Big Dig Tunnel Thrill Ride

[Ron61]

Don,

Isn't that getting to be the way of things any more. Roofs falling, buildings and bridges falling, and when they start checking they find that kick backs, corrupt inspeectors and such are mostly to blame. Instead of using the type steel and such they were supposed to, they use a cheaper grade, the inspector gets a cut of the saved money, and everyone gets rich until a few years later when everything falls down. We had a fairly large bridge project in Redding several years ago and they spend millions on it. Three years later they had to close it and tear it down and build another one because chunks were falling out of it and it was unsafe to drive over. They found the cement was not even good, only about a third of the rebar that was called for was in and it was 1/4 inch instead of the 3/4 inch called for in the specs. Of course the original contractor and state inspector who signed off on it were not to be found as they had all left the state the year before. And on top of that, the original bridge had huge cost over runs that went into some ones pocket.

Ron