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Engineers raise concerns over proposed switch to imperial measurements
“ Arup director of infrastructure design Tim Chapman said: “I’m not a fan of the switch back. If you’re a carpenter in the 16th century and not that literate, yes imperial measurements are easier to use for measuring halves and quarters but now with the complex systems civil engineers use, the metric system is a lot more efficient.”