would that be the same union workers that built it???Good thing there weren't any non-union workers there or they would be all dead!
LOL anybody ask about who the morons were that built the apparently shoddy structure?
Maybe they should work harder so the buildings don’t fall down?
Good old union labor quality!
PAH
So THAT'S what rebar is for! I was always under the impression that it was there to carry the tensile loads because concrete is weak in tension. Silly me.
Products from China no doubt.
In case anyone thinks this is accurate, it is not.
That is some reporter's interpretation of what was told to him.
Wonder if this is an Indian casino. If it is built on tribal trust land, the tribes make the building codes, and often they are much laxer than city or county codes.
I’m just outside Cleveland - It’s been in the mid-30s for the last few weeks with mixed drizzle, overcase, periodic snow flurries. I’d love to know what the slump tests for the concrete were like and if they tried to use something that was on the edge - given the weather conditions it may have been something that would have been ok in the summer but not the winter. But I’m just guessing...could also be someone put a load on the deck before it was properly cured.
Union built and collapsed!
“Officials say the strength of rebar is what saved the day. Rebar, the steel inside the concrete which strengthens the concrete, was there to prevent the falling concrete from crushing the workers below.”
Yeah, thats how it works.
One days someone will get the bright idea of just building the entire thing out of rebar.
would that be the same union workers that built it???Seems like the shoring collapsed, or was too far apart. Hard to say who is at fault...but I imagine union carpenters did this work...though ultimately the superintendent is responsible. The OSHA inspectors and insurance investigators are sharpening their knives right about now.