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A Concrete Sample Was Pulled from the New Panama Canal Locks and It Does Not Look Good
gCaptain ^
| August 27, 2015
| Mike Schuler
Posted on 08/28/2015 7:21:18 AM PDT by artichokegrower
A core sample pulled from the concrete of the Cocoli Locks where cracks and leaks have appeared does not bode well for the Panama Canal expansion project, which is on a strict deadline for completion in April 2016.
The crack and subsequent leaks appeared recently in the concrete of one of the interior chambers of the new Cocoli Locks on the Pacific side of the waterway during testing of the new locks.
(Excerpt) Read more at gcaptain.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: canal; nicaragua; panama; panamacanal
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No bueno
To: artichokegrower
To: artichokegrower
Will buy the ChiComs time to complete their sea-level canal through Nicaragua.
To: artichokegrower
I hope that’s photoshopped or else those guys are doomed.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:23:23 AM PDT
by
Ray76
(When a gov't leads it's people down a path of destruction resistance is not only a right but a duty.)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:24:55 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: artichokegrower
Yeah. No way does that thing open in April 2016...
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:25:16 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: artichokegrower
Was this some Chinese concrete...
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:25:20 AM PDT
by
dogcaller
To: Resolute Conservative
But the original 1910-1913 concrete poured by the American “rookies” of the concrete world is doing just fine! (The Panama Canal was one of the first major concrete works done in modern steel and reinforcing bars!)
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:25:33 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: artichokegrower
Looks like the Three Gorges Dam.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:26:17 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: pgkdan
Yeah. No way does that thing open in April 2016... That big honkin' crack will probably "open" much sooner than April, 2016.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:26:53 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: artichokegrower
Judging from the core sample it looks like just basic poor construction techniques.
I wonder how much of the original canal infrastructure is still operational?
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:27:02 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: pgkdan
It’s going to open alright. The only question is how many will die when it does.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:27:23 AM PDT
by
Ray76
(When a gov't leads it's people down a path of destruction resistance is not only a right but a duty.)
To: artichokegrower
Boston Freepers will be familiar with the pictured problem. Probably the same contractor.
To: artichokegrower
We’ll get our crack troops right on it!
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:27:56 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Send them all back!)
To: artichokegrower
GUPC was one of three pre-qualified international consortiums bidding on the tender for the design and construction of the Third Set of Locks, a tender process that involved a thorough technical and pricing evaluation. The contract winner was selected based on the “non-negotiated best value proposal”, i.e. the one that obtained the highest combined score for their Price Proposal and Technical Proposal using a weighted model where the Technical Proposal was assigned 55 percent of the total score and the Price Proposal was assigned 45 percent of the total score. Ultimately, GUPC was selected as the winner with the highest technical score and lowest total (fixed) price proposal at $3.221 billion. The contract for the project was awarded the contract on July 15, 2009 and work began the following month.
The opening of the expanded Panama Canal was originally scheduled for 2014 to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the opening of the existing Panama Canal, but cost overruns and delays have pushed the opening to April 2016… at least as it stands now.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:28:18 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: dogcaller
Imagine the quality of their steel we build bridges with...
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:29:06 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:29:45 AM PDT
by
angcat
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:30:57 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: artichokegrower
Lemme guess, the Chinese built this section?
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