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2009-09-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Fred 2009-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 The shoddy materials are the ones we call politicians and bureaucrats.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2009-09-13 10:08|| 2009-09-13 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 And he thinks his gummint bureaucracy won't be open to fraud and corruption because....?

For a rich guy, Bloomberg's remarkably clueless.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-13 10:26|| 2009-09-13 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 we test all our asphalt, concrete, aggregate, rebar. If San Diego can do it, why can't NYC? Ohhhhh ....could it be corruption?

/cynic

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-09-13 11:31|| 2009-09-13 11:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Test me you fool!

The Flyash Liberation Army sez whooopie it's movin!

Posted by The FLA 2009-09-13 11:33|| 2009-09-13 11:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Corruption in Concrete? Without a weak bag mix, where would the road construction industry be in Chicago and Cook County?

They make it sound like advanced astropartical physics. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe concrete testing is a rather simple, straight forward process.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-13 12:00|| 2009-09-13 12:00|| Front Page Top

#6 very simple - you make a cylinder, you crack it. All the time.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-09-13 12:07|| 2009-09-13 12:07|| Front Page Top

#7 In Chicago/Cook County, only the 'special' cylinders get tested for proper PSI rating, based on what I'm told.

The 'normal' cylinders (if they ever were made) might have had a tad too much 'slump' in them (water added for transport time or something) so they're probably not the ones they really want tested. I'm an 'electrical guy' and know about concrete only through 'osmosis', though.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-09-13 16:18|| 2009-09-13 16:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Commodore Frank---you left one thing out. You do the 28 day strength test on the 28th day after the pour.

And do not forget to leave a concrete truck washout area, or the EPA will fine your a$$, big time.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-09-13 16:25|| 2009-09-13 16:25|| Front Page Top

#9 actually, AP - Caltrans/ACI spec allows 42-day tests for >4,000 psi :-)

We test all concrete, even curb/gutter 2500 psi, and trench cap. Slump limits are met by not allowing truck drivers or pump operators to add water without Engineer's approval. If they do, we reject, at their expense. Seeing as a 9.5 yd truck is $1,000-$1,500 depending on the mix, they learn quickly. We don't f*ck around, but then, we also don't take bribes

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-09-13 17:16|| 2009-09-13 17:16|| Front Page Top

#10 "We don't f*ck around, but then, we also don't take bribes."

Sorry, Frank - you have no future in politics.

Congratulations.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-13 18:09|| 2009-09-13 18:09|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm putting that on my resume

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-09-13 18:30|| 2009-09-13 18:30|| Front Page Top

#12 Chicago, concrete, corruption and bribes, politicians, f*ck'n around, trucks. I think we may be having a Jimmy Hoffa moment here very soon.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-09-13 19:04|| 2009-09-13 19:04|| Front Page Top

#13 Already have them in New York,

Posted by Pappy 2009-09-13 23:07|| 2009-09-13 23:07|| Front Page Top

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