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Posted on 11/15/19 at 10:36 pm to Emteein
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good looking bridge from the picture.
Believe me it's nowhere near that level of progress yet
I pass by the thing every day and if there is a quarter mile of road suspended I might be exagerrating
Posted on 11/15/19 at 10:41 pm to tketaco
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My understanding of it was that the cable was over tightened in the field prior to install, when they went to loosen the cable in the field it was loosened too fast which caused the collapse.
eta: The design was good, the application was bad.
That is exactly what my Engineer Barbie told Teddy Ruxpin at the mud pie social last weekend. Destro tried to contradict her, but (after all) who's the engineer here? Not Destro, that's for sure.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 11:44 pm to keakar
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so they hire the same "all women" engineering team that proved themselves to be inept and incompetent with the other collapse?
that's the crazy thing about America today. facts, logic, and best person for the job doesn't matter anymore. it means NOTHING. it's all about promoting SJW nonsense even if it means death and destruction.
Posted on 11/15/19 at 11:47 pm to Martini
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shotty workmanship
shoddy
shawty
shitty
SJW Workmanship
Posted on 11/15/19 at 11:56 pm to Powerman
There were major hurdles to get it going, though. They had to buy out houses in the Northside hood. Then they had to clear them out. You know all this, so no need to go further.
I’ve just assumed that’s why it took a while to start taking shape.
I’ve just assumed that’s why it took a while to start taking shape.
Posted on 11/16/19 at 12:34 am to TxWadingFool
Should have paid the Japanese.
Posted on 11/16/19 at 12:41 am to The Boat
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That’s gonna create some good arse fishing when it collapses.
Posted on 11/16/19 at 12:45 am to bbrownso
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The FIGG engineer of record’s failure to identify the significance of structural cracking observed in this node before the collapse, and failure to obtain an independent peer review of the remedial plan to address the cracking, further contributed to the collapse.
If it's cracking while you're building it, that might be a good sign someone fricked up the design.
Posted on 11/16/19 at 12:50 am to TexasTiger08
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There were major hurdles to get it going, though. They had to buy out houses in the Northside hood. Then they had to clear them out. You know all this, so no need to go further.
I was out of town for work for a while and didn't keep up with a lot if it. I was surprised how little was accomplished when I got back based on their initial 2020 timeline... which seemed impossible from the start
Posted on 11/16/19 at 6:19 am to Powerman
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I was surprised how little was accomplished
Well, they had to arrange a bridge shower, decide on a color scheme, and pick dresses. You're looking for visible indications of progress, but that crap's really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the chick bridge-building game.
Posted on 11/16/19 at 6:22 am to TxWadingFool
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Yes, they are building the new taller bridge to allow for the new VLCC ships to enter the inner harbor to be loaded, the large pipelines coming in from the Permian Basin all dead end down there.
I know this may sound esoteric, but instead of building a billion dollar bridge couldn’t they built an offshore LOOP type facility and not need that high a bridge.
LOOP in the last few years did a change to where they are not only taking oil in, but now they can ship it out too.
Posted on 11/16/19 at 9:06 am to Tarps99
Think it has to do with the Port of Corpus not being able to tax an offshore port. Imagine that.
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