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Flaws close part of convention center
Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW ^
| Tuesday, May 13, 2003
| Stephanie Franken
Posted on 05/13/2003 5:37:08 AM PDT by RS_Rider
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Hairline cracks and two to four missing bolts in a deteriorating steel beam at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center forced the Sports & Exhibition Authority on Monday to close a part of the building that is still under construction.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beam; center; construction; convention; crack; pittsburgh
I did not see this posted yet. I heard it last night but news local news sources did not have web article on the subject till this morning. I am interested in comments on this subject.
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posted on
05/13/2003 5:37:08 AM PDT
by
RS_Rider
To: RS_Rider
How long before we find this in the new stadiums ?
Oh! What the hell ! Just build a new one at taxpayers' expense !
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posted on
05/13/2003 5:57:05 AM PDT
by
smokeyb
To: smokeyb
Quinn in the morning, local talk show, had a caller when the beam fell and the construction worker got killed that stated that the design used for the convention center had been used in two other locations and both of them were not being used for structural concerns. Maybe our good mayor should wait a little while before spending some more taxpayer money on the new hotels that are needed to make the convention center work that is needed to make the stadiums (plural) work that will revitalize our ever shrinking non-govenment employed population base. I personally don't understand why everyone doesn't live in Pittsburgh.
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posted on
05/13/2003 6:09:03 AM PDT
by
RS_Rider
To: RS_Rider
"Build it ! They will come"
Why should Smurphy change now ?
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posted on
05/13/2003 12:25:37 PM PDT
by
smokeyb
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