’s So Great About
Construction?
Solomon Grundy… revisited

2. Solomon Grundy,
Born on a
Monday
...in a hospital
designed, built,
financed &
maintained by the
construction
industry
Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Birmingham

3. Christened on
Tuesday,
Married on
Wednesday
...in a licensed
venue, or sacred
place created by
a master builder St Bartholomew’s, Wilmslow

4. Took ill on
Thursday, grew
worse on Friday
...in his own home,
designed by an
architect & built by
a contractor
Hill House, Dumbarton

5. Died on Saturday
...in a purpose-built hospice designed and constructed by a
team of specialists
Dorothy House Hospice, Bradford on Avon

6. Buried on
Sunday
...in a graveyard
overlooked by a
new home, thanks
to the vision of
construction
professionals
photo © Eldridge-Smerin ArchitectsElliott House, London

7. That is the end of
Solomon Grundy
...but not the end
of the construction
industry
King’s Cross, London