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Ominous signs of problems with new Bay Bridge foundation
sfgate.com ^ | May 6. 2015 | Jaxon Van Derbeken

Posted on 05/06/2015 5:12:32 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

The tower of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge is seen in San Francisco on Feb. 2, 2015. New tests indicate that saltwater may be seeping into the tower foundation, threatening steel rods that anchor the structure.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: redchinesematerials
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To: MeshugeMikey

“The RED Chinese built...the bridge... “

Fabricated the steel I thought.

This doesn’t sound like an issue with that part


41 posted on 05/06/2015 6:23:06 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland
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To: HereInTheHeartland

there was a deal where if we used their material or their design “espertise”..we had to use the other. I dont remember which..”came first”.

“This assembly will be performed early next year by American labor. But the massive cable, key sections of the iconic tower and deck were all made in China, which is emerging as an infrastructure powerhouse in more places than San Francisco. “

http://calwatchdog.com/2010/12/12/rail-pork-barrel-land-scam/


42 posted on 05/06/2015 6:34:19 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: dsrtsage

“True, but technically it goes all the way to new york city.....”

That’s one hell of a long bridge .... the bridge from nowhere to nowhere!


43 posted on 05/06/2015 6:35:01 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Bloomberg, like most rich Progressives, do not trust police and have private militias for security..)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I don’t think this problem has anything to do with that part.
This has to do with the concrete base the metal sits on.
And the design choice to use a type of steel for large rods in the bridge.

This is design issue and choice of how it was built.


44 posted on 05/06/2015 6:37:40 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Okay

“Donald MacDonald, principal with MacDonald Architects,” the designers!

I wonder if hes related to Ronald?


45 posted on 05/06/2015 6:39:48 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Churchillspirit

ahahaha not as far as we know at the moment

although there may well BE a Bay Bridge Foundation ..foundation that the clintons have their hands in


46 posted on 05/06/2015 6:41:20 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: uncitizen

If Tudor Perini is involved, the answer is YES


47 posted on 05/06/2015 6:43:36 PM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sorry, American Bridge/Fluor are not Chinese companies.


48 posted on 05/06/2015 6:46:42 PM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: MeshugeMikey
The RED Chinese built...the bridge... at least there was no drywall nor pet food...used in it's construction.

Hey..they've built worse.


49 posted on 05/06/2015 6:48:12 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: MeshugeMikey

are you AWARE that Governor Moonbeam has his People READ this forum


I am shocked, they can read?


50 posted on 05/06/2015 6:48:15 PM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Sounds like someone is trying to convert the bridge into an electrolytic battery...
weren’t Elon Musk and Bill Gates fooling around on a yacht near there recently?


51 posted on 05/06/2015 6:51:43 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: spokeshave

Not surprising. There have been lots of instances where Chinese steel has been found to be defective.
Yeah...they have “special re-re-bar” factories....

Truck arrives at the “re-re-bar” factory with 10 rolls of 10mm diameter re-bar.

Couple of days later, truck arrives back and picks up 11 rolls or re-re-bar....all labelled 10mm diameter.


What in the name of Christ are you talking about, what is re-re bar, idjit. That statement is proof you have not a clue about what you speak.


52 posted on 05/06/2015 6:52:48 PM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: Straight Vermonter

http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-13-story-building-tips-over-in-shanghai/

hollow foundation pilings...


53 posted on 05/06/2015 6:53:40 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: Rumplemeyer

okay


54 posted on 05/06/2015 6:54:19 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: mrsmith

ahaha they may have been yes


55 posted on 05/06/2015 6:54:41 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Straight Vermonter

such standards..OY!!


56 posted on 05/06/2015 6:55:08 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Rumplemeyer

wel they arent strictly HIS people. His People HIRE people to do the actual reading involced


57 posted on 05/06/2015 6:56:33 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

are you AWARE that Governor Moonbeam has his People READ this forum ???!

I hope his father sees what moonbeam has done to the state with his stupid liberal policies starting with unionizing teachers calif from near the top of 50 states to near the bottom all done IMO by moonbeam...

then illegals, etc...he has surpassed gray davis in ruining the state...IMO..


58 posted on 05/06/2015 6:57:49 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: rolling_stone

It could get worse,...but determing how that could possibly happen is far far above my pay scale..


59 posted on 05/06/2015 6:59:08 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

60 posted on 05/06/2015 7:00:54 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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