the bad memory is fading for the mackle family, but they're still wary. quieter in the playground than it used to be. you have faith that people who are building public buildings are doing it to an acceptable standard. it makes you... it does make you question, i guess. you know, and ask the question, is this building safe. explaining why thousands of pupils were disrupted for months has been the job of an independent enquiry. its conclusions, safety failings weren't the result of how the buildings were financed, but instead, poor quality construction. crucial materials were poorly—fitted or missing, and the problems were much wider than one rogue bricklayer. it was also a failure of inspection and oversight. when this school was being built, one of the architects raised concerns with the contractor about the way the walls were being put together. he told the enquiry those concerns were ignored, and they were powerless to do anything about it. the fact that there were different contractors, different subcontractors, and the same faults turned up in the sc