A large number of the bolts were shearing in two...so many that the contractor had to disassemble the building and start over with better bolts.
The culprit: Although they were allegedly American made, the bolts were traced to China.
Any large engineering project in China scares me to death.
Just wait til they start selling cars here..............
I was hanging a TV, so I bought some fairly substantial wood screws down at the Home Depot (3”, #12). While installing the screws using a conventional hand screwdriver and my puny forearms, I snapped four screws off in a row.
I am not The Incredible Hulk by any means, but I could not get one of these screws fully into the wood, time after time.
I couldn’t figure it out until I took a closer look at the packaging. Made in China. ‘Nuff said...
BTW, if you go to Google Earth or Google Maps hoping to see a picture or map of this bridge, fuggedaboutit. I guess the Chinese are not ready to let Google share this information with the World, just yet.
How did they make it past Quality? Did receiving not do any kind of tests on the lots before they came in? Sounds like a vendor should have been held liable...
Thank goodness that could NEVER happen in building a nuke plant, right? Right?