Day 136 - 16 Jun 95 - Page 17


     
     1   Q.   Right.  So you would have concern over where electrical
     2        sockets would be placed and things like that?
     3        A.  I would not.  That would not be part of my
     4        responsibility.  That would be part of the responsibility
     5        of the consultant that we would employ to prepare the
     6        relevant drawings based on the relevant British Standard
     7        requirement.
     8
     9   Q.   Do you have any responsibility for the layout design of the
    10        store in terms of how much space was put for the counter
    11        area, how much space was put for the wash-up area, how much
    12        space for the dining area?
    13        A.  I would be mainly concerned with the dining area.  In
    14        terms of the kitchen area, we have facilities engineers who
    15        work those problems out in conjunction with the Operations
    16        Department.  My role as a Remodel Manager is the aesthetics
    17        of the change over from the old to the new.  I specify
    18        floor materials in the lobby area; I specify the furniture
    19        that is placed in the lobby areas; I actually do the design
    20        of the lobby areas in terms of where the furniture goes.
    21        My role involves also the decorations to the walls, the
    22        artifacts that goes on the wall; where you made a specific
    23        reference to the lighting, the lighting fitting is
    24        something that is approved by our lighting consultant.
    25
    26   Q.   So when you say your responsibility is the aesthetics?
    27        A.  Yes, that is why I went to college -- to study design.
    28
    29   Q.   OK.  Have you ever checked accident books in the stores, in
    30        McDonald's stores?
    31        A.  That is not my function.
    32
    33   Q.   You have never checked, you have never looked through them?
    34        A.  Now and again I get a specific request from the Health
    35        and Safety Department to identify a particular product
    36        which might have been involved in an accident and that is
    37         -- invariably I would give them that information.
    38
    39   Q.   But you would not check through an accident book?
    40        A.  No, that is not my function.
    41
    42   Q.   So when you lay new tiles, do you decide where they should
    43        go?
    44        A.  In relation to the kitchen (and I keep reiterating
    45        this), it is a standard policy that we use ceramic floor
    46        tiles out the kitchen.  In the designated areas where we
    47        need to have a non-slip floor tile, that is invariably
    48        shown on the drawings and that is invariably constructed by
    49        the Company that is doing the job.  It is a standard
    50        procedure. 
    51 
    52   Q.   So these shaded areas on this map that has been disclosed 
    53        are now the designated areas for non-slip tiling?
    54        A.  Not "now",-- has always been.
    55
    56   Q.   There is no such thing as non-slip tiling, is there, slip
    57        resistant?
    58        A.  Slip resistant, yes.
    59
    60   Q.   Looking at the map, can we confirm that the shaded areas --

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