The Fast Setting Epoxy loses strength after a few weeks...WHO KNEW....where are the engineers...?
Where’s the MONEY??
There was a communication error between the english instructions and the spanish/chinese/indian/polish/italian/arab builders.
Non-qualified installers using the wrong epoxy, and from what remember, the union types didn't know epoxy from Elmers White Glue, let alone how to properly mix and apply it, but they claimed the contract.
Romney's hands aren't exactly clean, but the MA Democrats did everything they could, and more, to hamper Romney in his bid to get a handle on the problems and waste - too many no-show patronage jobs and contracts, including legal firms in which MA legislators were partners, were at stake.
Heck, the solons would charge their own relatives for jobs.
“The supplier in Boston, Powers Fasteners, noted that the fast-set epoxy was not for long-term use but that information was “in the fine print,” said Mr. Magladry, and no one recognized that the material would weaken.”
Wow. I’m not an engineer, but even I know that fast set epoxy isn’t for the heavy duty, long term kind of jobs.
Well, anyone who works with the many types of epoxy resins, that's who. Read it in the West Systems manual, among other places. Talk to a guy who does bodywork on Corvettes, or repairs hull damage at any boat yard in Massachusetts.
This ain't rocket surgery.
Also, this is a possibly purposeful blind investigatory alley. Those panels were much too heavy for the fastening application.
Thought of you when I read this...
BTW, I was in Austin this past weekend and went by the Barton Creek Square...