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To: frog in a pot

IIRC, inadequate cure was the root cause of the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Ignoring the required cure time was pushed by one firm against the objections of another firm.


513 posted on 03/15/2018 6:14:19 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Re the DWH curing, believe you are correct.

As it turns out (although I haven't read the specs or the contract) it appears the span was assembled "immediately adjacent" to the erection point with components fabricated offsite "some time ago". That would suggest sufficient cure time; however, if significant concrete was added just prior to erection, somebody may have jumped the gun.

I am beginning to agree with others above that erection itself may have compromised integrity of the span in a way that overwhelmed the post-tensioning. Erection was tricky, but nothing unusual. One would imagine they had multiple lasers attached to this 175'(+-) single-span structure during that erection.

560 posted on 03/16/2018 7:17:46 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Obama's "Remaking of America" continues apace in the absence of political opposition.)
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