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Do hidden cracks imperil Bay Bridge?
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| Saturday, Jun. 21, 2014
| Charles Piller
Posted on 06/22/2014 12:55:50 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: DManA
I’d be interested to understand why the Chinese had such trouble making decent welds. Probably hard to weld the crappy Chinese steel using the crappy Chinese welding equipment.
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06/23/2014 11:36:19 AM PDT
by
BlueMondaySkipper
(Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
To: umgud
“So costs do trump engineering?”
Always, 100% of the time. Petty corporate politics the other 100% of the time. :)
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06/23/2014 12:17:12 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Arm Up! They Are!)
To: umgud
So costs do trump engineering? In this case, opening the bridge by Labor Day last year was most important, otherwise the construction company would lose its bonus for being on schedule.
Cracks or no cracks, good rods or bad rods, the local government made sure that American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises still got its $49 million in bonuses.
-PJ
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06/23/2014 12:38:25 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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