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Traffic chaos after bridge the size of a football field COLLAPSES onto the main freeway from Los..
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 6, 2014 | James Gordon

Posted on 05/06/2014 10:51:17 AM PDT by C19fan

For almost a year and a half workers had been constructing a bridge to cross the main Interstate that runs between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, but it took just minutes to bring the entire structure crashing to the ground. The blaze began after a construction workers' blowtorch was fanned by strong winds and ignited the wooden scaffolding that was being used to build the new flyover, across Interstate 15 in Herperia, California. Driven by high winds, the fire took hold extremely quickly and began burning the supports surrounding the bridge. Debris began to fell onto the I-15 minutes after the fire began, the road was eventually closed to traffic at 1:30pm yesterday as the $32 million construction project slowly turned into a pile of ash and twisted metal.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: bridge; california; dontkillthejob; hesperia; la; look4theunionlabel; michaelmoorecrossing; rosiewashere; southerncalifornia; whoops
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To: lacrew

I bet their “Hot Work Permit” procedure wasn’t followed by the correct Competent Person. I stressed this in a meeting this morning prior to seeing this. I just sent the article with all the great pictures to a group of people.

The Project Manager, Safety Officer, Superintendent and project team on that job has a really bad year ahead of them.


61 posted on 05/06/2014 12:03:46 PM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.ha)
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To: C19fan
Ah, just a preview of what will happen to L.A. if a disaster strikes and all those people try to escape.

Too few ways to get out and far too many people.

62 posted on 05/06/2014 12:06:06 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: massgopguy

It happened because:

1. It was dry and windy from Climate Change
2. Not enough money for the blow torch operator’s education
3. We don’t spend enough money on infrastructure
4. Rich contractors want to cut corners
5. Construction projects aren’t regulated enough
6. Republicans won’t fund OSHA enough

Never let a crisis (or any event really) go to waste.


63 posted on 05/06/2014 12:07:18 PM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Ezekiel
Reminds me of the snake house in Rexburg, Idaho.


64 posted on 05/06/2014 12:07:50 PM PDT by Daffynition (I stand with the Bundy Family!)
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To: C19fan

Organized labor job security


65 posted on 05/06/2014 12:09:48 PM PDT by Walmartian (I'm their leader. Which way did they go?)
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To: Dogfaced Soldier

unplanned sudden gravitational disassembly.


66 posted on 05/06/2014 12:11:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lacrew

I bet their PM and Super are scurrying around trying to find their job hazard analysis for welding operations and tool box meeting notes where fire extinguisher s had to be readily available. That and brushing up their resumes.


67 posted on 05/06/2014 12:13:59 PM PDT by Dogfaced Soldier
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To: lacrew

It’s also undoubtedly true that the act of hitting the ground with stories of concrete and steel above melted some of the steel from friction.


68 posted on 05/06/2014 12:15:58 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine
Why do we always have to learn this stuff from the foreign press? Why do we even have a US press corps?

SOMEone's got to parrot the White House and cover for them in every way....!

69 posted on 05/06/2014 12:15:58 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Dogfaced Soldier

I want to see what Fragnet they build into their CPM schedule to cover this event.


70 posted on 05/06/2014 12:17:14 PM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.ha)
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To: tpmintx
I didn't know they also cast the beams in place. Could that be because of earthquake issues? Regardless, they could still do one side at a time and not risk a major traffic disruption.

And US75 broth of Dallas also seems to be under perpetual widening...

71 posted on 05/06/2014 12:19:33 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: KC Burke

Caliente work permit?...I could be wrong.


72 posted on 05/06/2014 12:19:34 PM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: C19fan

That should make traffic there almost as bad as I-95 around D.C.


73 posted on 05/06/2014 12:22:30 PM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Dogfaced Soldier

“I bet their PM and Super are scurrying around trying to find their job hazard analysis for welding operations”

I bet they won’t find it. What are they welding or cutting...coated rebar? Just some good ole boy who decided he need to use the torch real quick...


74 posted on 05/06/2014 12:22:39 PM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: tpmintx
Here in Texas, they build bridges largely out of pre-cast beams, rather than casting them in place. Casting in place has the significant benefit of employing dozens of extra workers, all of whom will vote for more of the same.

Here in California, we have big ass earthquakes, And tend to build stuff to withstand those, so typically the stuff is bigger, stronger, more expensive, and take longer to build.

75 posted on 05/06/2014 12:23:03 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Dogfaced Soldier
I bet their PM and Super are scurrying around trying to find their job hazard analysis for welding operations and tool box meeting notes where fire extinguisher s had to be readily available.

The fire in Boston last month that killed 2 firefighters was caused by welders who didn't pull a permit and fled after the fire started.

76 posted on 05/06/2014 12:23:55 PM PDT by AU72
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To: C19fan
I love how these Brit newspapers always feel the need to CAPITALIZE stuff in their titles.
77 posted on 05/06/2014 12:27:26 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: lacrew

I think that concrete placement might have been better served if it was segmented instead of monolithic.


78 posted on 05/06/2014 12:27:36 PM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.ha)
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To: Southack

What was the wood being used for?

Wooden forms for concrete?

I’ve never seen anything like that on a bridge before, and I live in Seattle, the wood construction capital of the world.


79 posted on 05/06/2014 12:28:40 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: lepton

I work at an engineering company (trained as a structural engineer but specialize in something else).

Back in 2001, one of our top structural engineers said he had figured it out. He knew exactly why the twin towers had fallen, and he could explain it to us.

I was interested - yes, please tell me, why did the buildings fall down - from a structural engineering perspective. What secrets do you have? What do you know, that the rest of us don’t?

He gave me a serious look, and I prepared to be enlightened. Out came his wise words:

“They flew f@#$%ing airplanes into them!”

I always thought that was the most succinct explanation I have ever heard on why they went down.


80 posted on 05/06/2014 12:28:55 PM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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