We are having a new floating bridge built to replace the 50 year old one that is over burdened. To help pay for it, tolls have been instituted. Old bridge is still there. It used to be a clogged artery all day long. With the toll, you can zip across with minimal traffic. Sadly, the tolling was based on the previous usage, so having 30% of the traffic it used to allow sort of defeated the tolling as revenue idea.
Engineers forgot to think through how to cast concrete floatation sections, and supervisors were lacking oversight attempts. They did specify that it be as inexpensive as could be, but never bothered to see the effects of this money saving desire. Many of the things that got cast turn out to be shite, with micro fractures that will grow to tragic failures. The ones that have been floated out to the construction area are about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. No amount of shoe goo is keeping them dry inside. Poor engineering has resulted in $100 million remedy situation. Only found three scape goats to fire. clay On May 27, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Michael Canfield wrote: > The supervisors are off milking the job hiding somewhere. > > Mike > On May 27, 2013 11:59 AM, "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > >> I think we have a similar system here. >> Our government is socialist NDP. >> So, the major projects are all union jobs that cost a fortune, last for >> years and are generally not very well done. >> >> My son has a friend who is now a journeyman electrician earning $40 per >> hour in his first year as a licenced electrician. >> He has been working mostly big jobs. >> His co-workers have threatened him if they see him wearing a tool belt. >> The question to him was why he would want to "work himself out of a job?" >> Apparently it is not only acceptable but required that they not have ready >> access to tools so he carries a screw driver and if he needs another tool, >> has to go back to some other location to get the other tool. >> Where are the supervisors on these jobs? >> Just stupid to train a young ambitious fellow to do as little as possible. >> >> Randy >> >> >> On 26/05/2013 3:16 AM, clay wrote: >> >>> In washington we are not allowed to use money on infrastructure. It is >>> only possible to use for socialist agendas or to engage in utterly >>> incompetent engineering that results in massive screw ups to require >>> excessive de-fornicating and huge burn rates to remedy >>> >>> clay >>> >>> On May 24, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Allan Streib wrote: >>> >>> Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> writes: >>>> >>>> Use google maps to see this bridge accident from earlier today at Skagit >>>>> River. The bridge is already gone at google maps. Interesting... >>>>> >>>> Remember how all the stimulus money was supposed to go to "shovel ready >>>> jobs" to fix our crumbling bridges? >>>> >>>> Who is surprised that didn't happen? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Allan Streib >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
