Dorsetmike
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There has been a delay opening a fancy new lifting bridge in Poole, (image from Wiki, attributed to Chris Downer)
after load tests, some cracks appeared in the tarmac surface, then when they raised the bridge chunks of tarmac fell off! They are now "investigating" and tearing off the tarmac.
The contractor Hochtief are reputed to be experts at building bridges, makes ya wonder. > The other lifting bridge in town has been going up and down since the 1920s.
A New Zealand firm, ASR, contracted to install an artificial surf reef near Boscombe pier, it's not performing as ASR assured it would; I always thought a good heavy swell was needed such as bulds up over a long stretch of ocean, not the piddlin' little waves in the English channel. It appears it is mainly made from anchored sand bags, and cost £millions; some eejit drove a boat over and the prop ripped one or more of the bags; 3 years on and it still ain't sorted; Experts again?
Any more "expert" works out there?
after load tests, some cracks appeared in the tarmac surface, then when they raised the bridge chunks of tarmac fell off! They are now "investigating" and tearing off the tarmac.
The contractor Hochtief are reputed to be experts at building bridges, makes ya wonder. > The other lifting bridge in town has been going up and down since the 1920s.
A New Zealand firm, ASR, contracted to install an artificial surf reef near Boscombe pier, it's not performing as ASR assured it would; I always thought a good heavy swell was needed such as bulds up over a long stretch of ocean, not the piddlin' little waves in the English channel. It appears it is mainly made from anchored sand bags, and cost £millions; some eejit drove a boat over and the prop ripped one or more of the bags; 3 years on and it still ain't sorted; Experts again?
Any more "expert" works out there?