CA: FBI probes bridge welds (Bay Bridge, allegations made by 15 welders alleging bad welds)

Oakland Tribune ^ | 4/6/05 | Sean Holstege and Jill Tucker

[snarks_when_bored]

In the worst case, the federal probe could lead to tearing apart the bridge to see if it is structurally sound or needs to be rebuilt.

If they tear it apart, I'm pretty sure than means it'll have to be rebuilt. Pretty sure.

[snarks_when_bored]

Dang...'that' for 'than' in my previous post!

[Dog Gone]

Fired welders making complaints against their former employer. Gee, that hardly ever happens.

[BenLurkin]

Very bad.

[ruiner]

There's a lot of good one's out there, but a lot of construction workers are just complete and utter crap when it comes to doing something right the first time.

[Gefreiter]

swb,
I'm pretty sure too. I mean, I'm not a Fed or anything ...just sayin', is all...

[skip_intro]

The Golden Gate Bridge - four years from conception to completion and it's still standing, even though the designers and builders didn't have the "state-of-the-art" technology we have today.

If it was being built today, it would probably take twenty years and have to be retrofitted after another ten.

It's very fortunate that we Californians had ancestors who actually knew how to do things.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"Fired UNION welders making complaints against their former employer. Gee, that hardly ever happens."

I smell a shakedown, this all stinks.

[Servant of the 9]

With only a few thousand welds in a structure that critical, I do not understand why they were not all required to be X-rayed.

So9

[telebob]

I'd be looking for the union angle in this one. Sounds like it could be a shakedown case.

[KEVLAR]

"He said welders were not trained to judge the quality of welds."


How would they know how to produce a "quality" weld to begin with then?

[Fast1]

I can understand why the union welders would be upset most likely the company wanted a days work from them.. and why did they do chit work in the first place?

[TXBSAFH]

I was thinking the same thing, I was a pipefitter once and know how easy it is to Xray welds.

[IamConservative]

Somewhere, a bonding company is preparing to write $6+ Billion dollar check.

[hattend]

California's "Big Dig"

[TXBSAFH]

This had the big dig need their own special prosecutor.

[pepsionice]

Basically, from this point on...every single welder needs to have his work examined...and these little twits who allege this poor work...they ought to forget about any future jobs. If they couldn't do the job right...they ought to be working at McDonalds. Our trust in their ability is now questionable...and they ought to be locked up if they are telling the truth.

[SengirV]

You are right, I'm sure we'll be better off just ignoring this instead.

[old-ager]

Wondering if there's any Chinese connection ....