To: BenLurkin
Mechanically stabilized earth structures are typically less costly to build than cast concrete systems, but have a high failure rate... Couldn't they have used papier-mâché and Elmer's glue?
4 posted on
06/08/2018 3:30:02 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
To: KarlInOhio
Several billion dollars and they don’t even have a bridge?
How is the same state that built the Golden State Bridge on time and on budget?
Sheesh.
7 posted on
06/08/2018 3:33:12 PM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: KarlInOhio
“Mechanically stabilized earth structures are typically less costly to build than cast concrete systems, but have a high failure rate...”
Good thing they are in a geologically stable area.
20 posted on
06/08/2018 4:06:04 PM PDT by
Rebelbase
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To: KarlInOhio
“Couldn’t they have used papier-mâché and Elmer’s glue? “
they probably did for the model, and since THAT worked ...
26 posted on
06/08/2018 4:11:13 PM PDT by
catnipman
((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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