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Overtightening eyed as cause for flaws in Big Dig tunnel nuts
The Boston Globe ^
| October 22, 2015
| Nicole Dungca
Posted on 10/24/2015 7:58:49 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Edited on 10/24/2015 8:11:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Flaws in nuts that hold up lights throughout the Big Dig
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bigdig; boston; cracks; deeznuts; i90; i93; infrastructure; inspection; lights; massachusetts; nutcracker; nuts; shoodyunionwork; transportation; tunnels; unionsatwork
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The poor Big Dig will always be with us . . .
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yea inferior china steel had nothing to do with it I’m sure.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:03:08 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:05:51 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Norm Lenhart
They actually used Chinese steel? I know that was used for the new SF-Oakland Bay Bridge span.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:06:48 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:12:13 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(No more Bushes. W killed the brand.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Meanwhile 16 MILLION gallons of water leaked into the Tip O’Neil tunnel in the past 6 months alone.
What a BOONDOGGLE.
I wonder what the eventual lifespan for this taxpayer funded, union built disaster will be.
The next 30 billion dollar fiasco project will be a ground level highway above the flooded tunnels in 2030 and a bridge to the airport.
sht never ends....
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:13:14 PM PDT
by
mowowie
(`)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They did something remarkable with the Big Dig:
They made brand new tunnels that looked and operated like they were 50 years old on the day that they opened.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:14:33 PM PDT
by
bramps
(Islam is a preview of Hell)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"Overtightening eyed as cause for flaws in Big Dig tunnel nuts, "
Were any of those workers given torquing instructions in their native language?
To: Jeff Chandler
NEVER EVER “over tighten” your nuts! That’s why I wear boxers! You have to allow the Big Dig some breathing room!
Chinese steel?
Who was the Project Architect? Sum Ting Wong ...
Who was the Engineer of Record? Wee Bi Tu Low ...
Who was the Quality Control Inspector? Ho Lee Fluk
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:23:04 PM PDT
by
WTFOVR
(I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
To: clearcarbon; Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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>> “Were any of those workers given torquing instructions in their native language?” <<
.
Do any of their native languages come in written form?
.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:24:55 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: WTFOVR
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>> “Chinese steel?” <<
We have a bridge full of it in CA that is about to fall over in the mud flats of San Franfrisco bay.
.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:27:10 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Fake grade eights ........ damn.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:28:39 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: mowowie
“This tunnel will be a bargain.”
Actual John Kerry quote.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:29:17 PM PDT
by
Fantasywriter
(Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraughto with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
To: Squantos
What’s a couple of extra lines stamped on the head? /s
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:30:23 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Most likely. Most steel in America today is Chin in origin since Libs destroyed American industry.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:30:29 PM PDT
by
Norm Lenhart
(Embrace "Existential Cage Theory")
To: bramps
I thought the exact same thing.
What a joke.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:30:40 PM PDT
by
mowowie
(`)
To: going hot
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:38:28 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maybe they can build a hi-speed rail system to thru it, also.
yeah, that’s the ticket.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:38:43 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
To: Squantos
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Even real grade 8s tend to be touchy if salt is present.
They like to live in warm oil.
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posted on
10/24/2015 8:39:11 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
10/24/2015 9:13:35 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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