[djakeydd]

This huge screw up has recieved short shrift in the msm. Maybe cause they are too busy being eclipsed by the 24/7 coverage on the dead crack ho, this could delay the second phase of the Bridge construction hugely.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... lapse.html

[OnTheIce]

Shit happens.

[BartSimpson]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

Shit happens.

True that. Let them pick up the mess and carry on.

[RUEZ]

djakeydd djakeydd:

the 24/7 coverage on the dead crack ho,

You're classy.

[peck420]

90 tons of 'shit' doesn't 'happen'.

That lift would have (or should have) been analysed and checked by at least 3 different professionals. The lifting company's engineer, the contractor's engineer, and the consulting/design firm's engineer.

There are multiple, Canada wide, procedures that are in place to prevent 'shit' of this scale from happening. The fault will be found and a head or two will roll.

I am shocked that they passed the live load test, prior to the actual lift, if a support piece collapsed...unless of course, they decided to skip that procedure that day.

Thank god nobody got hurt.

[herbie]

It doesn't happen in Canada, only in Brazil or Albania. Ferries only sink in Bangla Desh and Togo.
Pipelines only leak elsewhere and oil tankers crash only in other places. Go Enbridge!

[RUEZ]

herbie herbie:

Go Enbridge!

You drive a horse and buggy right?

[xerxes]

Thing is, they'd done lifts like this already with this crane before this happened. Hopefully, the delay isn't too great as a result.

[Gunnair]

RUEZ RUEZ:

herbie herbie:

Go Enbridge!

You drive a horse and buggy right?

Have you been to the North Coast? There's some very good reason why tanker traffic is bad.

[peck420]

Xerxes,

PK makes us retest every time the crane moves.

A crane on a bridge would have to move every lift.

The only real reason for this mishap is that somebody got complacent and skipped procedures.

The cause of 'most' construction accidents.

[RUEZ]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Have you been to the North Coast? There's some very good reason why tanker traffic is bad.

Is that mandatory for me to be concerned about the environment? I try to be realistic and balance need for energy and jobs with a need to keep our environment as clean as possible.