I wonder what would happen if it was found to be cutting torch marks at the critical stress points, anybody can buy a portable cutting torch.
Of course that would change everything. However, I know what condition many bridges are in, so I am betting it was natural neglect.
Eye of
Unk wrote:
I wonder what would happen if it was found to be cutting torch marks at the critical stress points,
anybody can buy a portable cutting torch.
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While it’s true that anyone can rent a torch, cutting steel isn’t a low profile operation, and you don’t just whisk through three quarter or inch thick plates like a knife through butter either.
It takes a good while to get a puddle of molten steel going, and then mishandling of the jet or residual water in adjacent concrete can blow that puddle in all directions like a Fourth of July sparkling fountain.
Except once, when I was headfirst down a Sonitube light standard concrete form cutting rebar, I don’t think I’ve ever cut steel that the whole jobsite didn’t know about. It’s not something you’re likely to get away with on the sly.