No, but the foundations of those 100 year old buildings were not poured during a drought like the one we had the past 3 years in TX.
Once concrete is cured it is not damaged by drought. But the cure process is damaged if it dries quickly after being poured. Truth me, I know about foundations. My father was a general contractor, I worked for him growing up and have spent my life around Lumber Yards and Building Supply companies.
Ok so you know
If they figured out how to build a bridge over the tempestuous east ever 120 years ago and it’s used every day by many thousands, and they knew how to go down and build a foundation for a 105 story building, and they know they can’t do the same in London, the ground is not right, and up the Hudson, just 40 miles away, the bridge built out of city limits without city funding has to be replaced, what’s the difference
If one guy’s house, built in the 1930s is in 18 inches of water during Sandy, and over by the.beach the house built in the 1890s has no water in it because the guy who built it looked at the ocean and said I can’t control that and I’m not going to pretend it can’t jump
The jetty in a storm
What’s the difference there?
I read one article that indicated the cracking was appearing before the stadium
opened. There are serveral possibilities I’d guess from bad mix, foundation/pilings
error, iron/wire problems, cure problems, specification/design error,
who knows what else, etc.
http://espn.go.com/dallas/story/_/id/10528972/cracks-force-closure-60m-stadium-allen-texas
Ben Pogue of Pogue Construction, which built the stadium, told reporters that the
cracks range from a quarter-inch to three-quarters of an inch wide.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Cracks-force-closure-of-Allens-60M-stadium—247645591.html
The school district says it first noticed the cracks before the stadium even opened. The
cracks have continued to deepen. For now, it appears they are isolated to the concourse area.