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To: artichokegrower
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Will buy the ChiComs time to complete their sea-level canal through Nicaragua.
To: artichokegrower
I hope that’s photoshopped or else those guys are doomed.
4 posted on
08/28/2015 7:23:23 AM PDT by
Ray76
(When a gov't leads it's people down a path of destruction resistance is not only a right but a duty.)
To: artichokegrower
5 posted on
08/28/2015 7:24:55 AM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: artichokegrower
Yeah. No way does that thing open in April 2016...
6 posted on
08/28/2015 7:25:16 AM PDT by
pgkdan
(But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: artichokegrower
Was this some Chinese concrete...
7 posted on
08/28/2015 7:25:20 AM PDT by
dogcaller
To: artichokegrower
Looks like the Three Gorges Dam.
9 posted on
08/28/2015 7:26:17 AM PDT by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: artichokegrower
Judging from the core sample it looks like just basic poor construction techniques.
I wonder how much of the original canal infrastructure is still operational?
11 posted on
08/28/2015 7:27:02 AM PDT by
skeeter
To: artichokegrower
Boston Freepers will be familiar with the pictured problem. Probably the same contractor.
To: artichokegrower
We’ll get our crack troops right on it!
14 posted on
08/28/2015 7:27:56 AM PDT by
null and void
(Send them all back!)
To: artichokegrower
GUPC was one of three pre-qualified international consortiums bidding on the tender for the design and construction of the Third Set of Locks, a tender process that involved a thorough technical and pricing evaluation. The contract winner was selected based on the “non-negotiated best value proposal”, i.e. the one that obtained the highest combined score for their Price Proposal and Technical Proposal using a weighted model where the Technical Proposal was assigned 55 percent of the total score and the Price Proposal was assigned 45 percent of the total score. Ultimately, GUPC was selected as the winner with the highest technical score and lowest total (fixed) price proposal at $3.221 billion. The contract for the project was awarded the contract on July 15, 2009 and work began the following month.
The opening of the expanded Panama Canal was originally scheduled for 2014 to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the opening of the existing Panama Canal, but cost overruns and delays have pushed the opening to April 2016… at least as it stands now.
15 posted on
08/28/2015 7:28:18 AM PDT by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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17 posted on
08/28/2015 7:29:06 AM PDT by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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18 posted on
08/28/2015 7:29:45 AM PDT by
angcat
To: artichokegrower
Lemme guess, the Chinese built this section?
To: artichokegrower
Looks kinda like the U.S. border with Mexico.
21 posted on
08/28/2015 7:42:40 AM PDT by
sphinx
To: artichokegrower
We’re going to need more scaffolding.
23 posted on
08/28/2015 7:48:32 AM PDT by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
To: artichokegrower
The sample shows very poorly consolidated concrete - wasn’t properly vibrated.
And the leak appears to be along a cold joint between pours.
Both items are probably very difficult to control in large scale construction like this, with concrete many feet thick. Obviously many in the world are able to overcome these challenges, but this contractor didn’t know how.
What a mess.
24 posted on
08/28/2015 7:50:18 AM PDT by
lacrew
To: artichokegrower
To: artichokegrower
Reinforced by high quality chinese rebar. What could go wrong?
30 posted on
08/28/2015 8:06:30 AM PDT by
lurk
To: artichokegrower
If it’s not Yanqui built it’s no damn good!
33 posted on
08/28/2015 8:10:23 AM PDT by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreaml)
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