[jeffers]

"As I recall those reports, the Sewer Board pulled the original steel, did some work, then drove new steel. "

Yep.

Notice the CoE have yet to utter a peep, officially? They know exactly what happened at every step with the levees that even partially bear their stamp of approval, and they are no neophytes to New Orleans corruption.

I expect they will provide all documentation as requested, and testify when subpoenaed, but they also have to live and work with the criminals that profited from the substandard levee repairs, and probably aren't looking forward to feeding the fishes.

[Knuckledragger]

A buddy of mine who lives down there says some of the wealthiest people in the NO area are "Highway Inspectors", whatever the hell that is.

It's been my experience (used to work in the business) that engineers do the plans & specs and hardly ever visit the jobsite--unless it's to fix a screw up. These screw ups are usually caused by the engineers not spending enough time at the jobsite before designing the project. Can't count the times I've seen things like flush-mounted panels specified to go into existing CONCRETE walls.

Anyways, it's the agency inspectors who confirm the project is built per plans & specs.